Dunhill information anyone?

PappyJoe

I was gifted a pipe tonight.
One the left side is stamped Ao and Dunhill over London.
On the right side i stamped:
Made in England (there is something stamped next to it that I can't decipher)
"Inner Tube"
Patent No. 113080615
151 is stamped closer to the bowl.

What do I have here? I tried pipephil but can find it.

Kmhartle

@PappyJoe ~ I'm not sure if this will be of any help but it does talk about the 151 being a bowl size/shape. 

http://loringpage.com/PipeArticles/The Atypical LC.htm

PappyJoe

Thanks. I missed that page last night.
I'll post good photos later but I did find out that digit is a 6 and that it dates this pipe to being made in 1926.

Charles

@PappyJoe, I found the following but am not able to open them since I am at work and we have security filters on our server.  Perhaps your answer is in one of these:
https://www.pipes.org/identifying-dunhill-nomenclature/

www.pipephil.eu/logos/en/dunhill/cledat-en1.html

www.rdfield.com/Articles/A%20Dunhill%20Pipe%20Dating.htm

PappyJoe

@charles - I looked at the first link and I found it to be at odd with what I've found on other sites. For example, the link you posted says Dunhill didn't start date stamping until 1960. If you look at pipephiil.eu, they show images of pipes from prior to 1930 with the suffix after the D in England. 
The rdfield.com article did provide some more clarification though. The Ao on one side of the shank designates the pipe as a Bruyere (best quality) and they used that designation through 1974. The "Inner Tube" stamp was used only through 1934 through 1934.

Thanks for the links. Between them and some other information I received, the pipe appears to be a Bruyere Inner Tube produced in 1926.

PappyJoe

I also found REG No 654638 on the bottom of the stem.

PappyJoe

Some slightly better photos after working on the pipe most of today. Will get better photos once the dead battery in my camera charges up and the weather clears up enough to photograph outside.

PappyJoe

I have cleaned the bowl (coffee method, twice). I have de-oxidized the stem using wet micro mesh pads (3200 - 4000 grit), dry micro mesh pads (6000 & 12000 grit), followed using Brebbia Pipe & Stem cleaner (rub it on with finger tip and let it dry before removing with a soft cloth) and finally coated the stem with Obsidian Oil and let it sit for 30 minutes before wiping it off with a soft cloth. Followed all that by wiping it down with both sides of a Savinelli Pipe Polishing cloth. The last pictures are the after cleaning photos.

This morning I had a decision to make. What will I smoke in it to rebuild some of the cake I removed? 
I have tins of Dunhill Aperitif, My Mixture 965 and Standard Mixture Mellow. I also have tins of English blends from Cornell & Diehl and a couple of other brands.
Obviously, since it's a Dunhill pipe, I chose a Dunhill blend. Drumroll please.....

My Mixture 965. 965 was originally blended for E.A. Baxter, Esq. before 1910, according http://loringpage.com/pipearticles/duntob1.htm. 

I'll post pictures later.

Mangoandy

Very cool gift and great choice for the inaugural smoke.
Looking forward to how it handles after almost 90 years. Wow! Thanks for sharing this one.

PappyJoe

@Mangoandy - In the past, I have laughed at claims that Dunhill's were superior to all other pipes and that old estate Dunhill's were consistently better than even artisan pipes of today.  I won't go as far as to say I was completely wrong to do that. I'm not prepared to say the Dunhill aficianados are correct either. But after smoking it twice, I will say I notice a difference between how it smokes and my other high end pipes smoke. My initial thought is, it's not the Dunhill name but the Dunhill engineering that makes the difference. 

To me it seems that the airway is a bigger diameter than on my other premium pipes. That makes for an easier draw which affects how often and hard you have to puff. So, an more open airway and easier draw leads to a slower, cooler smoke in my mind. 

I can still be wrong on how good this pipe is compared to my Rinaldo's, Stanwell HCS, my Savinelli's and other Italian pipes. I will be taking notes on the differences in the coming weeks.

Mangoandy

Now that’s a worthy assignment for the next few weeks. And, if you come up short, you enjoyed a few weeks of great tobacco!

motie2

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