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Michael Lindner creates around 100 beautiful pipes per year, running the gamut from perfectly-executed billiards to artistic, flowing Blowfish. Starting with briar from the same source that Teddy Knudsen utilizes, Michael air-cures his wood a minimum of three years before working it. This ensures an effortless break-in, and in our personal experience Lindner Pipes tend to be very forgiving in their smoking characteristics. German ebonite and brindle rod stock is used to create the handcut stems, and all the pipes are completely handmade. The engineering is spot-on, and Michael says he will not make a pipe that won’t pass a pipecleaner easily. The bowl coatings are completely neutral in flavour and still allow the wood to absorb the moisture of the smoke. Whether you collect the classics, or you prefer the avant-garde, every Lindner will smoke effortlessly, day in, day out.
This particular Lindner shape is part of Michael's "flower" series, a shape Michael calls the "Nightshade". This is fast becoming one of his signature shapes, and they never last very long, especially when they're cut as nicely as this one! While Michael has made variations on this shape, this is a "classic" interpretation of the shape, with the Dublin-ish bowl slightly rounded on the top and the long flowing shank terminating in plateaux. The effect this gives is one of the stem "growing" out of the briar and is quite striking. The ringblast is gorgeous; take a look at the additional photos. This piece is graded "C2", which is the top regular grade for sandblasted pipes, at the middle pricepoint for the C grade. Larger than most Nightshades, this one is fully a group 5 in capacity.
Markings read: michael lindner, handmade usa, C, 2 (in a circle), 2011. Measurements: 6 1/4" long, bowl is just under 1 3/4" wide and 2 1/4" tall. The chamber is .83" across and is 2.02" deep. The weight is 59 grams. About a Dunhill group 5 in capacity.
Condition:
10 out of 10. Unsmoked and perfect; complete with guarantee card and leather pouch.
SORRY, THIS PIPE DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR OUR 30 DAY "TRY IT OUT" GUARANTEE FOR SELECT UNSMOKED BRANDS, but CAN be returned, unused, within seven days. For more information, please see our "Return Policy" page.
