Two pipes that found me today

[pappymac]

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]

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]

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

 

[philobeddoe]

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]

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

 

[hawke]

Love that Cavalier. I want it! Haha

 

[peckinpahhombre]

You did well my man. Very nice.

 

[dixie]

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

 

[buroak]

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

 

[gloucesterman]

That Armellini was and absolute steal. Well done.

 

[jkrug]

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

 

[pappymac]

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

near the stem

 

[pappymac]

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]

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

 

[pappymac]

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]

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]

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]

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]

That Armellini cavallier is a show stopper.

Great find!
Cheers,
J

 

[buroak]

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.

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.