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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 is a gorgeous ringblasted Spider1 bent billiard with a virgin, unstained finish. Only the cleanest wood with no dark contrasting grain can be used for Virgin finishes. This piece is freakin' gorgeous! It has a beautifully detailed straightgrain ringblast around the entire bowl, with a virgin waxed finish and complimentary brindle taper stem that follows a long, sweeping line from the bottom of the bowl. Generous in size and proportion, this one is fully a group 6 in capacity. With the light waxed finish and the brindle stem, this looks like a modern twist on a classic Tanshell or Ashton Oldchurch.
Markings read: michael lindner, handmade usa, 2011, (spider stamp), 1 (in a circle). Measurements: 6 3/4" long, bowl is just over 1 1/2" wide and 2 1/4" tall. The chamber is .85" across and 1.89" deep. The pipe weighs 58 grams. About a Dunhill 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.
