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'''Alfred Dunhill Pipes''' [http://www.whitespot.co.uk/flashindex.html Website] | |||
This is a work in progress. Please feel free to contribute if you are a Dunhill expert, or knowledgeable enthusiast. | This is a work in progress. Please feel free to contribute if you are a Dunhill expert, or knowledgeable enthusiast. | ||
[[Image:dunhill_duke_street.jpg|thumb|500px|right|1918 "Inner Tube" Pat. 5861/12 O, from the Derek Green Collection]] | |||
== A Brief Timeline == | == A Brief Timeline == | ||
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'''1930''': The Root finish is introduced. D.R. "dead root". Denotes Dunhill straight grain pipes. The bruyere finish was used on these pipes through 1929; root finish was used thereafter. "D.R." stamped on shank. | '''1930''': The Root finish is introduced. D.R. "dead root". Denotes Dunhill straight grain pipes. The bruyere finish was used on these pipes through 1929; root finish was used thereafter. "D.R." stamped on shank. | ||
'''1946''': Dunhill buys Hardcastle after a ten year relationship | |||
'''1953''': The Tanshell finish is introduced | '''1953''': The Tanshell finish is introduced | ||
'''1959''': Bill Taylor start working for Dunhill as a boy | '''1959''': Bill Taylor start working for Dunhill as a boy | ||
'''1967''': Hardcastle is merged with Parker and becomes Parker-Hardcastle, LTD | |||
'''1973''': The Redbark finish is introduced | '''1973''': The Redbark finish is introduced | ||