Dunhill 1977 Bruyere 410D Smooth Diplomat 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.

The early to mid-1970s saw the introduction of a number of slightly unusual Dunhill shapes. As the make’s modern standardized shape code system was introduced near the decade’s end, however, many of these shapes would thus be short-lived, with one consequence being their relative scarcity. This scarcity is, naturally, even greater today, half a century later, given the entropy inherent to the passage of time. The “410D” appears to have been one such shape, and though they can be found, every so often, in the various finishes Dunhill offered during the period of their manufacture, they are far from common. The design of the 410D is essentially one of a Diplomat (or a banker, depending on who you ask), albeit one that is noticeably longer and more squat than is typical, especially compared the renditions that Dunhill would later offer as standard. This one, from 1976, wears the claret-red version of the Bruyere finish that found a welcome home in Dunhill’s catalog for much of the 20th century, before it too was set aside in favor of the (admittedly also very nice) deep burgundy tones familiar to the line today.

The condition is fair. Some rim darkening, chamber slightly over-reamed, and some slight blemishing of the finish on the bowl, likely from handling.

Details:

Length: 6.2″ / 157.4mm

Bowl Width: 0.85 / 21.59mm

Bowl Depth: 1.07″ / 27.17mm

Weight: 1.6oz / 46g