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<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> | <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> | ||
<blockquote><q>He had continued to make headway as a tobacco blender, though, until 1910, he was still without a pipe to do justice to the quality of his blends. The calabash and finely carved meerschaum pipes in his show cases were too fragile for everyday use, and customers had long been complaining about the taste of the cheaply vernished Algerian briars which, as I pointed out, were about all any tobacconist had to offer.</q>'''Dunhill''', Mary, Our Family Business (The Bodley Head - Great Britain, 1979)./blockquote> | <blockquote><q>He had continued to make headway as a tobacco blender, though, until 1910, he was still without a pipe to do justice to the quality of his blends. The calabash and finely carved meerschaum pipes in his show cases were too fragile for everyday use, and customers had long been complaining about the taste of the cheaply vernished Algerian briars which, as I pointed out, were about all any tobacconist had to offer.</q>'''Dunhill''', Mary, Our Family Business (The Bodley Head - Great Britain, 1979).</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). | ||