what is your latest pipe purchase

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Originally Posted by Branzig

Thanks guys! I got a decent deal on it, I just hope there is some Cumberland under that oxidation...I really want a Cumberland stem on this pipe haha

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Wish I knew you were looking at it. I might have put a bid on it! ;)

Picked these up from the bay:
(I think I am coming down with PAD!)
An un-smoked set of Five Crown "English Assortment" from Wally Frank Ltd.

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Not sure of the age. Now I am unsure if I want to smoke them or not?
Does anybody have any info on these? A few have some minor cosmetic blemishes (small scratch). Most are nearly perfect condition, aside from a little oxidation of the stems. Came in original plain cardboard box and still wrapped in cellophane, which crumbled as I opened them.

Here is some of the paperwork that also came with them.
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Originally Posted by Nature

Here is some of the paperwork that also came with them

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Wow! As a collector, this is what it is all about. NOS with paperwork? Flipping Awesome. :encouragement:

I was going to say that I am sure the pipes themselves were special ordered from Wally's New York shop, but they obviously were since you have the paperwork with them! Judging from the paperwork, I would also say that they were a shop promotional item.

Really Really Cool Find! :encouragement:

Just ordered a 250g of FVF from smokingpipes 10% off today. I wish I had the cash to start a group buy for it but I have the SPC Miss. River one to fund because $4ish a ounce is a great price.

Just won an auction on Ebay for a Wally Frank bulldog. It looks pretty nice and I got it dirt cheap, ($16.50), but buying a Wally Frank is always a crap shoot because you never know who made it. It's an unvarnished pipe, so I thought it might be a Weber, but it has two white dots on the stem which I don't recall seeing on a Wally Frank before.

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Originally Posted by Pugsley

Just won an auction on Ebay for a Wally Frank bulldog. It looks pretty nice and I got it dirt cheap, ($16.50), but buying a Wally Frank is always a crap shoot because you never know who made it. It's an unvarnished pipe, so I thought it might be a Weber, but it has two white dots on the stem which I don't recall seeing on a Wally Frank before.

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They can be a crap shoot, but more often than not I find that they're awesome pipes. I wish there was an easier way to nail down which manufacturer made which Wally Frank pipe. I know that Sasieni, BBB, and Charatan all were big time Wally pipe makers.

If you get the right ones, they're awesome scores.

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Originally Posted by Nature

Picked these up from the bay:
(I think I am coming down with PAD!)
An un-smoked set of Five Crown "English Assortment" from Wally Frank Ltd.
Not sure of the age. Now I am unsure if I want to smoke them or not?
Does anybody have any info on these? A few have some minor cosmetic blemishes (small scratch). Most are nearly perfect condition, aside from a little oxidation of the stems. Came in original plain cardboard box and still wrapped in cellophane, which crumbled as I opened them.

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That is fantastic- and the paperwork is awesome as well!

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Originally Posted by Nature

Now I am unsure if I want to smoke them or not?

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Blasphemy! In the motorcycle world we call that a garage queen. Aint no garage queens in my stable or my pipe rack! :D

Today's TAD purchase:

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