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This is the production Brand of Hans Jonny "Former" Nielsen. When the U. S. pipe demand for quality handmade "freehand" pipes diminished, W. | This is the production Brand of Hans Jonny "[[Former]]" Nielsen. When the U. S. pipe demand for quality handmade "freehand" pipes diminished, [[W.Ø. Larsen]] in Copenhagen sent their several workshop pipemakers home to work out of their house. Former who was the Larsen foreman at the time, eventually went to Germany and started the [[Bentley]] line of production pipes made on frasing machines, several at a time. Some years ago he returned to Denmark with this type of equipment and continues to make these production pipes in his current workshop in between making his famous handmade pipes. | ||
Bentley could also be a name of a line of Kaywoodie seconds. | Bentley could also be a name of a line of [[Kaywoodie]] seconds. | ||
4/17/2014 | 4/17/2014 | ||
Revision as of 08:13, 6 January 2021
This is the production Brand of Hans Jonny "Former" Nielsen. When the U. S. pipe demand for quality handmade "freehand" pipes diminished, W.Ø. Larsen in Copenhagen sent their several workshop pipemakers home to work out of their house. Former who was the Larsen foreman at the time, eventually went to Germany and started the Bentley line of production pipes made on frasing machines, several at a time. Some years ago he returned to Denmark with this type of equipment and continues to make these production pipes in his current workshop in between making his famous handmade pipes.
Bentley could also be a name of a line of Kaywoodie seconds.
4/17/2014
- Former went to Kleinlutzel, Switzerland (just over the border from Germany) and took over a pipe fabrication in the employ of Herman Lane, making the Bentley pipes (circa 1986).