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''In 1975, the catalogue’s assortment, by then also offering English and French brand pipes, was extended by a choice of exclusive pipe tobaccos and imported cigars. Due to trademark rights conflicts, the company had to change its name and, until 1991 traded under the name of DANSKE PIBE.'' | ''In 1975, the catalogue’s assortment, by then also offering English and French brand pipes, was extended by a choice of exclusive pipe tobaccos and imported cigars. Due to trademark rights conflicts, the company had to change its name and, until 1991 traded under the name of DANSKE PIBE.'' | ||
''In 1976 the company moved to Hamburg. On this occasion Holger Frickert, looking for a holiday job during his dentistry studies, first worked for the company setting up the interior construction and decoration of the new DANSKE PIBE residence and tobacconist shop. When in 1977 the managing director’s job became vacant Holger Frickert, dissatisfied with the prospects of being a dentist, quit his university studies and decided to take on that job. With his interest and talent in artistic crafts and graphics he put his main efforts in the production of the annually printed catalogues, the creation of tobacco lables and set up his own pipe workshop for a small production of handmade pipes first presented in the catalogue in 1984. In 1985 DANSKE PIBE moved to the „Grashof“, a huge 18th century thatched farm house which remained the company’s residence for over 16 years, with mail order branch and pipe shop in a rustic ambience and a large workshop underneath the roof.'' | ''In 1976 the company moved to Hamburg. On this occasion [[Holger Frickert]], looking for a holiday job during his dentistry studies, first worked for the company setting up the interior construction and decoration of the new DANSKE PIBE residence and tobacconist shop. When in 1977 the managing director’s job became vacant Holger Frickert, dissatisfied with the prospects of being a dentist, quit his university studies and decided to take on that job. With his interest and talent in artistic crafts and graphics he put his main efforts in the production of the annually printed catalogues, the creation of tobacco lables and set up his own pipe workshop for a small production of handmade pipes first presented in the catalogue in 1984. In 1985 DANSKE PIBE moved to the „Grashof“, a huge 18th century thatched farm house which remained the company’s residence for over 16 years, with mail order branch and pipe shop in a rustic ambience and a large workshop underneath the roof.'' | ||
''To improve and extend the range of privte label tobaccos, it was decided to set up an own tobacco factory, which was installed in an ancient malt mill building in Lauenburg east of Hamburg in 1991. The new company was named DAN TOBACCO (DTM), and ac-ordingly DANSKE PIBE returned to its original name DAN PIPE. Thanks to the experience of tobacco blender Jürgen Westphal, production results improved rapidly. Today, the range of blends has reached a number of far beyond 100 pipe tobacco varieties covering the classic Latakia blends as well as Virginia flakes and also an number of highly aromatic floral or fruit flavour mixtures.'' | ''To improve and extend the range of privte label tobaccos, it was decided to set up an own tobacco factory, which was installed in an ancient malt mill building in Lauenburg east of Hamburg in 1991. The new company was named DAN TOBACCO (DTM), and ac-ordingly DANSKE PIBE returned to its original name DAN PIPE. Thanks to the experience of tobacco blender Jürgen Westphal, production results improved rapidly. Today, the range of blends has reached a number of far beyond 100 pipe tobacco varieties covering the classic Latakia blends as well as Virginia flakes and also an number of highly aromatic floral or fruit flavour mixtures.'' | ||