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==History== | ==History== | ||
[[File:Wf1951C.jpg|thumb | [[File:Wf1951C.jpg|thumb|exterior view, Wally Frank, 44th St. and Madison Ave., New York City, 1951]] | ||
Wally Frank, Ltd. was one of America's oldest and most respected names in pipes and tobaccos, beginning in the | Wally Frank, Ltd. was one of America's oldest and most respected names in pipes and tobaccos, beginning in the early 1930’s. Wally Frank operated a chain of tobacco stores in New York City (the flagship store was in Lexington Avenue) and had a vast catalog business for pipes and pipe tobaccos. Their numerous private-label pipes were made by many makers, including Charatan, Sasieni, Weber, and many others. Wally Frank, Ltd. also owned the [[Pioneer]] brand of meerschaum pipes, made from both Turkish and African meerschaum. In addition to importing pipes, he had many pipes made in his own name and also employed pipemakers like [[Stokkebye|Peter Stokkebye]], [[S. Bang|Svend Bang]], and [[Ed Burak]] (who later became the owner of [[Connoisseur]]). As a result, each Wally Frank pipe must be individually evaluated on its own merit. | ||
[[File:Wf1951B.jpg|thumb | [[File:Wf1951B.jpg|thumb|interior view, Wally Frank, 44th St. and Madison Ave., New York City, 1951]] | ||
[[File:Wf1951A.jpg|thumb | [[File:Wf1951A.jpg|thumb|exterior view, Wally Frank, 44th St. and Madison Ave., New York City, 1951]] | ||
[[File:WallyFrank-PipeLoreCatalog1940.png|thumb|Cover of 1940 Wally Frank Pipe Lore Catalog: [https://pipedia.org/images/3/30/Pipe_lore_catalog_1940_20180501151314.pdf see complete 24 page Catalog in PDF, Courtesy James Foster & Cael Bean]]] | |||
Members of Wally Frank's "The Pipe of the Month Club" received a new pipe in the mail once a month. | Members of Wally Frank's "The Pipe of the Month Club" received a new pipe in the mail once a month. | ||
In 1952, Wally Frank was on a buying trip in Italy and "discovered" pipe maker [[Castello|Carlo Scotti]]. Frank liked Scotti's pipes, but there was the small problem of Scotti's pipes bearing the same trademark or logo as one of Wally Frank's pipe lines, the [[White bar|White Bar]]. The two men decided on creating a new logo for pipes sold in the U.S.: a hole drilled in the stem and with a piece of silver foil inserted in the hole and covered with clear Lucite. | [[File:WallyFrankGarrick.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:WallyFrankPOM16.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Doug Valitchka]] | ||
[[File:WallyFrankSerA13.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Doug Valitchka]]In 1952, Wally Frank was on a buying trip in Italy and "discovered" pipe maker [[Castello|Carlo Scotti]]. Frank liked Scotti's pipes, but there was the small problem of Scotti's pipes bearing the same trademark or logo as one of Wally Frank's pipe lines, the [[White bar|White Bar]]. The two men decided on creating a new logo for pipes sold in the U.S.: a hole drilled in the stem and with a piece of silver foil inserted in the hole and covered with clear Lucite. | |||
Wally Frank (the person) wrote the forward to Georges Herment's 1954 book "The Pipe." | Wally Frank (the person) wrote the forward to Georges Herment's 1954 book "The Pipe." | ||
<gallery widths=250 heights=185 caption="Wally Frank, Heart of the Root example and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
File:WallyFrankPOM2-01.jpg | |||
File:WallyFrankPOM2-07.jpg | |||
File:WallyFrankPOM2-08.jpg | |||
File:WallyFrankPOM2-09.jpg | |||
File:WallyFrankPOM2-10.jpg | |||
File:WallyFrankPOM15.jpg|Catalog page showing the Heart of the Root pipe | |||
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<gallery widths=250px heights=185 caption="Examples and nomenclature, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
File:WallyFrankBulldog01.jpg|Bulldog, marked Wally Frank, LTD. Imported Brair | |||
File:WallyFrankBulldog07.jpg|Bulldog detail | |||
File:WallyFrankCavalier01.jpg|Caviler, marked Wally Frank, LTD. | |||
File:WallyFrankCherry01.jpg|Cherry Wood | |||
File:WallyFrankPOM01.jpg|Pipe of the Month | |||
File:WallyFrankPOM05.jpg|Pipe of the Month detail | |||
File:WallyFrank Blacktohorne01.jpg|Blackthorne | |||
File:WallyFrank Blacktohorne07.jpg|Blackthorne detail | |||
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<gallery widths=250 heights=185 caption="Wally Frank 5 star and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
File:Wally_Frank_5_Star01.jpg | |||
File:Wally Frank 5 Star02.jpg | |||
File:Wally Frank 5 Star03.jpg | |||
File:Wall Frank 5 Star.jpg|5 star add | |||
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<gallery widths=250 heights=185 caption="Wally Frank Straight Grain and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
WallyFrank01.jpg | |||
WallyFrank07.jpg | |||
WallyFrank08.jpg | |||
WallyFrank16.jpg|Catalog page featuring Straight Grain "Seconds" | |||
</gallery> | |||
==Lines/styles of briar pipes== | ==Lines/styles of briar pipes== | ||
[[File:WallyFrank Bulldog.jpg|thumb|400px|Wally Frank Bulldog, courtesy [http://http://www.smokingpipes.com Smokingpipes.com]]] | |||
[[File:WF24.jpg|thumb|400px|Wally Frank British Irregular (Charatan second) pipe, shape #24 (Canadian Forester)]] | |||
[[File:1943WallyFrankPipes.jpg|thumb|400px|Wally Frank pipe shape chart, from the 1943 catalog]] | |||
*Army and Navy | *Army and Navy | ||
*British Irregular | *British Irregular | ||
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*Sweet Root | *Sweet Root | ||
*White Bar | *White Bar | ||
==External links== | ==External links== |