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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 Frog-stamped sandblasted magnum Lumberman with a lovely detailed craggy blast. Although the bowl is just shy of magnum billiard standards (2 1/2"), this qualifies as a magnum due to the overall size (8" long) and length of the shank (just over 4"). The Virgin waxed finish and the handcut brindle mouthpiece give this piece a very classic British feel in the spirit of a Dunhill Tanshell or Ashton Oldchurch. This piece is graded "D", 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, while the "Frog" stamp indicates that this is a Magnum. A beautiful piece with great character.
Markings read: ("frog" stamp), michael lindner, handmade usa, D, 1 (in a circle), 2011. Measurements: 8" long with a shank just over 4", bowl is 1 5/8" wide and 2 3/8" tall. The chamber is .85" across and is 2.08" deep. The weight is very light for its size at 52 grams. About a Dunhill 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.
