Dunhill 2018 Amber Root 5112 Smooth Chimney 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.

Dunhill’s Amber Root finish debuted in 1995, and was designed to emulate the finish of the original Dunhill Root Briar. While Root Briars today are known for their light, blonde, natural stain, these pipes were originally more of a reddish-orange hue, as seen on examples from the 1930s. As a consequence, the Amber Root might be considered less of a novelty and more a revival of the good old days. This group 5 Amber Root takes the form of a relatively rare shape within Dunhill’s modern catalog, the “chimney,” or what others might call a “stack” or “stacked billiard.” I’ve always found shapes like these, with their tall, narrower chambers to be magnificent for flake cuts, but they handle mixtures of all sorts very well, especially as the blend stoves while its embers move downward.

The condition is great. Some light darkening and very minor charring at the front edge of the chamber lip. This pipe comes with its original box and sleeve.

 

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.79 / 20.06mm

Bowl Depth: 1.89″ / 48.00mm

Weight: 1.5oz / 44g