Medico, Wally Frank, Hesson Guard pipes

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Wally Frank, Ltd. was one of America's oldest and most respected names in pipes and tobaccos, beginning in the early 1930’s and pipes were made by some big time pipe makers, like Charatan, Sasieni, Weber, and many others, thatwere branded under his name, although he also made his own pipes too.



Hesson Guard:
William Demuth. (Wilhelm C. Demuth, 1835-1911), a native of Germany, entered the United States at the age of 16 as a penniless immigrant. After a series of odd jobs he found work as a clerk in the import business of a tobacco tradesman in New York City. In 1862 William established his own company. The William Demuth Company specialized in pipes, smoker's requisites, cigar-store figures, canes and other carved objects. In 1897 Ferdinand Feuerbach joined the Demuth company and by 1903 had become the production manager. Feuerbach is credited with developing Demuth's popular Royal Demuth and Hesson Guard pipes lines.

Will be proud to own a pipe from a poor German immigrant, as my dad's side of the family is very German in every stereotypical way, and also arrived in the US with little or no money in the mid 1800's. Germans are known for pride in their work, extreme precision (read: anal as f**k, lol), quality of production, and rigid behavior and secrecy, about themselves and their family. Trying to learn anything obout my dad's side of the family has been like pulling teeth, and any tidbit was given as hush-hush. Now I'm the sole, direct line male Bauer still alive, and just like my dad was by tradition, I am now the head of the family and any remaining relatives come to me with any problems or needs.

Damn, you gotta see this carved Meerschaum. It's incredible.