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[[File:1820391231429099.jpeg|thumb|left|50px|]]A pipe with a reaming device for removing excess carbon (Reg. N°: 759163). 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.[[File:Dunhill-airstream-smoking-pipe.jpg|thumb|left|50px]]<br>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:1820391231429099.jpeg|thumb|left|50px|]]A pipe with a reaming device for removing excess carbon (Reg. N°: 759163). 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, The Beginnings (pp. 5-6). Chicago: self-published.</ref>. 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.[[File:Dunhill-airstream-smoking-pipe.jpg|thumb|left|50px]]<br>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"). | ||
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