The "DR" (Dead Root) stamping on the left side of a Dunhill pipe corresponds to a straight grain.
"Dead Root" is a commercial label and doesn't mean the root was extracted when the tree was already dead.
1979: the DR are graded with 1 to 6 (or 7?) stars.
Examples:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | |||||||||
| | | | | | | | | | | | ? | ||||||||||||
* | ** | *** | **** | ***** | ****** | (7*) |
2000: Pipes with the Amber Flame finish are stamped with DR followed by flames playing the same role than the stars.
(Unknown max number of flames)