& RARE / Early Patent / Wally Frank Motorist / Vintage Tobacco Estate Pipe
Item History & Price
| Reference Number: Avaluer:423923 | Modified Item: No |
| Brand: Wally Frank | Country/Region of Manufacture: United States |
| Filter Size: None | Body Shape: Billiard |
Please read the entire description, and view all images closely. If you are not satisfied with the description, images and disclaimer, PLEASE ASK QUESTIONS before you bid or buy this item.
Here is a RARE and very clean pipe for the collector. An early Patent era "Motorist" from Wally Frank. If you're not familiar...you pack it and light it as you typically would, but then you put the threaded briar cap on. When you draw air in, it is pulled through... the 5 holes on the bottom...up through the rim of the pipe (underneath the cap), and through the tobacco. A very rarely seen, quite interesting design. Zoom in on the images to check it out.
Nomenclature: Motorist (in script), 'Patent' (which I believe means that a patent had been applied for).
Dimensions: Bowl height: 1 3/4"; chamber diameter (at top): 3/4"; overall length (at longest point): 5 3/4".
Condition: Excellent. This pipe is an estate, but is in fantastic condition with no damage. No rim char, no tooth marks. There are a few small nicks, in keeping with it's vintage age. Original stem fits snug.
Returns: No returns for any reason, unless the listing and images were inaccurate. So, please read carefully, and look close at the images. If you bid or buy, you understand the no-return policy.
Shipping: I ship ONLY to the USA; NO international shipping, no exceptions.
Estate Pipe disclaimer: When refurbishing an estate pipe, I ream out the old cake. I do NOT ream down into the wood. In most cases (not always), I do apply a paper-thin all food-grade bowl coating (formulated by a pipe carvers guild) in the chamber. This is activated charcoal based, and adds no taste to the smoke.
Thanks for looking. Estate pipes will typically have nicks, scratches, fills, and other imperfections which may go undetected. There may even be minor cracks. I do my best to make note of those that I see, but you may find imperfections which I did not. I do not claim that my estate pipes are perfect...they are used and refurbished. But, I have lots of happy return customers who like my work, and my feedback over many years speaks for itself.
Savinelli Dr. Grabow Dunhill Stanwell Mauro Armellini Radice Caminetto Ascorti Butz Choquin Sasieni Karl Erik Custombilt Custom-bilt Preben Holm Medico Blatter Montreal Denmark Italy France Germany Freehand estate pipe collection vintage pipe old pipe antique pipe
Here is a RARE and very clean pipe for the collector. An early Patent era "Motorist" from Wally Frank. If you're not familiar...you pack it and light it as you typically would, but then you put the threaded briar cap on. When you draw air in, it is pulled through... the 5 holes on the bottom...up through the rim of the pipe (underneath the cap), and through the tobacco. A very rarely seen, quite interesting design. Zoom in on the images to check it out.
Nomenclature: Motorist (in script), 'Patent' (which I believe means that a patent had been applied for).
Dimensions: Bowl height: 1 3/4"; chamber diameter (at top): 3/4"; overall length (at longest point): 5 3/4".
Condition: Excellent. This pipe is an estate, but is in fantastic condition with no damage. No rim char, no tooth marks. There are a few small nicks, in keeping with it's vintage age. Original stem fits snug.
Returns: No returns for any reason, unless the listing and images were inaccurate. So, please read carefully, and look close at the images. If you bid or buy, you understand the no-return policy.
Shipping: I ship ONLY to the USA; NO international shipping, no exceptions.
Estate Pipe disclaimer: When refurbishing an estate pipe, I ream out the old cake. I do NOT ream down into the wood. In most cases (not always), I do apply a paper-thin all food-grade bowl coating (formulated by a pipe carvers guild) in the chamber. This is activated charcoal based, and adds no taste to the smoke.
Thanks for looking. Estate pipes will typically have nicks, scratches, fills, and other imperfections which may go undetected. There may even be minor cracks. I do my best to make note of those that I see, but you may find imperfections which I did not. I do not claim that my estate pipes are perfect...they are used and refurbished. But, I have lots of happy return customers who like my work, and my feedback over many years speaks for itself.
Savinelli Dr. Grabow Dunhill Stanwell Mauro Armellini Radice Caminetto Ascorti Butz Choquin Sasieni Karl Erik Custombilt Custom-bilt Preben Holm Medico Blatter Montreal Denmark Italy France Germany Freehand estate pipe collection vintage pipe old pipe antique pipe
