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At that time, it was common practice in commerce to offer other companies surplus stummels at agreed prices. Cadogan used to sell Grade A to Dunhill, and buy him Grade II, III, and IV stummels. But they did not finish the pipes for the other companies: to sell stummels of grade A to Dunhill was more profitable than to make them pipes!</q> See the full article [http://www.fumeursdepipe.net/artbbb.htm?fbclid=IwAR3Qau72uD7Qkc4srlfoaOdOBbHTK9-p87zCBqMl_AZzIt3jgJHGSFp7dQM here]</blockquote> | At that time, it was common practice in commerce to offer other companies surplus stummels at agreed prices. Cadogan used to sell Grade A to Dunhill, and buy him Grade II, III, and IV stummels. But they did not finish the pipes for the other companies: to sell stummels of grade A to Dunhill was more profitable than to make them pipes!</q> See the full article [http://www.fumeursdepipe.net/artbbb.htm?fbclid=IwAR3Qau72uD7Qkc4srlfoaOdOBbHTK9-p87zCBqMl_AZzIt3jgJHGSFp7dQM here]</blockquote> | ||
====Pipe Workshop Today==== | |||
The factory is located in a district in northeastern London, Walthamstow, since 1982. | |||
*See pictures and video here: [[Dunhill Factory]].<br> | |||
We recently consulted Mr. Hener to get more information about the briar used today and here is the answer: | |||
<blockquote><q>We try to source the best Briar money can buy from a variety of different sources. Sometimes we do know the exact origin of the wood and sometimes we cannot be entirely sure (especially when sourcing via specialist wholesalers), but more important than the origin is the actual quality of the wood that we purchase and, consequently, the quality of pipes we can make out of it. All wood comes from the Mediterranean region and the countries or areas bordering the Mediterranean sea, be it France, Italy, Corsica, Greece, Morocco, Algeria, etc. <br>As for the age of the wood, the quality of our pipes necessitates a certain minimum age as a suitable Briar root (Erica Arborea) may take around 50 to 100 years to mature in the ground to allow for suitable size and also quality of its grain, but sometimes we can obtain Briar that is considerably older.</q> Hener, K. S., Product Line Director - The White Spot Smoker's Accessory Division and Walthamstow site.</blockquote> | |||
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