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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 a classic: A Canadian with a thick, wide oval shank and brindled taper stem. The graining is a very detailed back-to-front radial crosscut. The blast is sharp and detailed, very craggy and "old-school". The reddish brown staining with lighter reddish highlights reminds one of a Dunhill Cumberland or Ashton Brindle, and the handcut German brindle taper stem compliments the color of the pipe beautifully. This piece is graded "D", first price point, which is a mid-level sandblast grade. The "D" grade is reserved for well-grained sandblasts – usually off-center partial ringblasts and radial crosscuts – that are craggy and well-defined. Very classic but with a slightly modern feel, this piece is classic Lindner all the way.
Markings read: michael lindner, handmade usa, D, 1 (in a circle), 2011. Measurements: 6" long with a shank that is 3 3/8" long, bowl is 1 3/8" wide and 2" tall. The chamber is .85" across and is 1.75" deep. The weight is 41 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.
