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'''Written by John C. Loring'''<br> | '''Written by John C. Loring'''<br> | ||
''Contributed by Jean-Christophe Bienfait'' | ''Contributed by Jean-Christophe Bienfait'' | ||
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Over the past couple years four examples have surfaced of a heretofore of a little known but quite important Dunhill shape: the Dunhill Shell ‘482’. | Over the past couple years four examples have surfaced of a heretofore of a little known but quite important Dunhill shape: the Dunhill Shell ‘482’. | ||
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With one exception the 482 is known only in the Shell finish. It is a straight sided 2 3/8” tall billiard, an 1/8” taller and about a ¼” shorter then the ODA 835. As such it is the largest of all the traditional standard shape number/letter Dunhill billiards, i.e. it is to the 2” tall LB what the LC is to the 2” tall 120. In shape and proportion it is somewhat reminiscent of some rare ‘tall boy’ LBs dating to the 1920’s as well as to one of Richard Esserman’s Magnums dating to the same period. While it is most similar, at least in size, to the ODA 835, the differences are enough to give the 482 a distinctive, and to my tastes, more comfortable smoking ‘feel’. In short, like the LC, it is a pipe that one would anticipate Dunhill collectors to at least have heard about. | With one exception the 482 is known only in the Shell finish. It is a straight sided 2 3/8” tall billiard, an 1/8” taller and about a ¼” shorter then the ODA 835. As such it is the largest of all the traditional standard shape number/letter Dunhill billiards, i.e. it is to the 2” tall LB what the LC is to the 2” tall 120. In shape and proportion it is somewhat reminiscent of some rare ‘tall boy’ LBs dating to the 1920’s as well as to one of Richard Esserman’s Magnums dating to the same period. While it is most similar, at least in size, to the ODA 835, the differences are enough to give the 482 a distinctive, and to my tastes, more comfortable smoking ‘feel’. In short, like the LC, it is a pipe that one would anticipate Dunhill collectors to at least have heard about. | ||