Dunhill 2004 Amber Root 4108 Bent Bulldog Estate Briar Pipe, Unsmoked

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—though one that is, unfortunately, quite a rare sight as far as Dunhill’s contemporary production goes. It’s fitting, in any case, that this Amber Root is rendered in a classic bent bulldog shape, given how much even more evocative it is of a good old Root Briar, such as a shape 350, from those golden, interwar years.

This pipe is completely unsmoked, with an original (though very flaked) bowl coating. It comes with its original box and sleeve.

Details:

Length: 5.6″ / 142.2mm

Bowl Width: 0.82 / 20.82mm

Bowl Depth: 1.35″ / 34.29mm

Weight: 1.8oz / 52g