Wally Frank

==History==
Wally Frank, Ltd. was one of America's oldest and most respected names in pipes and tobaccos, beginning in the early 1930’s. Wally Frank operated a chain of tobacco stores in New York City (the flagship store was in Lexington Avenue) and had a vast catalog business for pipes and pipe tobaccos. Their numerous private-label pipes were made by many makers, including Charatan, Sasieni, Weber, and many others. Wally Frank, Ltd. also owned the Pioneer brand of meerschaum pipes, made from both Turkish and African meerschaum. In addition to importing pipes, he had many pipes made in his own name and also employed pipemakers like Peter Stokkebye, Svend Bang, and Ed Burak (who later became the owner of Connoisseur). As a result, each Wally Frank pipe must be individually evaluated on its own merit. 
Members of Wally Frank's "The Pipe of the Month Club" received a new pipe in the mail once a month.
In 1952, Wally Frank was on a buying trip in Italy and "discovered" pipe maker Carlo Scotti. Frank liked Scotti's pipes, but there was the small problem of Scotti's pipes bearing the same trademark or logo as one of Wally Frank's pipe lines, the White Bar. The two men decided on creating a new logo for pipes sold in the U.S.: a hole drilled in the stem and with a piece of silver foil inserted in the hole and covered with clear Lucite.
Wally Frank (the person) wrote the forward to Georges Herment's 1954 book "The Pipe."
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File:WallyFrankPOM15.jpg|Catalog page showing the Heart of the Root pipe
File:WallyFrankBulldog01.jpg|Bulldog, marked Wally Frank, LTD. Imported Brair
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Imortals 
The Immortals were “Real Old World pipe sculptors carved these pipes with loving care from extra big blocks of specially cured fine imported briar. Extra thick bowl walls not only add flavor, but absorb more heat. Patient hand-polishing brings out all the lustre and exquisite graining of the natural briar. You must act fast, at once, because these rare beauties will be snapped up by collectors who know real value. Only $11.95 each post paid”.
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==Lines/styles of briar pipes==
 
*Army and Navy
*British Irregular
*Canadian Forester
*Carpathian
*Cavalier
*Cellini
*Chadwick
*Corsican Warrior
*De Luxe
*Dudeen
*French Master
*Garrick
*Huntleigh
*Immortals (Figural)
*John Street
*Larsen
*Limited
*London Lightweights
*London Stub
*The Macauley
*Mellow
*Milady
*Natural
*Natural Unvarnished
*Nugget
*Paragon
*Philosopher
*Quaint
*Rathskeller
*Scotland Yard
*Shipmate
*Silver King
*Specimen Grain
*Straight Grain
*Streamlined
*Super Delicious
*Sweet Root
*The Bowler
*White Bar
==External links==
*Pipe Lore, August-September 1939
*1941 Christmas Catalog
*Pipe Lore, November 1942
*Pipe Lore, Summer 1949
*1958 catalog
*Early 1960s Christmas Catalog
*1964(?) Christmas Catalog
*Link to Wally Frank Catalogs, Publications and Documents
Category: Pipe makers by nationalityCategory: United States