Originally Posted by
NeverBend
Thanks Tab,
1962 EC. Group 4 Bruyere. For those who aren't familiar with Dunhill nomenclature, little '2' is added to 1960 for the year, 4 in circle is the group, "A" is Bruyere.
I used to know what "EC" actually stood for but it was used on pipes with longer shanks than normally found in their groups range (and thus more desirable). The bowl was made with a single chuck replicator that Dunhill did better than anyone (similar to 1930s Sasieni). Don't know the names of the craftsmen who did the single chucks but these guys could orient the block (in the chuck) to bring out the most grain and best part of the wood. I assume that Frank Lincoln and Ken Lowe did some of these and perhaps Bernie Knighton too but Bill Taylor was probably too young to have done much with the single chucks.
Bit work is periodic, flatter bite with somewhat less refined button. Excellent shoulder as noted before. While technically a machine made bowl, the single chucks were the best machined bowls I've encountered. Since the blocks were initially phrased in the cutting mills many single chucks feature cross grains on the outer and inner spines (front/back of the bowls and up the top and bottom of the shank. How does it smoke?
