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Loring also mentions in his book: <q>I might also note that if Alfred Dunhill is to be believed in 1910, the year Dunhill began pipe making, was also it's best year by far for straight grained pipes, for quoting from Dunhill's first "About Smoke" Catalogue: | Loring also mentions in his book: <q>I might also note that if Alfred Dunhill is to be believed in 1910, the year Dunhill began pipe making, was also it's best year by far for straight grained pipes, for quoting from Dunhill's first "About Smoke" Catalogue:</q> | ||
<blockquote><q>Thousands [emphasis added] of Straight-Grain Bowls [are] always in Stock, including many absolutely perfect specimens... These Straight-Grain Pipes are not selected from ordinary | <blockquote><q>Thousands [emphasis added] of Straight-Grain Bowls [are] always in Stock, including many absolutely perfect specimens... These Straight-Grain Pipes are not selected from ordinary | ||
French briar bowls, but specially carved from roots over 120 years old, and are really marvelous specimens.</q></blockquote> | French briar bowls, but specially carved from roots over 120 years old, and are really marvelous specimens.</q></blockquote> | ||