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== Instroduction == | |||
While their are many opinions on who makes, or who made the best pipes, few would argue against Dunhill being the most recognized pipe brand, or that the founder, Alfred Dunhill, was not a marketing genius. In the preface to the second reprint of Dunhill's ''About Smoke, An Encyclopedia of Smoking", publisher Gary Schrier states, "What Alfred Dunhill--son of a leather-harness and canvas-tarpaulin maker--created in 1907 when he opened his first tobacconist shop in Duke Stree, London, was something extraordinary: he set a new standard for smoker's products of the finest quality, and he forged a new hallmark for exemplary customer service." | |||
The forward of the original About Smoke includes the following: | |||
'''''Smoking is undoubtedly a pleasure of the senses, primarily of taste and smell, but secondarily of sight and touch. For the highest enjoyment therefore, it is essential to use objects which delight the senses.''''' | |||
'''''All of the many Dunhill inventions prove that practicability is readily allied with artistic design.''''' | |||
'''''Each Dunhill patent has been evolved to meet some expressed or anticipated need, but in the production of the article itself beauty of form and colouring have certainly not been neglected.''''' | |||
'''''In the fashioning of every article the highest possible standard of design and workmanship has been maintained.''''' | |||
As with most any famous persons, articles, or firms, a good deal of lore and myth combine with no little speculation and make it difficult to separate facts from myth. It can also be difficult to separate true quality from the marketing genius behind a famous brand such as Dunhill. In this article we attempt to navigate this, or at least give an indication of the challenges for readers to use their best judgement in discerning the merits of the information. | |||
What follows is our revised and expanded article on the most recognized pipe brand. Many thanks to Yang Forcióri who has done the vast majority of the work on this extensive revision. --[[User:Sethile|sethile]] ([[User talk:Sethile|talk]]) 20:50, 7 August 2019 (CDT) | |||