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* '''Chess''' line: the most important group of Celius pipes. The grading of these typical Danish freehands is borrowed from the chess pieces: Pawn (sand-blasted), Rook, Knight, Bishop, Queen to King. Pipes, where the natural bark of the briar was left at the rim of the bowl, were called and additionally stamped "Root". Furthermore these pipes had numbers from 1 to 31 (as far as known today). The numbers, we can take that for certain, denominate the shape. But please note that they surely have not the same binding character as the shape numbers of other manufacturers-- they rather stand for a basic form, that was modified often. | * '''Chess''' line: the most important group of Celius pipes. The grading of these typical Danish freehands is borrowed from the chess pieces: Pawn (sand-blasted), Rook, Knight, Bishop, Queen to King. Pipes, where the natural bark of the briar was left at the rim of the bowl, were called and additionally stamped "Root". Furthermore these pipes had numbers from 1 to 31 (as far as known today). The numbers, we can take that for certain, denominate the shape. But please note that they surely have not the same binding character as the shape numbers of other manufacturers-- they rather stand for a basic form, that was modified often. | ||
I can help you solve the riddle about the name Randsborg, stamped on many of the celius pipes. | |||
The | The unsolved riddle or why ''"Randsborg"'' or ''"Randsborg crafted"'' was stamped on many Chess pipes has been solved. In the early 1980`s a craftsmen by the name of Andersen worked part time with Celius. His son relates the following account as he remembers it. Celius moved to Fyn in the late 1980`s and lived there until his death. A pipe maker named Randsborg (he thinks the first name was Poul) bought the shop and the name from Celius when Celius moved to Bogø around 1970, and it was Randsborg who closed the shop in 1975-76. Celius returned around the time Randsborg closed the shop and tried making a comeback with his own pipes, and also a small production of handmade pipes for Stanwell. Anderson worked along side Celius from the beginning on Bogø and later for Randsborg, making many of the fantasy pipes and other handmades. | ||
Remaining a mystery is why some Queen pipes are stamped with additional capital letters and why other (= few) pipes of the Chess line are stamped with "by hand". | |||
Result: The quality of Celius' pipes is widely disputed. Lovers of the typical Danish Fancy pipes will however enjoy Celius' shapes - many of them later appeared again elsewhere. In the Chess line, that is also credited with very independent forms, one may find pipes of partly excellent wood quality from the Knight grade upwards. What tempers delight is the fact that many nice Celius pipe is only good but surely far away from excellent concerning the overall craftsmanship. | Result: The quality of Celius' pipes is widely disputed. Lovers of the typical Danish Fancy pipes will however enjoy Celius' shapes - many of them later appeared again elsewhere. In the Chess line, that is also credited with very independent forms, one may find pipes of partly excellent wood quality from the Knight grade upwards. What tempers delight is the fact that many nice Celius pipe is only good but surely far away from excellent concerning the overall craftsmanship. | ||
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category: Denmark]] | [[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category: Denmark]] | ||