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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
[[Image:Hardcastle Ad.jpg|left|thumb|Hardcastle Counter Display Ad, courtesy [http://www.advertisingantiques.co.uk/ Advertising Antiques] | [[Image:Hardcastle Ad.jpg|left|thumb|Hardcastle Counter Display Ad, courtesy [http://www.advertisingantiques.co.uk/ Advertising Antiques]]][[File:Hardcastle Old Bruyere.jpg|thumb|left|Courtesy Doug Valitchka]]Harcastle was founded in 1908 by '''Edmund Hardcastle''' and built itself a good reputation among the numerous British mid-graders. In 1935 '''[[Dunhill]]''' started to build a factory next door to Hardcastle in Forest Road, Walthamstow, London E17. The family owned '''Hardcastle Pipes Limited''' sold 49% of its equity to Dunhill In 1936. | ||
Along with closing down it’s pipe factory in Notting Hill in 1946 Dunhill bought the reing shares turning Hardcastle into a 100% Dunhill subsidiary. As members of the Hardcastle family continued as executives in the company’s management Hardcastle retained a certain independence. | Along with closing down it’s pipe factory in Notting Hill in 1946 Dunhill bought the reing shares turning Hardcastle into a 100% Dunhill subsidiary. As members of the Hardcastle family continued as executives in the company’s management Hardcastle retained a certain independence. | ||
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=== Timeline === | === Timeline === | ||
[[File:Jack O London sheet.jpg|thumb|Jack O London (Forrest Rd. factory era) sheet, courtesy Doug Valitchka]] | |||
*1903: Edmund Hardcastle establishes the brand | *1903: Edmund Hardcastle establishes the brand | ||
*1936: Family sells 49% of the Hardcastle Pipes Limited shares to Dunhill | *1936: Family sells 49% of the Hardcastle Pipes Limited shares to Dunhill | ||
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The pipes pictured are from a 1944 6-day set. Made during the war when Dunhill owned 49% of the company, and two years before they bought the reing shares. German vulcanite was unavailable during the war, so these pipes are fitted with horn stems. The original listing notes "...the quality of workmanship is beyond reproach, the smooth pipes being free of obvious pits or fills, and with rich, deep color; and the sandblasts crisp and deep. Drillings are spot-on." | The pipes pictured are from a 1944 6-day set. Made during the war when Dunhill owned 49% of the company, and two years before they bought the reing shares. German vulcanite was unavailable during the war, so these pipes are fitted with horn stems. The original listing notes "...the quality of workmanship is beyond reproach, the smooth pipes being free of obvious pits or fills, and with rich, deep color; and the sandblasts crisp and deep. Drillings are spot-on." | ||
== Models & Grades == | |||
=== Family Period === | |||
Straight Grain, Supergrain, Leweard, Nut Bruyere, De Luxe, Royal Windsor Sandhewn, Royal Crown, The Crown, Phito Dental, Old Bruyere, Jack O'London, Dental Briar, Phito, Dental, Dryconomy, Drawel, Phithu, Telebirar, Camden, Lightweight, The Table, Dovetail, Dental, Crescent Extra, Lonsdale, Welard De Luxe | |||
<center><gallery widths=250px heights=185px caption="Hardcastle Jack O' London example and nomenclature, courtesy Doug Valtichka"> | |||
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<center><gallery widths=250px heights=185px caption="2 Camden examples"> | |||
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=== Dunhill Seconds === | === Dunhill Seconds === | ||