The Parker Bruyere is Parker's most striking finish, the light stain shows you how there is no fills in these pipes, a fantastic quality briar. The Bruyere come with a removable metal filter While Parker may have started have been started by Alfred Dunhill as a brand to sell the Dunhill failings (seconds). By the late 1950’s Dunhill purchased the Hardcastle factory and grouped both Parker & Hardcastle into a single brand. Production moved to France where the Parkers have been made ever since.