Dunhill pipe, with a piece of wood from the "Titanic"

[DustyRoundup]

Brigham pointed this out in another thread, so I googled it, and heres a link.

http://www.artamis.co/acatalog/Dunhill_Titanic_Pipes.html

It comes in a well thought out case, and the tamper has a piece of wood in it, that came from a chair, that was picked up in the wreckage.

Pretty cool huh?

 

[Ocelot55]

Definitely cool, but only for the serious collector! :shock:

 

[Fishfuzz]

^^
The kit looks amazing however.

 

[monbla256]

I wonder how long 'till one get's to Graig's List or the 'prey?

 

[Harlock999]

Maybe Savinelli should do a limited edition Costa Concordia pipe, complete with a bottle of wine and a chunk of granite...

 

[Fishfuzz]

Maybe Savinelli should do a limited edition Costa Concordia pipe, complete with a bottle of wine and a chunk of granite...

+1 brilliant

 

[KevinM]

Mmmhmm. Ever read A Night to Remember? A lot of the men passengers were standing around smoking as the Titanic sank. Women and children first, old boy. I wonder if anyone aboard the Carpathia (sp?) ever claimed to have rescued one of the first-class passenger's Dunhills, plucked from the cold waters of the Atlantic, during rescue ops? Probably not. Pre-Ebay.

Wonder what you'd smoke if you were an Edwardian gentleman that evening. Nightcap, mebbe.

 

[monbla256]

Mmmhmm. Ever read A Night to Remember? A lot of the men passengers were standing around smoking as the Titanic sank. Women and children first, old boy. I wonder if anyone aboard the Carpathia (sp?) ever claimed to have rescued one of the first-class passenger's Dunhills, plucked from the cold waters of the Atlantic, during rescue ops? Probably not. Pre-Ebay.

Wonder what you'd smoke if you were an Edwardian gentleman that evening. Nightcap, mebbe.

He wouldn't have been smoking Nightcap back in 1912. It was not introduced as a blend till 1951! Mabe Durbar
Check this site out for just when Dunhill introduced their blends

http://loringpage.com/pipearticles/duntob1.htm

 

[George Kaplan]

That's an interesting read Monbla. "Throgmorton" caught my eye. The similarly named Frogmorton was named after a village in Lord of the Rings, but the author, Prof. Tolkien, was quite a pipe smoker. Perhaps he named the village in honor of a tabac he fancied, and now it's come full-circle.

 

[monbla256]

That's an interesting read Monbla. "Throgmorton" caught my eye. The similarly named Frogmorton was named after a village in Lord of the Rings, but the author, Prof. Tolkien, was quite a pipe smoker. Perhaps he named the village in honor of a tabac he fancied, and now it's come full-circle.

That sure sounds likely! That site has several "pages" one of which lists ALL of Dunhill's blends and dates them in a nice chart form!!

 

[KevinM]

Thanks very much, Monbla. That's an interesting and concise history of Dunhill tobacco. I haven't seen it before. I have a few tins of 12-year-old Durbar plus some of the other mixtures cited which I plan to smolder in my new Savs. When I begin to pop 'em I'll do so with all due Edwardian reverence. Thanks, again. Great stuff.

 

[docwatson]

If it's made with a piece of wood from the Titanic can I assume it will smoke wet??? :face:

 

[monbla256]

If it's made with a piece of wood from the Titanic can I assume it will smoke wet??? :face:

Only if you have some Durbar from 1912

 

[DustyRoundup]

Yeah Monbla, that is an excellent piece of history there, Thanks for sharing that link..

The whole Frogmorton/ throgmorton is interesting.

 

[MisterE]

Check this out. Here's a pipe that actually came from the Titanic! :shock:

William Murdoch's pipe.

 

[dshpipes]

Check this out. Here's a pipe that actually came from the Titanic! :shock:

William Murdoch's pipe.

Now that is cool!

 

[DustyRoundup]

Heck Yeah, that is cool !!!