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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"<ref name=jcl10>Loring, J. C. (1998) The Dunhill Briar Pipe - The Patent Years and After, The Beginnings (pp. 48-49). 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"). | [[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. 48-49). 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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'''Note:''' The reaming device is adjusted (threading) by a tool specially developed for this function, as illustrated in the image on the right. The Airstream cannot be adjusted. The first Airstream devices appeared (according to Loring) in | '''Note:''' The reaming device is adjusted (threading) by a tool specially developed for this function, as illustrated in the image on the right. The Airstream cannot be adjusted. The first Airstream devices appeared (according to Loring) in the '30s and possibly applied up to mid-'70s. The Reaming Device was, apparently, only used in the '30s. | ||
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