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A Dunhill Briar Question
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<blockquote data-quote="glpease" data-source="post: 9071" data-attributes="member: 18"><p>I'm not a Dunhill expert, and my impressions are limited to older examples, as most of the Dunhills I've ever owned have been from 1959 or earlier, but in my experience, early Shells have consistently provided a better smoke than the smooth finishes. It's always been my understanding that, at least in the earlier years, different briar was used for different finishes. That destined for Shells was chosen for it's ability to be sandblasted well. Roots were chosen for tighter grain. Prior to the introduction of the Root, and forgive me if I forget the date, Bruyere's and Shells may have been made from the same wood.</p><p></p><p>Things at Dunhill changed in about 1967, according to some sources, when they stopped using the oil-cure, and possibly stopped purpose selecting wood.</p><p></p><p>All that said, I really like my old Dunnies. They always seemed to pay a great deal of attention to what was going on inside the airways and at the funnel of the mouthpieces, and I think this is part of what makes the best of them smoke so very, very well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="glpease, post: 9071, member: 18"] I'm not a Dunhill expert, and my impressions are limited to older examples, as most of the Dunhills I've ever owned have been from 1959 or earlier, but in my experience, early Shells have consistently provided a better smoke than the smooth finishes. It's always been my understanding that, at least in the earlier years, different briar was used for different finishes. That destined for Shells was chosen for it's ability to be sandblasted well. Roots were chosen for tighter grain. Prior to the introduction of the Root, and forgive me if I forget the date, Bruyere's and Shells may have been made from the same wood. Things at Dunhill changed in about 1967, according to some sources, when they stopped using the oil-cure, and possibly stopped purpose selecting wood. All that said, I really like my old Dunnies. They always seemed to pay a great deal of attention to what was going on inside the airways and at the funnel of the mouthpieces, and I think this is part of what makes the best of them smoke so very, very well. [/QUOTE]
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