1962 Dunhill Bruyere ODA 836 Smooth Panel Estate Briar Pipe, English Estates

Description

To veteran pipe smokers, Dunhill needs no introduction. Beginning in 1907, Alfred Dunhill began selling Dunhill pipes at the tobacconist shop he owned on London’s Duke Street. Very quickly, these pipes gained the reputation of being the ‘Rolls-Royce’ of pipes due to how expertly crafted they were. Today, Dunhill is likely Britain’s most famous pipe manufacturer, and continues to produce some of the most treasured pipes a smoker can buy.

This particular Dunhill belongs to the rare and coveted “OD” series. As historian John Loring recounts, post-war OD designs were distinct in either shape or in size from Dunhill’s standard offerings. This ODA 836, for example, was what Dunhills referred to as a “semi-giant” – not quite a magnum, but certainly larger than any of Dunhill’s usual production. It is certainly a large pipe, especially by Dunhill’s standards, rendered in the form of the classic foursquare, or panel billiard. The pipe is also an example of a relatively uncommon smooth finish OD, dressed in the light brown stain of the mid-century Bruyere finish. I imagine this was because of the stellar bird’s-eye grain patterns the pipe proudly displays across its panels.

The condition is great. Some inner rim darkening, very minor handling marks.

 

Details:

Length: 6.4″ / 162.5mm

Bowl Width: 0.88 / 22.35mm

Bowl Depth: 1.61″ / 40.89mm

Weight: 2.0oz / 58g