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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 large sandblasted bent billiard with a lovely crosscut blast. Michael doesn't make many bent billiards, so if you've been waiting for one, here's your chance! Stained in the "Antique Shell" finish, it has a very rich brownish-black topcoat with lots of reddish highlights. The blast is finely detailed and reasonably craggy with a lot of three-dimensional birdseye on the right side and a spiderweb pattern on the left. The thin, comfortable handcut mouthpiece is from German ebonite. This bent billiard is a good size, with a bowl size falling around a large group 5 or small group 6. This piece is graded "E", which is an entry-level sandblast grade. The "E" grade is reserved for well-grained sandblasts – always crosscuts – that are craggy and well-defined.
Markings read: michael lindner, handmade usa, E, 3 (in a circle), 2011. Measurements: 6 1/8" long, bowl is 1 5/8" wide and 2 1/8" tall. The chamber is .86" across and is 1.88" deep. The weight is 58 grams. About a Dunhill large group 5 or small group 6 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.
