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File:KarlErik01.jpg|Example with box and sock, courtesy Doug Valitchka
File:KarlErik11.jpg|Detail, courtesy Doug Valitchka
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* '''Dybsø''' (unconfirmed!)
* '''Dybsø''' (unconfirmed!)
* '''Garrick'''
* '''Garrick'''
* '''[[Jobey]] Dansk''' (for [[Weber Pipe Co.]]. The pipes were illustrated in the catalogs of [http://pipepages.com/jobeypage.htm The Tinderbox] from 1970's - 80's.)<ref>[[Jobey]] - obviously only as a ghost brand - was transferred to [[Saint-Claude]], France to be manufactured by [[Butz-Choquin]] in 1987 - the very same year when Ottendahl discontinued all exports to the United States.</ref>
* '''[[Jobey]] Dansk''' (for [[Weber Pipe Co.]]. The pipes were illustrated in the catalogs of the [[Tinder Box]] from 1970's - 80's.)<ref>[[Jobey]] - obviously only as a ghost brand - was transferred to [[Saint-Claude]], France to be manufactured by [[Butz-Choquin]] in 1987 - the very same year when Ottendahl discontinued all exports to the United States.</ref>
* '''[[Knute]]''' (also known as "Knute of Denmark"; more a second with frequent rustications)
* '''[[Knute]]''' (also known as "Knute of Denmark"; more a second with frequent rustications)
* '''Lars of Denmark''' (unconfirmed!)
* '''Lars of Denmark''' (unconfirmed!)
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In the 90's he was honored by [[Stanwell]] to design some models for the very popular H.C. Anderson line which is named for the great Danish poet.
In the 90's he was honored by [[Stanwell]] to design some models for the very popular H.C. Anderson line which is named for the great Danish poet.


Around 1998/99 he traded the German rights to his brand name "Karl Erik" to Planta, better known as the proprietor of [[Design Berlin]] (db). Thus - though db copied the style of the old Karl Eriks pretty closely - a recent KE offered for sale in Germany is unfortunately about as Danish as Eisbein mit Sauerkraut. But even though Planta did one thing of merit: a series of pipe tobaccos was named for Karl Erik!
Around 1998/99 he traded the German rights to his brand name "Karl Erik" to [[Planta Tabak-Manufaktur]], better known as the proprietor of [[Design Berlin]] (db). Thus - though db copied the style of the old Karl Eriks pretty closely - a recent KE offered for sale in Germany is unfortunately about as Danish as Eisbein mit Sauerkraut. But even though Planta did one thing of merit: a series of pipe tobaccos was named for Karl Erik!


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