New pipe day. This little 1940 craggy Shell billiard is an amazing smoker. I'm already looking for another Shell, this time a 50's.
NPD: 1940 Dunhill Shell
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New pipe day. This little 1940 craggy Shell billiard is an amazing smoker. I'm already looking for another Shell, this time a 50's.
It is a nice-looking pipe. Shame you didn't show us any nomenclature.
They are plain as day. I'm busy at work at the moment.We need prove, show us the stampings
It's super ghosted with something that had a wintergreen casing on it. You can tell that that's all they smoked out of it. That's the only thing about it, other than that it's in really good condition. I'm working on cleaning it and smoking it out. It's the worst case of ghosting that I've ever experienced. Any tips would be appreciated. I'm going to try 90% rubbing alcohol, which is what I normally use with great results.
This is the best I can get the numbers to show. As stated earlier, they are really crisp in person. Fixed the ghosting issue. Got some tobacco stuck in the craggy crevices!
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I hear you that the numbers are crisp, but what are they?
I only ask because out of all the 1939-1945 Dunhills I've seen listed on ebay, exactly one has actually been 1939-1945. They are out there, as I've owned the one (1944) I mentioned, but they are generally dated incorrectly (10 years too early) based on mis-reading of Pipephil information.
I have the absolute
-tiest cell phone camera in the universe, and by magnifying and holding the phone against something to steady it, in good light, I can get perfectly clear images of stamping.If by small you mean very small, there is a small mark after England. I think it may be a zero.
I thought I saw an underscored '0'. The Pipedia dating guide says that Loring makes an argument for this patent number being used without date codes, during the WWII years.