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    Sell Your Sneakers Now!

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    Yo homeboy chill out i was just kidding around. Typo? same typo on the same word in like one sentence. Guess that your L is broken on your keyboard? Just kidding. And as far as sneakerstar1 goes he is right here you se i forgot my pwd so i just created a new account, and a sure as hell aint working for flightclub, you see i live all the way across the atlantic. Spellchecker me? Man my english is broken as hell. As i said im not even american. But i am a big collector of sneakers and i hope your biznies do good. As a matter of fact if i lived in NYC i might load of some heat at your store. Right now im sitting on 6 pairs of invinsible womans i bought retail here in sweden yesterday. Intrested?

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    how much would you be willing to pay?

    in supershopper

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    The Dunhill Company we Know today ofcourse originated as a Tobacco and Pipe company. Suits, Leathergoods and such came much later. My homework is on point. Straight A+. I used to smoke Dunhill Reds myself.

    in 1904 Alfred invented the “Windshield Pipe,†hoping to combat some of the difficulties a smoker would face while driving. It was this sort of innovation in response to the customer’s needs that would make Dunhill Pipes the leader in its field.

    In 1906, the first pipes and tobacco shop opened on Duke St. The shop soon came to be known for its customized blends. Each customer could come and create his own recipe, noted in a little book entitled “my mixture.†This is a prime example of Dunhill’s ability to tailor itself to the customer’s needs. Alfred Dunhill however, was unsatisfied with the current quality of available pipes. The pipes coming in from France were highly varnished and consequently clogged the pores of the briar. They were simply not doing justice to his creative blending.

    Alfred opened a small factory of his own in 1910. He set down two principles that would guide the production of Dunhill Pipes. First, pipes would be made of only the finest quality briar, with exacting care by expert craftsmen. Secondly, the pipes would be priced accordingly; the customer would recognize the value of a superior product. This ran counter to the current trend of inexpensive pipes of poor quality that one simply discarded after a short while.

    The Dunhill pipe was made to last a lifetime and always with an eye to utility. It must smoke well and continue to do so with age. To this end, Alfred invented the aluminum ‘inner tube’ to keep the innards of the pipe clean. When the pipe became dirty the tube could simply and easily be replaced. Note, of course, that this innovation predated the widespread use of pipe cleaners.

    In 1915, the famous white spot was introduced for very practical concerns. With straight pipes, customers had trouble knowing which way to insert the handmade vulcanite mouthpieces. So Alfred Dunhill ordered white spots to be placed on the upper side of the stem. This very practical solution would become a definitive trademark of Dunhill pipes. The “white spot†soon became known as a symbol of quality.

    Alfred Dunhill wanted his pipes to be known around the world. WWI provided him the perfect opportunity to promote his product on an international scale. When an order was placed by an officer serving in Northern France, Alfred would send additional pipes with a note asking that they be distributed among his fellow officers. The pipes were sold not only to British officers but to Americans, French, Belgians and Canadians. By the end of the war the Dunhill Pipe, with its “white spotâ€, was known the world over.

    Alfred Dunhill’s 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. He returned sometime next summer, having suddenly thought of the pipe, only to find some of the grain had ‘shrunk’, leaving a relief pattern. Obviously, this is apocryphal, probably resulting from the ‘shrunken’ look that sandblasts (especially the gnarly ones of that era) frequently have. Some say the name “Shell†came from the shriveled look the pipe took on after the sandblasting process. Alfred realized Algerian briar, then considered inferior, could be used in this new process. The softer wood could be ‘blasted away’, leaving behind only the harder briar and the beautiful natural pattern of the wood. Originally, the Shell pipes were not stamped because the sandblasting technique, not yet being refined, made recognizing the standard shape much more difficult. Though the Shell finish certainly did not arise from accidentally forgotten pipes in the cellar, it was definitely an important innovation on Dunhill’s part.

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    how much would you be willing to pay?

    in supershopper

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    If you like em and have the money why not. I have spent 1000 dollars on a pair of shoes. But i could never do it on shades for a simple reason i would lose em in a weak, i am the master of losing shades at clubs, bars, beach you name it. So as far as shades goes im fine with 70 bucks Stussys or somthing.

    Get em if yoy want to. Even if i think dunhill is pretty lame. I mean it is a Tobacco Company after all not a fashion brand. Cigaretts, lighters and that type of stuff is their thing. But if they are nice why not.

    Sneakerstar

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    Anyone into adidas shoes??

    in supershopper

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    As somewhat a sneakerfanatic im offcourse into Adidas. Im not realy feeling the Adicolor lineup. Not many shoes that is fresh enuff and to be honest im feeling this adicolor/35 superstar thing is a little it to much. They justr spit out shoes and most of them are totaly rubbish. The Keith Harring / Jermy Scotts posted in this tread is a must by (i am a big fan of K H and Pop Art). I also got the Crooked Toungh ones, The Medicom Ones, The Collete ones, and The Hide out ones. Maybe i get some more but probebly not.

    Sneakerstar

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