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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 an extra-large sandblasted Liverpool with a lovely crosscut blast. Stained a very rich chocolate brown with loads of burgundy highlights, this piece has a a true "old-school" blast with craggy, detailed birdseye on the left and a spiderweb blast pattern on the right. The rim is sandblasted and shows lovely texture as well. The thin, comfortable handcut mouthpiece is from German ebonite. This Canadian is a generous size - in fact it's about as large as you'd go without falling into "Magnum" size - with a bowl falling around a group 6 or ODA in capacity , an overall length of 7 1/4" and a nice long 3 5/8" shank. 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: 7 1/4" long with a shank that is 3 5/8", bowl is just about 1 5/8" wide and 2 1/4" tall. The chamber is .90" across and is 2.05" deep. The weight is light for the size at 51 grams. About a Dunhill group 6 or ODA 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.
