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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. | ||
[[File:WallyFrankGarrick.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:WallyFrankPOM16.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Doug Valitchka]] | [[File:WallyFrankGarrick.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:WallyFrankPOM16.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:1943WallyFrankPipes.jpg|thumb|Wally Frank pipe shape chart, from the 1943 catalog]] | ||
[[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. | [[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. | ||
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Wally Frank Limited01.jpg|Limited | |||
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Wally Frank-SeriesA01.jpg|Series A | |||
Wally Frank-SeriesA07.jpg|Series A detail | |||
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== | <gallery widths=300 heights=300 caption="1946 Princeton Class Pipe, a [[Wally Frank]] 'The Bowler'. For more information and many photos see '''[[College Class Pipes]]'''. Courtesy Brian Robertson collection"> | ||
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<gallery widths=300 heights=300 caption="An unusual Wally Frank 'Windcap' model 'Out of Doors' pipe, courtesy Brian Robertson collection"> | |||
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<gallery widths=300 heights=300 caption="A very unusual Wally Frank horn with a screw on briar cap , courtesy Benny King"> | |||
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[[File: | <gallery widths=300 heights=300 perrow=3 caption="A trio of carved Wally Frank pipes, courtesy Benny King"> | ||
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==Lines/styles of briar pipes== | |||
[[File:WallyFrank Bulldog.jpg|thumb|Wally Frank Bulldog, courtesy [http://http://www.smokingpipes.com Smokingpipes.com]]] | |||
[[File:WF24.jpg|thumb|Wally Frank British Irregular (Charatan second) pipe, shape #24 (Canadian Forester)]] | |||
[[File:Cellini-WallyFrank01.jpg|thumb|Wally Frank Cellini, courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:Cellinii-WallyFrank07.jpg|thumb|Cellini detail, courtesy Doug Valitchka]] | |||
*Army and Navy | *Army and Navy | ||
*British Irregular | *British Irregular | ||
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*Carpathian | *Carpathian | ||
*Cavalier | *Cavalier | ||
*[[Cellini]] | |||
*Chadwick | *Chadwick | ||
*Corsican Warrior | *Corsican Warrior | ||
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*Super Delicious | *Super Delicious | ||
*Sweet Root | *Sweet Root | ||
*The Bowler | |||
*White Bar | *White Bar | ||