{"id":31991,"date":"2026-01-08T22:13:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T22:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fireflydesigns.in\/wp9\/product\/dunhill-white-spot-shell-briar-2113-bent-apple-sandblasted\/"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:35:46","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T09:35:46","slug":"dunhill-white-spot-shell-briar-2113-bent-apple-sandblasted","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/fireflydesigns.in\/wp9\/product\/dunhill-white-spot-shell-briar-2113-bent-apple-sandblasted\/","title":{"rendered":"Dunhill White Spot Shell Briar 2113 Bent Apple Sandblasted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Alfred Dunhill\u2019s most revolutionary innovation was the Shell pipe in 1917. How this technique of sandblasting came about is somewhat of a mystery. The story often told is that Alfred Dunhill went down into his basement in the wintertime to make a couple pipes and accidentally left one, a half finished piece, by the heating boiler. 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Though the Shell finish certainly did not arise from accidentally forgotten pipes in the cellar, it was definitely an important innovation on Dunhill\u2019s part.<\/p>\n<p>This pipe has been individually photographed, so that the pipe you see in the picture is the pipe you will receive.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-218194\" height=\"173\" src=\"https:\/\/www.havanahouse.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/hhpipechart.jpg\" width=\"465\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">A &#8211; 1.20 in<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">B &#8211; 1&nbsp;in<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">C &#8211; 5&nbsp;in<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">D &#8211; 0.6&nbsp;in<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">E&nbsp; &#8211; 0.8&nbsp;in<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"xs_social_share_widget xs_share_url after_content \t\tmain_content  wslu-style-1 wslu-share-box-shaped wslu-fill-colored wslu-none wslu-share-horizontal wslu-theme-font-no wslu-main_content\">\n\n\t\t\n        <ul>\n\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n    <\/div> \n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alfred Dunhill\u2019s most revolutionary innovation was the Shell pipe in 1917. 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Originally, the Shell pipes were not stamped because the sandblasting technique, not yet being refined, made recognizing the standard shape much more difficult. 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