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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. | ||
In 1952, Wally Frank was on a buying trip in Italy and "discovered" [[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 | 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." | ||
==Lines/styles of briar pipes== | |||
*Army and Navy | |||
*British Irregular | |||
*Canadian Forester | |||
*Carpathian | |||
*Cavalier | |||
*Chadwick | |||
*Corsican Warrior | |||
*De Luxe | |||
*Dudeen | |||
*French Master | |||
*Garrick | |||
*Huntleigh | |||
*John Street | |||
*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== | ==External links== |
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