Whangee
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Whangee (
The firm of Dunhill created custom smoking pipes and cigarette holders out of whangee, lacquering the surface of the plant stems and adding a black plastic or Bakelite mouthpiece. Terry-Thomas, the well-known British comedic actor, habitually used an 8-inch (20 cm)-long custom black lacquered whangee cigarette holder. It became his trademark and is seen in most of his publicity photographs. His collection included a valuable holder with a spiral of diamonds set in gold over the black lacquered whangee. It was stolen from his dressing room by a young Jimmy Tarbuck and was recovered in a damaged state.
Sylvester McCoy used an umbrella with a whangee handle during his early days as The Doctor.
References
- ISBN 0-550-10105-5.
- ^ "Whangee".
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Royal Umbrellas | euromaxx. YouTube.