Ah, the broken tenon - bane to pipe smokers everywhere and a bread-and-butter repair for any pipe shop! For such a small piece, the stem tenon is a crucial part of any pipe. After all, it's the part that attaches the stem to the shank. Without a sound tenon, a pipe is reduced to an… Continue reading Tenon Replacement for a 1966 Dunhill Tanshell Prince
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Reclaiming a Hard-Smoked 1969 Dunhill Tanshell “K” Apple
I stumbled across this Dunhill Tanshell on eBay near the end of the auction period. The (relatively) low bid price told me that there was probably something significantly wrong with the pipe, the auction listing, or both. Curious, I read through the auction description, which was almost ridiculously brief, but accurate as far as it went:… Continue reading Reclaiming a Hard-Smoked 1969 Dunhill Tanshell “K” Apple
