Mid 1980s
ALCO UNIVERSAL ENGLAND
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Samuel Gawith 1792 FLAKE
Some background on the name ALCO
The name Alco came about in 1964 when Falcon first began distributing their pipes in the UK. George Hunt (the owner from 1949) realised that Comoy's had a line of pipes with a similar name ...
Comoy's Royal Falcon
... and not wishing to infringe any copyright, had a think about it. The decision was to rework the shanks buffing out the F and N from FALCON as the thickness of the aluminium was sufficient. They could not remove the name completely without damaging the pipe. In the end the trademark issue was settled and it was not even an issue with Comoy's. The name FALCON went ahead in the UK and ALCO was kept as the name of another line of Falcon pipes, the ones with the smaller thread.