1949 DUNHILL SHELL 35C F/T PATENT NO. /34 925 SILVER BAND GRP 4 ID ESTATE PIPE For Sale

A rare beauty with 10 year aged scarce War-years briar...and a craggy shell finish...the F/T shank stamping is believed to have started in 1949 although the fish-tail stem appears in the late 1930\'s...the group number stamping was introduced in 1950 (w/o the finish letter which was introduced in \'51)...the \'shell\' after Dunhill was replaced with \'shell briar\' in 1951 (please see all photos)...the patent number ends in /34 (1942-54)...ID is .750 inches with a straight uniform cake of .740 inches (lite activated charcoal bowl coating applied)...OD is 1.235 inches...length is 5 inches...height is 1 3/4 inches...depth is 1 1/2 inches...weight is .97 ounces (27.5 grams)...draw hole and tenon are both 5/32 of an inch...this promises to smoke great!! No ghosting, cleaned and sanitized...please message me with any questions and thank you, as always, for your interest.