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Today Hardcastle pipes use funneled down bowls that are not deemed suitable to bear the Dunhill or not even the Parker name as well as obtaining briar from other sources. | Today Hardcastle pipes use funneled down bowls that are not deemed suitable to bear the Dunhill or not even the Parker name as well as obtaining briar from other sources. | ||
'''The short history of Hardcastle is:''' | |||
*1903: Edmund Hardcastle establishes the brand | |||
*1936: Family sells 49% of the Hardcastle Pipes Limited shares to Dunhill | |||
*1946: Dunhill buys the remaining shares, but the family continues to manage the company | |||
*1967: Dunhill merges Hardcastle with Parker. The new Parker-Hardcastle Limited company absorbs the Masta Patent Pipe Company also. | |||
*After 1967 it is speculated that Hardcastle became the brand for "Parker Seconds" | |||
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[[Image:hardcastle1.jpg|thumb|left|1944 6 day set, courtesy of [http://www.finepipes.com/index.php FinePipes.com]]][[Image:hardcastle2.jpg|thumb|right|1944 6 day set, courtesy of [http://www.finepipes.com/index.php FinePipes.com]]] | [[Image:hardcastle1.jpg|thumb|left|1944 6 day set, courtesy of [http://www.finepipes.com/index.php FinePipes.com]]][[Image:hardcastle2.jpg|thumb|right|1944 6 day set, courtesy of [http://www.finepipes.com/index.php FinePipes.com]]] | ||
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== Models & Grades == | == 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 | 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 | ||
=== Dunhill Seconds === | |||
Start, Argyle, After Lunch, Crescent, Duke, Jockey Club, Scout | Start, Argyle, After Lunch, Crescent, Duke, Jockey Club, Scout | ||
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* '''Dunhill Pipes & Smokers Requisites''', 32 St. Andrews Rd, London E17 6BQ, call 020 84984000 | * '''Dunhill Pipes & Smokers Requisites''', 32 St. Andrews Rd, London E17 6BQ, call 020 84984000 | ||
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | [[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | ||
[[Category: Great Britain]] | [[Category: Great Britain]] | ||