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Peter Micklson (†) started his career at the Teofil Suhr workshop | Peter Micklson (†) started his career at the Teofil Suhr workshop, [[Suhr's Pibemageri]], in Copenhagen, where [[Sixten Ivarsson]] was the foreman. He brought in [[Poul Rasmussen]] and taught him the two or three important things about pipemaking in a six weeks crash course, before he went off to join Poul Nielsen, the later Mr. Stanwell. | ||
[[File:Brakner Rusticated Antique Billaird.jpg|thumb|Rusticated "Antique" finish Billiard, courtesy [http://smokingpipes.com Smokingpipes.com]]][[File:Brakner SmoothSitter.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Smooth Sitter, courtesy [http://pipephil.eu/logos/en/logo-b7.html Pipephil]]]Micklson, who later changed his last name to Brakner,can not have worked under Rasmussen too long before he felt to be good enough to go off on his own. Indeed he carved himself quite a good name as it was proudly announced 1955’s World Championship of Pipe Smoking was won by a smoker who employed a Peter Brakner pipe. | [[File:Brakner Rusticated Antique Billaird.jpg|thumb|Rusticated "Antique" finish Billiard, courtesy [http://smokingpipes.com Smokingpipes.com]]][[File:Brakner SmoothSitter.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Smooth Sitter, courtesy [http://pipephil.eu/logos/en/logo-b7.html Pipephil]]]Micklson, who later changed his last name to Brakner,can not have worked under Rasmussen too long before he felt to be good enough to go off on his own. Indeed he carved himself quite a good name as it was proudly announced 1955’s World Championship of Pipe Smoking was won by a smoker who employed a Peter Brakner pipe. | ||
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Brakner was one of the first high-end carvers from Denmark to enter the US market and was considerably successful there in the early 1970's. After his sudden death Peter Brakner’s name faded back from the forefront, but his pipes speak to the injustice of that. His body of work has earned him a place in the important history of Danish pipemaking. | Brakner was one of the first high-end carvers from Denmark to enter the US market and was considerably successful there in the early 1970's. After his sudden death Peter Brakner’s name faded back from the forefront, but his pipes speak to the injustice of that. His body of work has earned him a place in the important history of Danish pipemaking. | ||
Brakner, on rare occasions, made smooth pipes, as in this example from Tom Pfaeffle. A stacked billiard with plateau top stamped “Jewel of Denmark”. The Danish Pipe Shop confirmed that it is indeed a rare pipe. | |||
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[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | [[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | ||
[[Category: Denmark]] | [[Category: Denmark]] | ||