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Teddy | == About Teddy Knudsen<ref>from [http://danishpipemakers.com/makers/teddy/index.shtml danishpipemakers.com] (with permission)</ref> == | ||
[[Image:teddyknudsen_working.jpg|thumb|Teddy Knudsen in his workshop, image by Lars Kiel]] | |||
Production per year: About 100 | |||
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Teddy Knudsen is a true artist, a man who puts all his talent into every pipe he makes. | Teddy Knudsen is a true artist, a man who puts all his talent into every pipe he makes. | ||
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The pipe's shape and the wood grain always complement each other in harmonious pipes where the shape of the pipe blends perfectly along with the grain pattern of the wood - almost as if Mother Nature herself had decided how the pipe should look. | The pipe's shape and the wood grain always complement each other in harmonious pipes where the shape of the pipe blends perfectly along with the grain pattern of the wood - almost as if Mother Nature herself had decided how the pipe should look. | ||
When making pipes, Teddy works in several stages. | |||
He finds that it is better to work a little on the pipe and then let it rest for a while. He often has several pipes in different stages on the workbench. There are pipes that just need a little more sanding by hand and then the final staining. Others need mouthpieces and still others that need to be worked on a lot before they really take shape. Teddy only works on a pipe when he get the inspiration for it. He has pipes that has been in the process for the past three or four years. He knows that they'll be beautiful pipes and he never forget how he wants them to look. | He finds that it is better to work a little on the pipe and then let it rest for a while. He often has several pipes in different stages on the workbench. There are pipes that just need a little more sanding by hand and then the final staining. Others need mouthpieces and still others that need to be worked on a lot before they really take shape. Teddy only works on a pipe when he get the inspiration for it. He has pipes that has been in the process for the past three or four years. He knows that they'll be beautiful pipes and he never forget how he wants them to look. | ||
“I could rush the process but then I wouldn’t be making the best pipes possible." - he says. | “I could rush the process but then I wouldn’t be making the best pipes possible." - he says. | ||
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He drives there to handpick the blocks, typically buying 200 blocks per year. Only three to five percent of these ends up in the trash and only about 20 are sandblasted. All wood is air-dried in his shop, sitting on shelves until it is dry enough to work with. | He drives there to handpick the blocks, typically buying 200 blocks per year. Only three to five percent of these ends up in the trash and only about 20 are sandblasted. All wood is air-dried in his shop, sitting on shelves until it is dry enough to work with. | ||
Most of Teddy's pipes are very lightly stained – due to the high quality of the wood - which means that most of the pipes are so 'clean' that he don't need to hide anything with a darker stain. The light stain that he use leaves the wood with the same color as when it just leaves the ground. | |||
Teddy is using a sanding disk to form the pipe – first the front and bottom of the pipe, then the sides. After that, he drills the tobacco chamber - from 19 to 2 1 mm in diameter. The mortise is also drilled at this time, with special care to get both the tobacco chamber and mortise aligned in a straight line. The air hole is always drilled to 3.5 millimeters, but not until the shape of the pipe is finally formed. | Teddy is using a sanding disk to form the pipe – first the front and bottom of the pipe, then the sides. After that, he drills the tobacco chamber - from 19 to 2 1 mm in diameter. The mortise is also drilled at this time, with special care to get both the tobacco chamber and mortise aligned in a straight line. The air hole is always drilled to 3.5 millimeters, but not until the shape of the pipe is finally formed. | ||
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It is important to form both materials as one piece. | It is important to form both materials as one piece. | ||
[[Image: | == Teddy writes about himself<ref>from his website</ref> == | ||
[[Image:teddyknudsen.jpg|thumb|Teddy Knudsen, image by Lars Kiel]] | |||
My name is Teddy Knudsen and I was born September 21th 1947 in South Zealand in Denmark. I am educated as a cabinetmaker in 1967 and from October 1967 until October 1968 I was a guard soldier in The Danish Air Force, stationed on a radarstation. I started to make pipes to the staff in my off duty time and they were sold as soon as they were finished. This was how I found out that pipes should be my life. | My name is Teddy Knudsen and I was born September 21th 1947 in South Zealand in Denmark. I am educated as a cabinetmaker in 1967 and from October 1967 until October 1968 I was a guard soldier in The Danish Air Force, stationed on a radarstation. I started to make pipes to the staff in my off duty time and they were sold as soon as they were finished. This was how I found out that pipes should be my life. | ||
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My eagle stamp is a special quality stamp for the best and the most valuable of my pipes. | My eagle stamp is a special quality stamp for the best and the most valuable of my pipes. | ||
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== Gallery == | |||
<gallery widths=250 heights=185 caption="Images by Lars Kiel"> | |||
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<gallery widths=250 heights=185 caption="A rare Eagle Grade Teddy from the collection of Shane Zuke, courtesy Anthony Cook, who recently restored it."> | |||
TeddyKnudsen-tdfreeh-200.JPG | |||
TeddyKnudsen-tdfreeh-201.JPG | |||
TeddyKnudsen-tdfreeh-202.JPG | |||
TeddyKnudsen-tdfreeh-203.JPG | |||
TeddyKnudsen-tdfreeh-204.JPG | |||
TeddyKnudsen-tdfreeh-205.JPG | |||
TeddyKnudsen-tdfreeh-206.JPG | |||
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=== Contact information: === | |||
<revive zone="18" align="right" caption="A selection of Teddy Knudsen pipes is available at CIGARWORLD, a new Pipedia Underwriter" /> | |||
Home - and Postal address: | Home - and Postal address: | ||
Teddy Knudsen | Teddy Knudsen | ||
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Phone: +45 8627 4128 | Phone: +45 8627 4128 | ||
mail: mailto:mail@teddybriarpipes.dk | mail: mailto:mail@teddybriarpipes.dk | ||
Website: http://www.teddybriarpipes.dk/ | |||
[http://danishpipemakers.com/makers/teddy/index.shtml Teddy on danishpipemakers.com] | |||
Workshop: | Workshop: | ||
Godthaabsgade 16, | Godthaabsgade 16, | ||
8000 Aarhus C. | 8000 Aarhus C. | ||
Phone/fax: +45 8618 0521 | Phone/fax: +45 8618 0521 | ||
The basis of this article is from | The basis of this article is from [http://danishpipemakers.com/makers/teddy/index.shtml danishpipemakers.com] (with kind permission) | ||
== References == | |||
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[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | [[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | ||
[[Category: Denmark]] | [[Category: Denmark]] | ||
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