Grading the Pre World War II Dunhill Bruyere DR: Difference between revisions

[*] The Bruyere & Root finishes at least prior to the late 1960s, are not simply a matter of color.  Into the 1960s the Bruyere finished pipe was made from very hard Calabrian briar, a well grained briar but not particularly conducive to straight graining.  Again into the 1960s the Root finished pipe was made from Corsican briar, not quite as hard but much more conducive to straight graining.  Sometime in the 1960s Dunhill began to shift to other briar sources for both the Bruyereand Root finishes, primarily I am told Grecian briar which is a bit softer then Corsican but even more prone to straight graining.  These changes in briar are probably among the principal reasons why the typical ‘patent’ Dunhill smooth finish pipe is less attractively grained then its more recent counterpart and why the ‘straight grained’ pipe has become an increasingly important part of the Dunhill line.