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[[Image:Peter Hedegaard Pipe02.jpg|right|thumb|Image Courtesy of Svenske Pipklubben]]In 1976 the editor of the magazine '''Stop''' as well as the founder of '''The Nordic Smokers Guild''', P. C. Olrik, called together for a meeting in Copenhagen. The Nordic Smokers Guild, which had been an organisation to support the Stop magazine, should become an independent society. At that meeting I was sitting next to a young man with long hair and a full beard. This young man told me that he was working as an apprentice in the W. Ø. Larsen workshop. As most apprentices, he was mainly working with repairs, but he also proudly showed me the very first pipes he had made all by himself. They were not perfect, as he very clearly pointed out, but the style fascinated me. This young man’s name was Peter Hedegaard, and from that first meeting I have had the privilege to continuously follow his progress as a pipemaker. | [[Image:Peter Hedegaard Pipe02.jpg|right|thumb|Image Courtesy of Svenske Pipklubben]]In 1976 the editor of the magazine '''Stop''' as well as the founder of '''The Nordic Smokers Guild''', P. C. Olrik, called together for a meeting in Copenhagen. The Nordic Smokers Guild, which had been an organisation to support the Stop magazine, should become an independent society. At that meeting I was sitting next to a young man with long hair and a full beard. This young man told me that he was working as an apprentice in the W. Ø. Larsen workshop. As most apprentices, he was mainly working with repairs, but he also proudly showed me the very first pipes he had made all by himself. They were not perfect, as he very clearly pointed out, but the style fascinated me. This young man’s name was Peter Hedegaard, and from that first meeting I have had the privilege to continuously follow his progress as a pipemaker. | ||
(Around Hedegaard's time at [[W.Ø. Larsen]], the Larsen workshop was run by Hans "[[Former]]" | (Around Hedegaard's time at [[W.Ø. Larsen]], the Larsen workshop was run by Hans Jonny "[[Former]]" Nielsen and included other legendary makers such as [[Teddy Knudsen]], [[Tonni Nielsen]], and [[Poul Ilsted]]!.... contributed by Rex Poggenpohl) | ||
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[[File:PHedegaard1a.JPG|right|thumb|Courtesy Dennis Dreyer Collection]] | [[File:PHedegaard1a.JPG|right|thumb|Courtesy Dennis Dreyer Collection]] | ||
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Peter has left a great void behind him. While smoking one of Peter’s pipes my thoughts go to that special day in Copenhagen in 1976. The world has indeed become poorer (with the loss of Peter - ed.). | Peter has left a great void behind him. While smoking one of Peter’s pipes my thoughts go to that special day in Copenhagen in 1976. The world has indeed become poorer (with the loss of Peter - ed.). | ||
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[[Image:PeterHedegaard01.JPG|thumb|"OP3 Grade with Boxwood Accent, Courtesy Dennis Dreyer Collection]] | |||
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[[Image:PeterHedegaard02.jpg|thumb|left|Photo by Michael Glukler]] | |||
<gallery widths=800 heights=900 caption="A grouping of Hedgaard pipes, courtesy J. Rex Poggenpohl"> | |||
File:Hedegaard-Group.jpg|The pipes on the right are unsmoked. The pipes at the top of each column are Graded OP3, Hedegaard’s highest grade; the Prince shape pipe, bottom left, is graded R, the only one we have ever seen. | |||
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<strong>Pipe Grades (in ascending order):</strong> Sandblast, FP1, FP2, FP3, OP1, OP2, OP3, B, A. Pipes having an AA grade also exist but are exceedingly rare. | |||
<br>Peter only graded pipes intended for export; pipes for the Scandinavian market were generally ungraded. | |||
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | [[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | ||
[[Category: Denmark]] | [[Category: Denmark]] | ||