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''[The recent passing of Ed Lehman still bears heavily and prompts me to note that the two gold banded LB / 7 Shells shown in this article came to me from Ed and to my mind particularly reflect his importance as a collector.  Especially back when these pipes came to Ed, ‘condition, condition, condition’ was all to often the war cry of us all, and not a few of us would have simply ‘junked’ these two ‘cracked shank’ pipes had we been the ones to come by them.  But Ed was able to see through the glaring flaw to the importance of the shape and character of the blast and had the commitment to have them refurbished and repaired by Dunhill consistent with their importance.  And indeed, in 1995, one (the 1920 Shell with the narrower, plain band) was awarded the “Best Dunhill Shell Briar Pipe” at the C.O.R.P.S. show.  When Ed later ‘placed’ that pipe with me he included the C.O.R.P.S. award cup with words to the effect that “ ‘best pipe’ awards are for the pipe not the owner and so should stay with the pipe.”  And as a general rule that was true then as it is now.  But, not I think  as regards this pipe.  For in equal truth this pipe received the award because Ed saw that it should be rescued and resuscitated from the refuse  that most of us would have consigned it to.  Simply stated “Ed Lehman” is as good an answer as there is to that question of  “what is the difference between an accumulator and a collector?”]''

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