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[[File:1820391231429099.jpeg|frameless|border|left|45px|]]A pipe with a reaming device for removing excess carbon (Patent Nº 17077/38). That operated through the bottom of the bowl (one of which pipes belonged to King George VI) was known as the "M.C"<ref name=jcl10>Loring, J. C. (1998) The Dunhill Briar Pipe - The Patent Years and After (pp. 48-49). Chicago: self-published.</ref> | [[File:1820391231429099.jpeg|frameless|border|left|45px|]]A pipe with a reaming device for removing excess carbon (Patent Nº 17077/38). That operated through the bottom of the bowl (one of which pipes belonged to King George VI) was known as the "M.C". When the pipe was smoked, the circular saw-toothed 'reamer' disc rested on the inside bottom of the bowl and the thin handle (still attached to the disc) folded back and rested underneath the shank<ref name=jcl10>Loring, J. C. (1998) The Dunhill Briar Pipe - The Patent Years and After (pp. 48-49). Chicago: self-published.</ref>.<br>[[File:Malcolm Campbell rc10431.jpg|thumb|right|148px|Sir Malcolm Campbell.]] | ||
<center><font size="2">[[File:Aspas-copy.png|40px]]'''This pipe has been invented by Sir Malcolm Campbell, M.B.E. the world-famous motorist, to meet two difficulties frequently experienced by the pipe smoker — the complete emptying of the pipe without fear of damage and the preservation of a uniform film of carbon inside the bowl. The disc is pushed through the bowl with a rotary motion removing in one action the ashes and the surplus carbon. The result is an eminently dry and cool-smoking pipe.[[File:Aspas.png|40px]]</font> Nick Foulkes <ref name=dbd>Foulkes, Nick (2005). Dunhill by Design: A Very English Story (p. 75). Flammarion, Paris.</ref></center><br> | <center><font size="2">[[File:Aspas-copy.png|40px]]'''This pipe has been invented by Sir Malcolm Campbell, M.B.E. the world-famous motorist, to meet two difficulties frequently experienced by the pipe smoker — the complete emptying of the pipe without fear of damage and the preservation of a uniform film of carbon inside the bowl. The disc is pushed through the bowl with a rotary motion removing in one action the ashes and the surplus carbon. The result is an eminently dry and cool-smoking pipe.[[File:Aspas.png|40px]]</font> Nick Foulkes <ref name=dbd>Foulkes, Nick (2005). Dunhill by Design: A Very English Story (p. 75). Flammarion, Paris.</ref></center><br> | ||
[[File:Dunhill-airstream-smoking-pipe.jpg|frameless|border|left|45px]] The "carburetor" pipe which had a small mushroom-shaped metal device fixed at the bottom of the inside of the bowl to act as a heat sink (later named "Airstream"). | [[File:Dunhill-airstream-smoking-pipe.jpg|frameless|border|left|45px]] The "carburetor" pipe which had a small mushroom-shaped metal device fixed at the bottom of the inside of the bowl to act as a heat sink (later named "Airstream"). | ||