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Lorenzo Pipes became cult troughout the 1970s and 1980s. In order to strive another cliche than the gentleman with the stronger statue: the pipesmoking university student of these years, clothed in turtleneck pullover and NATO-parka, can actually not be conceived without a Lorenzo! Well, to be sure he had to select his Lorenzo very carefully from the show-cases in order to find one with less than six blinking fills. Lorenzo dealt very generously with putty. All the same, the pipes smoked very good-natured, they were considered to be hypermodern and flamboyant and, perhaps best of all, they gave you the indispensable highbrow touch! | Lorenzo Pipes became cult troughout the 1970s and 1980s. In order to strive another cliche than the gentleman with the stronger statue: the pipesmoking university student of these years, clothed in turtleneck pullover and NATO-parka, can actually not be conceived without a Lorenzo! Well, to be sure he had to select his Lorenzo very carefully from the show-cases in order to find one with less than six blinking fills. Lorenzo dealt very generously with putty. All the same, the pipes smoked very good-natured, they were considered to be hypermodern and flamboyant and, perhaps best of all, they gave you the indispensable highbrow touch! | ||
A somewhat more bargain series was given an own brand name: '''Spitfire'''. Spitfires displayed 1:1 transferred Lorenzo models (mainly for 9mm filter) | A somewhat more bargain series was given an own brand name: '''Spitfire'''. Spitfires displayed 1:1 transferred Lorenzo models (mainly for 9mm filter) as well as smaller, more classically shaped pipes. These were also extremely popular. '''Lloyd’s''' was strictly a Lorenzo second. | ||
<center><gallery widths=250 heights=185 caption="Lloyds Examples and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | <center><gallery widths=250 heights=185 caption="Lloyds Examples and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | ||