...early ‘60s Lane era “William Conrad” Charatan Executive Extra Large stretch apple with diagonal channel cuts on the lower right and left of the bowl---
Probably. Conrad didn't have the quickest reflexes, you know.I wonder if those cuts were made by bullets shot at him by bad guys during his "Cannon" days?
...early ‘60s Lane era “William Conrad” Charatan Executive Extra Large stretch apple with diagonal channel cuts on the lower right and left of the bowl---
Charatan did that to a lot of pipes, including this one that I own:Mr. Conrad and author Richard Carleton Hacker were friends. Perhaps the latter might be able to explain the reason for the cuts in this pipe.
I always thought it was done to remove blemishes, sand pits, etc., that they found in the final stages of production in order to avoid throwing an otherwise good pipe into the trash.