Dunhill pipe dating

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Originally published in Pipe Smoker, Winter , with a part of the guide re-published in the Spring issue of Pipes and Tobaccos. Republished here by permission of the author [1]. Please note: Scanning the text from the original article has presented problems, some of which I have not been able to solve. Much of the spacing in this presentation is not as intended. Alfred Dunhill began to manufacture briar smoking pipes in ; the famous white spot first appeared on top of the hand-cut vulcanite mouthpiece in in order that the customer should know which part faced upwards. At about this same time a one year guarantee against defects was offered on the bowl of each pipe, and to insure against far older Dunhill pipes being replaced under this guarantee a simple dating code, showing the year of manufacture, was devised and stamped onto each pipe bowl.

I wonder if tobacco companies could enhance sales by giving "vintage" dates as wine makers do. If you have the rating and can scan it and send it to me, that would fantastic. With my tin this is:

Their precise meaning is not known. Pipes with the "MAR. FOR" date from