Dunhills worth the bucks?

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dogwood
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Dunhills worth the bucks?

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What's the apeal of Dunhill pipes? Why are they so expensive? Do the use the best briar and have the best craftsmanship?

I think I'm better off with a high grade Savinelli and/or a Cavicchi.
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REH
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I own a Dunhill and a Savinelli as well as a couple of pipes made by members of this forum. IMO the handmade pipes ar far superior to any of my other pipes including my high dollar Dunhill. I modified my Savinelli and it is a fine smoker now but even the pipes I have made smoke better.
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thanks. i can't wait to get started on my first homemade. it seems like no matter what it looks like it smokes better than massproduced!!
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dogwood wrote: What's the apeal of Dunhill pipes?
The white dot.
dogwood wrote: Why are they so expensive?
Collectors like to date things, Dunhills have a year code.
dogwood wrote: Do they use the best briar


No. If they did, they wouldn't sandblast so often.
dogwood wrote: and have the best craftsmanship?


No more so than other quality pipe manufacturers of the same time periods.


A well made, properly engineered handmade will have more effort invested in the details that ensure a "high-grade" smoke than a production line pipe.
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