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Wally Frank Ltd. 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 | ==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 | |||
MintBowl01.jpg|MINT BOWL | |||
MintBowl07.jpg|MINT BOWL detail | |||
MintBowl08.jpg|MINT BOWL detail | |||
WallyFrank-BentBilliardBlast.jpg | |||
WallyFrank-BentBilliardBlast07.jpg | |||
</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 | |||
WallyFrank-StraightGrain01.jpg | |||
WallyFrank-StraightGrain07_1.jpg | |||
WallyFrank-StraightGrain08.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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