??,s about LLOYDS Oom Paul

[Bulldog Bruce]

A couple of months ago I got a LLOYDS Oom Paul as an Xtra along with a pipe rack I bought on one of those shop merchant sites. On the left side of the shank is stamped LLOYDS. Just below that, if the shank was a straight, and toward the stem is stamped Oom Paul. I thought it would be English, but on the back, or what would be the bottom of the shank is stamped ITALY in 'real' small letters. On the right side of the shank is stamped 1377. Can anyone tell me anything about this pipe?

Thanks,

Bulldog

 

[Anonymous]

It's more than likely a Barontini factory product, but that's about all you can say.

:face:

 

[Bulldog Bruce]

Thanks Yak, as with all my pipes, like to know a little about them. After cleaning a lot of sludge out of this on, will be gving it a try. Like the way it hangs in my piehole, can't hardly tell its their.

BB

 

[drush1962]

Hi! I have one, except it says 1378. It is Black, with a knobby finish. I like it, but it's not in my top five. Lloyd's was a second brand for Lorenzo, so I have assumed that's the story here. I could be wrong, though....

 

[Idlefellow]

Just curious if it's a traditional Oom Paul or one of the "egg" shaped ones? I have a Lorenzo and another "no name" in that shape.

 

[drush1962]

It is egg-shaped, black, with the 'knobby' finish; as I say it smokes fairly well, and has a certain ugly kind of charm.

 

[pipephil]

Lloyds is a Lorenzo (or if you prefer a "Taggliabue") sub brand.
They allways have markings on their stems and these are at least of two sorts:
see :
http://www.pipephil.eu/logos/logo-l3.html#lloyds
Lorenzo had about half a dozen sub brands you may check here
http://www.pipephil.eu/logos/logo-l3.html#lorenzo