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|<center>'''Dunhill Shape Chart'''</center> | |||
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Currently '''25 shapes''' classified with 2-digit numbers. | Currently '''25 shapes''' classified with 2-digit numbers. | ||
Occasionally a piece of briar is just asking to be carved into a shape which is not in the standard list. The general term for such pipe shapes is “Quaint”. | Occasionally a piece of briar is just asking to be carved into a shape which is not in the standard list. The general term for such pipe shapes is “Quaint”. | ||
[[File:Shapechart.jpg|center|Pipe Chart Dunhill]] | |||
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[[File:Pipes Size.jpg|center|800px|Groups]] | |||
Although scarcity of fine briar has always necessitated the pricing of Dunhill according to the amount of root employed in their manufacture, it is important to remember that, irrespective of size and price, they are of one quality only – the finest. The bowls are sorted into 6 groups. | Although scarcity of fine briar has always necessitated the pricing of Dunhill according to the amount of root employed in their manufacture, it is important to remember that, irrespective of size and price, they are of one quality only – the finest. The bowls are sorted into 6 groups. | ||
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|Group 1 Small | |||
|Group 2 Medium | |||
|Group 3 Medium | |||
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|Group 4 Medium to Large | |||
|Group 5 Large | |||
|Group 6 Extra large | |||
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The original skus/model numbers from the 1920’s until the early 1970’s stood for very specific shapes and bowls. For example, the codes 31, 34, 59, 111, 113, 117, 196, LB, LBS... were all different types of Billiard shaped pipes and there were about 50(!), such codes for the Billiard shape alone. | The original skus/model numbers from the 1920’s until the early 1970’s stood for very specific shapes and bowls. For example, the codes 31, 34, 59, 111, 113, 117, 196, LB, LBS... were all different types of Billiard shaped pipes and there were about 50(!), such codes for the Billiard shape alone. | ||
[[file:Tanshellyang.jpg|thumb||right|Tanshell - 1952]] | [[file:Tanshellyang.jpg|thumb||right|Tanshell - 1952]] | ||