A DUNHILL ODA SHAPE CHART illustrated and annotated © john c loring

801 Belge, Cocked bowl (5) large for shape – early dating extremely rare		802 Bent Antique, spur (4) old inventory finished in ‘70s/’80s with non ODA #s – early dating extremely rare		803 Odd Bent (4) – early dating extremely rare			804 Odd Bent (4) – early dating extremely rare
805 Skater (4) CH shape – early dating extremely rare		806 Apple, Tapered Bit		818 Oom Paul (5) – early dating extremely rare			821 Danish Bent (4) old inventory finished in ‘70s/’80s with non ODA #s – early dating extremely rare
824 Brandy Glass – early dating extremely rare		827 Rhodesian, Small – early dating extremely rare		830 Liverpool - early dating extremely rare			831 Bent, Cocked bowl (4) old inventory finished in ‘70s/’80s with non ODA #s – early dating quite rare
832 Lovat – early dating quite rare	833 Danish Style Bent – early dating extremely rare		834 Prince – early dating quite rare		835 Billiard, Tapered Bit
836 Square Panel	837 Bulldog		838 Straight Rhodesian – early dating rare		839 Qtr Bent Rhodesian – early dating rare
840 Bent Billiard - I find it difficult to distinguish the 840 from the 846 – early dating are rare	841 Lovat – early dating rare		842 Apple, Saddle Bit –early dating rare- (later stamped 6806)		843 Billiard, Saddle Bit -early dating rare - (later stamped 6835)
844 Poker – early dating extremely rare	845 Canadian, Large Bowl		846 Bent Apple, Saddle - I find it difficult to distinguish the 840 from the 846 – early dating rare			847 Rhodesian, Quarter Bent, Round Shank – early dating quite rare
848 Dublin	849 Stacked Billiard - the 849 is thinner & taller then the 856 – early dating extremely rare		850 Canadian, Small Bowl		851 Canadian, Small Bowl, Extra Long – early dating extremely rare
853 Pot – early dating rare	854 Rhodesian, Full Bent – early dating extremely rare		855 Canadian, Large Bowl, Extra Long – early dating extremely rare		856 Stack Billiard - the 849 is thinner & taller then the 856 – early dating extremely rare
857 Bent Brandy – early dating quite rare	861 Angled Squat Panel Bowl, Tapered Square Shank – early dating extremely rare		862 Dublin Panel – early dating extremely rare		863 Squat Panel, Front Bottom Curve (4) – early dating extremely rare
865 Angled Convex Rectangular Panel (5) – old inventory apparently finished in ‘70s/’80s in Shell finish - early dating extremely rare	866 Square Bowl (4) – early dating extremely rare

Notes

1. the pictured pipes are not in scale with each other.

2. heavily framed shapes indicate the ‘semi giant’ shapes commonly termed today “ODAs”.

3.”(4)” & “(5)’ indicate approximate group number size.

4.” extremely rare” is rarer then” quite rare” which in turn is rarer then” rare”.

5. all rarity indication go to the 1950s/1960s period – for later, less collectible, years the situation may be quite different.

6. rarity does not necessarily translate into premium values – ‘non-semi giant’ shapes generally find little interest even at low prices even if extremely rare, and the same can hold true for less popular ‘semi giant’ shapes. Conversely, relatively common but highly desirable shapes such as the 835 will sell at a premium because of their popularity. In other words “value” is the product of supply & demand, not rarity.

7. “old inventory finished in ‘70s/’80s’ refers to factory inventories of unfinished bowls that were set aside in the 1950s due to a lack of consumer demand (not all pipes later finished from these bowls were exactly consistent with the original shapes)..