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The Wally Frank Ltd. operated a chain of retail stores in New York City and had a vast catalog business for pipes and pipe tobaccos. Their munerous private label pipes were made by many makers including Charatan, Sasieni, Weber, & many more. The pipes were all made from very well aged briar and other materials.
==History==
 
[[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 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|interior view, Wally Frank, 44th St. and Madison Ave., New York City, 1951]]
[[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.
 
[[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."
 
<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
</gallery>
 
 
<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
</gallery>
 
 
<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
</gallery>
 
 
<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==
[[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
*British Irregular
*Canadian Forester
*Carpathian
*Cavalier
*Chadwick
*Corsican Warrior
*De Luxe
*Dudeen
*French Master
*Garrick
*Huntleigh
*John Street
*Larsen
*Limited
*London Lightweights
*London Stub
*The Macauley
*Mellow
*Milady
*Natural
*Natural Unvarnished
*Nugget
*Paragon
*Philosopher
*Quaint
*Rathskeller
*Scotland Yard
*Shipmate
*Silver King
*Specimen Grain
*Straight Grain
*Streamlined
*Super Delicious
*Sweet Root
*White Bar
 
==External links==
 
*[http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/12266052_gZ5Z5#874601362_dyDJZ ''Pipe Lore'', August-September 1939]
*[http://pipepages.com/411.htm 1941 Christmas Catalog]
*[http://pipepages.com/4wfpl1.htm ''Pipe Lore'', November 1942]
*[http://pipepages.com/2wfpl1.htm ''Pipe Lore'', Summer 1949]
*[http://www.worldcat.org/title/wally-frank-1958-catalog-pipes-cigars-tobacco/oclc/191703021&referer=brief_results 1958 catalog]
*[http://pipepages.com/611.htm Early 1960s Christmas Catalog]
*[http://pipepages.com/64wf1.htm 1964(?) Christmas Catalog]
*[http://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AWally+Frank%2C+Ltd.&qt=hot_author#x0%253Abook-format Link to Wally Frank Catalogs, Publications and Documents]


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