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Apparently Dunhill made Meerschaum pipes in the late 1960's, or had them made for them. Richard Esserman reports the NYC Dunhill store carried them. | Apparently Dunhill made Meerschaum pipes in the late 1960's, or had them made for them. Richard Esserman reports the NYC Dunhill store carried them. | ||
<blockquote><q>In the past we could obtain the raw material from Turkey. Nowadays, the Turkish government banned the export of Meerschaum as a raw material and only allows export of finished goods; that is why we stopped using this material and currently do not manufacture Meerschaum pipes.</q> Hener, K. S., Product Line Director - The White Spot Smoker's Accessory Division and Walthamstow site.</blockquote> | |||
* '''See more examples here: [[Dunhill Meerschaum]]''' | * '''See more examples here: [[Dunhill Meerschaum]]''' | ||
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