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[[Image:Kiko_02.jpg|right|thumb|Kiko]] | |||
Kiko, meaning "pipe" in Swahili-Kiswahili to English translation, is probably the best known of the various brands listed below. | Kiko, meaning "pipe" in Swahili-Kiswahili to English translation, is probably the best known of the various brands listed below. | ||
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Eventhough, the raw material is mined by the '''Tanganyika Meerschaum Corporation''' and to a large extent used for pipemaking. Uncounted pipemakers throughout the world were supplied with Amboseli Meerschaum, preferentially used for Meerschaum lined briars or leather-clad pipes. In Tanganyika the '''Kilimanjaro Pipe Company Ltd.''' produced (afak): | Eventhough, the raw material is mined by the '''Tanganyika Meerschaum Corporation''' and to a large extent used for pipemaking. Uncounted pipemakers throughout the world were supplied with Amboseli Meerschaum, preferentially used for Meerschaum lined briars or leather-clad pipes. In Tanganyika the '''Kilimanjaro Pipe Company Ltd.''' produced (afak): | ||
* '''Caveman''' | |||
* '''Countryman''' (Elephant logo) | * '''Countryman''' (Elephant logo) | ||
* '''Kiko''' (Elephant logo) | * '''Kiko''' (Elephant logo) | ||
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* '''Merlin''' (Flying bird logo) | * '''Merlin''' (Flying bird logo) | ||
* '''Sportsman''' (Elephant logo) | * '''Sportsman''' (Elephant logo) | ||
* '''Tembo''' | |||
* '''Townsman''' | |||
* '''Twiga''' (Giraffe logo) | * '''Twiga''' (Giraffe logo) | ||
* '''White Elephant''' (Elephant logo) | * '''White Elephant''' (Elephant logo) | ||
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Image:Kiko_01.jpg|Kiko | |||
Image:Kiko_03.jpg| | |||
Image:Kilimanjaro3.jpg|Kilimanjaro | |||
Image:Kilimanjaro.jpg| | |||
</gallery> | |||
[[Image:Kilimanjaro2.jpg|left|thumb|Brand unknown]] | |||
'''Kilimanjaro''' is an old brand from Amboseli Pipes, that belonged to Tanganyika Meerschaum Corporation, created in 1955, in Nairobi (Kenia). This enterprise was founded after the discovery in the Kilimanjaro mountains of a big meerschaum mine. This meerschaum is not so good as Turkish one, because it is more compacted and do not less so well leaving out from the pipe the tar and nicotine. | '''Kilimanjaro''' is an old brand from Amboseli Pipes, that belonged to Tanganyika Meerschaum Corporation, created in 1955, in Nairobi (Kenia). This enterprise was founded after the discovery in the Kilimanjaro mountains of a big meerschaum mine. This meerschaum is not so good as Turkish one, because it is more compacted and do not less so well leaving out from the pipe the tar and nicotine. | ||
Soon after it was discovered another mine in the famous Amboseli Game Park. | Soon after it was discovered another mine in the famous Amboseli Game Park. | ||
The enterprise had moved his headquarters to Arusha (Tanzania) and made an association with a Belgian company, but | The enterprise had moved his headquarters to Arusha (Tanzania) and made an association with a Belgian company, but closed some years after. | ||
Some of the brands produced used pressed or compacted meerschaum and not block meerschaum. | Some of the brands produced used pressed or compacted meerschaum and not block meerschaum. | ||
The company had also an agreement with GBD to make the line GBD Block Meerschaum. | The company had also an agreement with '''[[GBD]]''' to make the line GBD Block Meerschaum. | ||
After closing, the British companies London Meerschaum and Manx Pipes continued to produce pipes | After closing, the British companies '''London Meerschaum''' and '''Manx Pipes''' continued to produce pipes using imported meerschaum from Africa. | ||
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