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 In 1959, [[The Tinder Box]] opened its first franchise in Hawaii, soon to be followed a dozens of others.  Mr. Kolpin credited the fast growth with the release of a Surgeon General's report which caused a great many cigarette smokers to turn to pipes as a way to quit.  In 1967, however, Mr. Kolpin turned the corporation over to his two sons, Karl and Ed Jr., and they ran the business for five  years before selling it to a Canadian conglomerate, which took the chain up to 200 stores by 2007.
-Mr. Kolpin, at this time, returned to his roots, and to making Ed's Hand Made pipes.  He left the corporate world behind and opened Ed's Original Tinder Box in Santa Monica, at Wilshire and 26th Street.  Pipes produced by Ed's Original Tinder Box were still marked Ed's Hand Made, but instead of a stamp, were hand engraved with the name, and often the year and name of the customer.
+Mr. Kolpin, at this time, returned to his roots, and to making Ed's Hand Made pipes.  He left the corporate world behind and opened Ed's Original Tinder Box in Santa Monica, on the northwest corner of Wilshire Blvd. and Harvard St..  Pipes produced by Ed's Original Tinder Box were still marked Ed's Hand Made, but instead of a stamp, were hand engraved with the name, and often the year and name of the customer.
 Mr. Kolpin sadly became a broken pipe at 97 years of age in 2007 at his home in Santa Monica, California.