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Peter Heeschen | '''Update:''' We are sad to report that Peter Heeschen has passed on from this World to join the great pipe makers that came before him, and prepare the way for those of us to follow. Although I am not sure of the details of his passing, word came to many of us through E-mail and social media on December 1st, 2015. Peter will be greatly missed, but thankfully, many wonderful examples of his work will live on, and remind us of his tremendous talent, and generous spirit. --[[User:Sethile|sethile]] ([[User talk:Sethile|talk]]) 16:14, 1 December 2015 (CST) | ||
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Peter Heeschen produced approximately 30 pipes per month on his small farm property near Odense. Mr. Heeschen's pipes are made from top quality aged briar. Each pipe will smoke like it is already broken in from the very first bowl. | |||
[[Image:Peter Heeschen.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Peter Heeschen]]He has traveled many places since the start of his pipemaking career with numerous trips to pipe Shows in the U. S. A. and he has a large fan base there and in Japan. | [[Image:Peter Heeschen.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Peter Heeschen]]He has traveled many places since the start of his pipemaking career with numerous trips to pipe Shows in the U. S. A. and he has a large fan base there and in Japan. | ||
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Heeschen is primarily self taught, and is currently making about 300 pipes a year. The most important markets are China, the US, and Japan, but he also has customers in Malaysia and China. While he did not travel much in his early years, developing and keeping up with his international reputations has taken him to all these places to attend shows and meet his customers. He combines business with pleasure. Sometimes to include a some fishing. His briar is from Calabria, and he maintains a large stock. He uses ebonite for stems, and Delrin for tenons. He makes his stems in batches, so he has them roughed in, often with inlay material of boxwood, mazur birch, or horn, so they are ready to match with a pipe for his final shapping and finishing processes. The pipes are smooth or sandblasted. He no longer rusticates pipes, and he no longer uses 9mm filters. The pipes are graded in three categories, ''A, B,'' and ''S,'' with ''S'' being the highest grade. | Heeschen is primarily self taught, and is currently making about 300 pipes a year. The most important markets are China, the US, and Japan, but he also has customers in Malaysia and China. While he did not travel much in his early years, developing and keeping up with his international reputations has taken him to all these places to attend shows and meet his customers. He combines business with pleasure. Sometimes to include a some fishing. His briar is from Calabria, and he maintains a large stock. He uses ebonite for stems, and Delrin for tenons. He makes his stems in batches, so he has them roughed in, often with inlay material of boxwood, mazur birch, or horn, so they are ready to match with a pipe for his final shapping and finishing processes. The pipes are smooth or sandblasted. He no longer rusticates pipes, and he no longer uses 9mm filters. The pipes are graded in three categories, ''A, B,'' and ''S,'' with ''S'' being the highest grade. | ||
The following is a link to a complete 1999 brochure [[File:Heeschen.pdf]] hosted here on Pipedia, courtesy, [http://danishpipemakers.com DanishPipeMakers.com]. | |||
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Peter Heeschen | Peter Heeschen | ||