Two pipes that found me today

pappymac

Lifer

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Took the wife to an antique shopping district. These found me.

Two pipes found me and begged me to bring them home and care for them.
First pipe. I paid $7.50 for it. It's stamped:

Linkman's Hollycourt Special Imported Briar

7023

Pat. 2073668


Second Pipe: I paid $30 for this one.

Continental

di

Mauro Armellini


I'll post better pictures tomorrow.

 

erichbaumer

Part of the Furniture Now

Dec 4, 2012

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• Jan 9, 2016

• #2

Two of my favorite pipes were cheap antique shop purchases and refurbishes. Love finding stuff like that. Those look like great finds in excellent condition.

 

ssjones

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May 11, 2011

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• Jan 9, 2016

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I can see finding an Linkman at an antique store, but the Armellini Cavalier has to be an unusual find, very neat piece!

 

philobeddoe

Lifer

Oct 31, 2011

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• Jan 9, 2016

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Great finds, like SSJones said, I would love to know now that Armellini found its way to an antique store, I bet it had an interesting journey.

 

papipeguy

Lifer

Jul 31, 2010

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• Jan 9, 2016

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You had a great day. That cavalier is really nice.

 

hawke

Lifer

Feb 1, 2014

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• Jan 9, 2016

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Love that Cavalier. I want it! Haha

 

peckinpahhombre

Lifer

Dec 24, 2012

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You did well my man. Very nice.

 

dixie

Starting to Get Obsessed

Oct 27, 2013

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Both very clean. Solid pipes…congrats on the great finds!

 

buroak

Lifer

Jul 29, 2014

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Nice! Does the stinger on the Hollycourt have threads closer to the stem or closer to the bowl?

 

gloucesterman

Lifer

Jan 4, 2015

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• Jan 10, 2016

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That Armellini was and absolute steal. Well done.

 

jkrug

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Jan 23, 2015

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Couple of great scores there for sure. Great find indeed. Enjoy. ::

 

pappymac

Lifer

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Nice! Does the stinger on the Hollycourt have threads closer to the stem or closer to the bowl?

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near the stem

 

pappymac

Lifer

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Both pipes have been given the salt and Everclear treatment. Eithe they were very well taken care of or seldom smoked because neither had a lot of cake built up. No reaming was necessary. A pipe cleaner passed easy through the Linkman

 

disinformatique

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• Jan 11, 2016

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Maurio Armellini is no more, so you have a very special pipe. His daughter Vilma Aremillini now heads the brand.
Chris :puffpipe:

 

pappymac

Lifer

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Just gave the stems on both a second cleaning and will let them air out until tomorrow afternoon. Definitely lighting them up tomorrow. Going to break them in with some Carter Hall I think.

 

pappymac

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I found a website for Armellini pipes and emailed them a photo of the pipe and the stamp on the bottom. Got a reply this morning...
"prejudice and 'a trumpet pipe produced in the 70s original mauro armellini with scolino condensate, a good pipe. vilma"

 

buroak

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Pappymac, Based on the location of the threads, I would say your pipe is post-WWII. They are good smokers, and seem to have been considered by Linkman's a higher grade than Grabows.

 

pappymac

Lifer

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Buroak - That's interesting. I was told that it was probably pre-WWII because it didn't have any Dr. Grabow markings on it. From what I read they stopped using Linkman on the pipes around 1943 - 44.

 

bungee

Can't Leave

Oct 31, 2015

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That Armellini cavallier is a show stopper.

Great find!
Cheers,
J

 

buroak

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Buroak - That's interesting. I was told that it was probably pre-WWII because it didn't have any Dr. Grabow markings on it. From what I read they stopped using Linkman on the pipes around 1943 - 44.

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I will have to do some checking. My understanding is that the Linkman's name stayed on the Hollycourt, but dropped from the Grabows. I do remember WWII ads letting people know that the Hollycourt would be returning. I suspect it was too metal-intensive to be made during the war.