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====Pipe Workshop==== | ====Pipe Workshop==== | ||
[[File:Alfredmachine.jpg|thumb|right|200px| Alfred and his machine, Adolphus - courtesy Jon Guss.]] | [[File:Alfredmachine.jpg|thumb|right|200px| Alfred and his machine, Adolphus - courtesy Jon Guss.]] | ||
Loring defended on his book that between 1907 and March 1910 (before factory) all Alfred's pipes | Loring defended on his book that between 1907 and March 1910 (before factory) all Alfred's pipes weren't made by him. He bought pipes fully manufactured (most probably) out of varnished Algerian briar, in four shapes, thick shanked, thin shanked, military mount billiards and a bulldog. After, they came from France. | ||
<blockquote><q>These third party made pipes initially carried in the Duke Street shop in 1907 were given shape numbers running from 1 through 30, with shapes 1 and 3 being copied by Dunhill in 1985 for its seventy-fifth anniversary of pipe making set. I do not presently know how these 1907 pipes were stamped but if I were to hazard a guess it would be DUNHILL over DUKE ST. S.W. on one side with the shape number either on that side or the reverse. <br><br>In 1909 Dunhill began an in-house pipe repair business and a year later, in March 1910 expanded to a two-man pipe making operation primarily using bowls shaped in France.</q> '''Loring''', J. C., The Dunhill Briar Pipe, The Patent Years and After (self-published, Chicago, 1998)</blockquote> | <blockquote><q>These third party made pipes initially carried in the Duke Street shop in 1907 were given shape numbers running from 1 through 30, with shapes 1 and 3 being copied by Dunhill in 1985 for its seventy-fifth anniversary of pipe making a set. The pipes came with and without silver banding and in three quality grades (high to low: "B", "A" and "popular". <br>I do not presently know how these 1907 pipes were stamped but if I were to hazard a guess it would be DUNHILL over DUKE ST. S.W. on one side with the shape number either on that side or the reverse. <br><br>In 1909 Dunhill began an in-house pipe repair business and a year later, in March 1910 expanded to a two-man pipe making operation, primarily using bowls shaped in France.</q> '''Loring''', J. C., The Dunhill Briar Pipe, The Patent Years and After (self-published, Chicago, 1998)</blockquote> | ||
Alfred Dunhill enticed Joel Sasieni away from Charatan (including Joe Sasieni who was to form his own distinguished pipe company in 1918. The first five Dunhill pipemakers all came from Charatan) and opened a small pipe workshop of his own at 28 Duke St on 7 March 1910. - two rooms upstairs providing the humble beginning. The focus was to use the finest quality briar, and expert craftsmanship to make pipes that would provide a superior smoke, and last a lifetime. The cost would reflect these principals, which was against the current trend of inexpensive pipes of lessor quality (the Bruyere finish is first introduced). | Alfred Dunhill enticed Joel Sasieni away from Charatan (including Joe Sasieni who was to form his own distinguished pipe company in 1918. The first five Dunhill pipemakers all came from Charatan) and opened a small pipe workshop of his own at 28 Duke St on 7 March 1910. - two rooms upstairs providing the humble beginning. The focus was to use the finest quality briar, and expert craftsmanship to make pipes that would provide a superior smoke, and last a lifetime. The cost would reflect these principals, which was against the current trend of inexpensive pipes of lessor quality (the Bruyere finish is first introduced). | ||