Translations:The History of Dunhill's Shell/5/en

Jonathan Guss and Jesse Silver, important members of our community, point out inconsistencies in the main story that is widespread, which states that the blasting of pipes was invented by Dunhill. The blasting technique was invented in 1870, and patented by Benjamin Chew Tilghman, 47 years before Dunhill used it in his pipes. There is no way to say for sure who was the first to apply the concept in pipes. There are clues and theories that point to sandblasting of pipes before Dunhill, by Barling, for example, in a model called "Niblick" in mid-1917. Guss points out that the patent is more related to the process Dunhill used than the blasting itself. Alfred Dunhill explained the process of oil curing and sandblasting in his patent application as follows: