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Bari Piber was founded by [[Viggo Nielsen]] in Kolding around the turn of 1950/51. Viggo's sons [[Kai Nielsen]] and [[Jørgen Nielsen]] both grew into their father's business from a very young age and worked there till 1975. Bari had very successfully adapted the new Danish design that had been started mainly by [[Stanwell]] for iz's own models. When Viggo Nielsen sold Bari in 1978 to Van Eicken Tobaccos in Hamburg Bari counted 33 employees. | Bari Piber was founded by [[Viggo Nielsen]] in Kolding around the turn of 1950/51. Viggo's sons [[Kai Nielsen]] and [[Jørgen Nielsen]] both grew into their father's business from a very young age and worked there till 1975. Bari had very successfully adapted the new Danish design that had been started mainly by [[Stanwell]] for iz's own models. When Viggo Nielsen sold Bari in 1978 to Van Eicken Tobaccos in Hamburg Bari counted 33 employees. | ||
From 1978 to 1993 [[Åge Bogelund]] and [[Helmer Thomsen]] headed Bari's pipeproduction. Helmer Thomson bought the company in 1993 re-naming it to "Bari Piber Helmer Thomsen". The workshop moved to more convenient buildings in Vejen. Bogelund, who created very respectable freehands of his own during the time at Bari got lost somehow after 1993. | [[File:Bari SmoothPearlBamboo.jpg|thumb|Smooth Bamboo Pearl, courtesy, [http://smokingpipes.com Smokingpipes.com]]][[File:Bari SmoothAmberRhodesian.jpg|thumb|left|Smooth Amber Rhodesian, courtesy, [http://smokingpipes.com Smokingpipes.com]]]From 1978 to 1993 [[Åge Bogelund]] and [[Helmer Thomsen]] headed Bari's pipeproduction. Helmer Thomson bought the company in 1993 re-naming it to "Bari Piber Helmer Thomsen". The workshop moved to more convenient buildings in Vejen. Bogelund, who created very respectable freehands of his own during the time at Bari got lost somehow after 1993. | ||
Bari's basic conception fundamentally stayed the same for decades: series pipes pre-worked by machines and carefully finished by hand. Thus no spectacular highgrades but solid, reliable every day's companions. | Bari's basic conception fundamentally stayed the same for decades: series pipes pre-worked by machines and carefully finished by hand. Thus no spectacular highgrades but solid, reliable every day's companions. | ||