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<center>'''About Pipes'''</center> | |||
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The Second World War was a difficult time. The rationing that the war promoted was so draconian that Dunhill suffered from the scarcity of raw material until the beginning of the 50 years in the post-war period. | |||
Dunhill published catalogues annually, even during the First World War and was each more elegant than the other. However, from 1940 to 1950 there was cessation, with no catalogs during this period. Saved only by two catalogs of "gifts", distributed in North America around 1943 and at the end of the 1940, in Great Britain. | |||
According to John Loring, few pipes (and mostly uninteresting) were produced by Dunhill during the 40 decade. The Italian Briar for smooth pipes was extremely scarce, while the situation for the Algerian Briar (used in the sandblasted) was just a little better. Likewise, the vulcanite for the stems was a rationed or forbidden material, so that many, if not most of the pipes produced during the war, were equipped with horns stems (the horn is a very comfortable material, however, fissure With a certain ease). | |||
Still according to Loring, the pipes of this period that are found nowadays and that are equipped with vulcanite stems, probably had the stem replaced. It would not be surprising if after the war Dunhill had – routinely – replaced the horn stems with the vulcanite, with little or no cost. | |||
In the images, we have a very rare Dunhill, shape 42 - Root Briar, with horn stem, patent and dated from 1945. | |||
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