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[[Image:Hardcastle Ad.jpg|left|thumb|Hardcastle Counter Display Ad, courtesy [http://www.advertisingantiques.co.uk/ Advertising Antiques]]]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. | == Introduction == | ||
[[Image:Hardcastle Ad.jpg|left|thumb|Hardcastle Counter Display Ad, courtesy [http://www.advertisingantiques.co.uk/ Advertising Antiques]]][[File:Royal Windsor 1.jpg|thumb]]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 remaining 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 remaining 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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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. | ||
=== Timeline === | |||
*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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*1967: Dunhill merges Hardcastle with Parker. The new Parker-Hardcastle Limited company absorbs the Masta Patent Pipe Company also. | *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" | *After 1967 it is speculated that Hardcastle became the brand for "Parker Seconds" | ||
[[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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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 remaining 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 remaining 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 == | == Models & Grades == | ||
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Start, Argyle, After Lunch, Crescent, Duke, Jockey Club, Scout | Start, Argyle, After Lunch, Crescent, Duke, Jockey Club, Scout | ||
== Epilogue == | |||
In 1977 '''Dunhill Pipes Limited''' was established. This new Ltd. transferred the entire production of Dunhill pipes in March of 1982 from Cumberland Road, Plaistow, London E13 to the Parker-Hardcastle factory in Walthamstow. | In 1977 '''Dunhill Pipes Limited''' was established. This new Ltd. transferred the entire production of Dunhill pipes in March of 1982 from Cumberland Road, Plaistow, London E13 to the Parker-Hardcastle factory in Walthamstow. | ||