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[[Image:Hardcastle Ad.jpg|left|thumb|Hardcastle Counter Display Ad]][[Image:hardcastle1.jpg|thumb|1944 6 day set, courtesy of [http://www.finepipes.com/index.php FinePipes.com]]][[Image:hardcastle2.jpg|thumb|1944 6 day set, courtesy of [http://www.finepipes.com/index.php FinePipes.com]]] | [[Image:Hardcastle Ad.jpg|left|thumb|Hardcastle Counter Display Ad]][[Image:hardcastle1.jpg|thumb|1944 6 day set, courtesy of [http://www.finepipes.com/index.php FinePipes.com]]][[Image:hardcastle2.jpg|thumb|1944 6 day set, courtesy of [http://www.finepipes.com/index.php FinePipes.com]]] | ||
Harcastle was started in 1908 by Edmund Hardcastle and was run independently until Dunhill built a factory next door to Hardcastle in 1935. They bought 49% of the company in 1936, and in 1946 Dunhill bought the remianing shares. In 1967, after merging with Parker, they became Parker-Hardcastle Ltd. | Harcastle was started in 1908 by Edmund Hardcastle and was run independently until [[Dunhill]] built a factory next door to Hardcastle in 1935. They bought 49% of the company in 1936, and in 1946 Dunhill bought the remianing shares. In 1967, after merging with [[Parker]], they became Parker-Hardcastle Ltd. | ||
Today, Hardcastle is said to be a Parker and Dunhill second in that the briar and turned bowls that are not deemed suitable to bare the Dunhill or Parker names are funneled down and made into Hardcastles. But it is important to note that Harcastle also obtains briar from other sources. | Today, Hardcastle is said to be a Parker and Dunhill second in that the briar and turned bowls that are not deemed suitable to bare the Dunhill or Parker names are funneled down and made into Hardcastles. But it is important to note that Harcastle also obtains briar from other sources. | ||