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(New page: right|250px <font size="4">'''Laxey Pipe Ltd.'''</font> resided in a historical 19th century four-storey Man stone building at The Quay, Old Laxey, Isle of Man, which th...) |
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<span style="color: red">Please note: you may often find names like ''"Manx Pipes Ltd."'', ''"Man Pipe Co."'' and others more, but there is no indication of another Isle of Man pipe producer other than Laxey Pipe Ltd. at any time!</span> | <span style="color: red">Please note: you may often find names like ''"Manx Pipes Ltd."'', ''"Man Pipe Co."'' and others more, but there is no indication of another Isle of Man pipe producer other than Laxey Pipe Ltd. at any time!</span> | ||
Laxey Pipe Ltd. marketed own brands like "Manxpipe", "Manxman", "Manxland" e.c. Names like "John Bull", "White Knight" (unwaxed), "Domino" (black, or lined) indicated some shapes / colours of Laxey's own series. The stems either showed the astronomical sign for "male" or "man" (circle + arrow), or the crest of the Isle of Man, the 3-legged X in a circle. Manxpipes and Laxey's other brands were available through pipe retailers in general, but also sold (mainly) to tourists through their own shop in Laxey. | Laxey Pipe Ltd. marketed own brands like "Manxpipe", "Manxman", "Manxland" e.c. Names like "John Bull", "White Knight" (unwaxed), "Domino" (black, or lined) indicated some shapes / colours of Laxey's own series. The stems either showed the astronomical sign for "male" or "man" (circle + arrow), or the crest of the Isle of Man, the 3-legged X in a circle. Manxpipes and Laxey's other brands were available through pipe retailers in general, but also were sold (mainly) to tourists through their own shop in Laxey. | ||
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Image:Manx_03.jpg| | Image:Manx_03.jpg|Several Manxman pipes | ||
Image:Manx_02.jpg| | Image:Manx_02.jpg| | ||
Image:Manx_01.jpg| | Image:Manx_01.jpg| | ||
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Image:Nording_03.jpg| | Image:Nording_03.jpg|A [[Nørding]] | ||
Image:Manx_05.jpg| | Image:Manx_05.jpg|Man Pipe for [[Comoy's]] | ||
Image:Manx_05b.jpg| | Image:Manx_05b.jpg| | ||
Image:Manx_10.jpg| | Image:Manx_10.jpg|Manx Supreme | ||
</gallery></center> | </gallery></center> | ||
