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What constitutes a high grade pipe?
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<blockquote data-quote="Dock" data-source="post: 73280" data-attributes="member: 33"><p>Ok, Is Dunhill still a highgrade maker? I don't think so.....</p><p></p><p>Dunhill pipes are considered the "old guard" of highgrades. Now, take in to consideration that Butz Choquin (a lower grade briar) has been turning bowls for them in France for over a decade and they haven't oil cured their wood since the 1960's due to the high cost in doing so. Why then are they still recognized as a highgrade pipe? It's their branding. When you buy a Dunhill you're subconsiously or maybe consiously "buying into" the brand name. You're buying a pipe from what you perceive to be a high end and excusive luxury craftsman not unlike those that build the Rolls Royce, Jaguar and land Rover autos. You're buying into a hundred years of branding! Dunhill has worked it so effectively that folks will still line up to pay several hundred dollars for an English pipe that's 1/2 made in France.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dock, post: 73280, member: 33"] Ok, Is Dunhill still a highgrade maker? I don't think so..... Dunhill pipes are considered the "old guard" of highgrades. Now, take in to consideration that Butz Choquin (a lower grade briar) has been turning bowls for them in France for over a decade and they haven't oil cured their wood since the 1960's due to the high cost in doing so. Why then are they still recognized as a highgrade pipe? It's their branding. When you buy a Dunhill you're subconsiously or maybe consiously "buying into" the brand name. You're buying a pipe from what you perceive to be a high end and excusive luxury craftsman not unlike those that build the Rolls Royce, Jaguar and land Rover autos. You're buying into a hundred years of branding! Dunhill has worked it so effectively that folks will still line up to pay several hundred dollars for an English pipe that's 1/2 made in France. [/QUOTE]
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