DUNHILL Root Briar 3101

DUNHILL Root Briar 3101

England, 1988

This quite moderately smoked middle size and the highest grade Dunhill apple from the 1980s hardly needs any detailed explanations – the pipe speak for itself! Should smoke perfect with strong and medium mixtures. Highly recommended!

The pipe marking is “3101”, “DUNHILL \ ROOT BRIAR”, “MADE IN \ ENGLAND 28 (?)”. The length is 12.1 cm (4.76″), bowl’s height is 4.0 cm (1.57″). External diameter of the bowl is 3.8 cm (1.5″), internal diameter is 1.9 cm (0.75″). The depth is 3.2 cm (1.26″) and this pipe weights 34 gr. Briar, vulcanite stem, no filter.

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