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[[Image:dunhill_duke_street.jpg|thumb|right|1918 Bruyere, "Inner Tube" Pat. 5861/12 O, from the Derek Green Collection]][[Image:bruyere.jpg|thumb||right|Dunhill, 1950 Bruyere, [http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/england/index.cfm smokingpipes.com]]]The original finish produced, and a big part of developing and marketing the brand. It was the only finish from 1910 until 1917. A dark reddish-brown stain. | [[Image:dunhill_duke_street.jpg|thumb|right|1918 Bruyere, "Inner Tube" Pat. 5861/12 O, from the Derek Green Collection]][[Image:bruyere.jpg|thumb||right|Dunhill, 1950 Bruyere, [http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/estate/england/index.cfm smokingpipes.com]]]The original finish produced, and a big part of developing and marketing the brand. It was the only finish from 1910 until 1917. A dark reddish-brown stain. | ||
Initially, made from over century-old briar burls, classified by a "'''B'''" (denoted highest quality pipe); "'''DR'''" (denoted straight-grained) and an "'''A'''" (denoted first quality), until early 1915. After that, they became a high-end subset to the Dunhill 'Bruyere'. The DR and B pipes, a limited production, they should be distinguished as hand cut in London from burls as opposed to the Bruyere line which was generally finished from French turned bowls until 1917, when the | Initially, made from over century-old briar burls, classified by a "'''B'''" (denoted highest quality pipe); "'''DR'''" (denoted straight-grained) and an "'''A'''" (denoted first quality), until early 1915. After that, they became a high-end subset to the Dunhill 'Bruyere'. The DR and B pipes, a limited production, they should be distinguished as hand-cut in London from burls as opposed to the Bruyere line which was generally finished from French turned bowls until 1917, when the Calabrian briar started to be used, but not completely. Only in 1920 Dunhill took the final step in its pipe making operation and began sourcing and cutting all of its own bowls, proudly announcing thereafter that "no French briar | ||
was employed". | was employed". | ||