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The following information was gleaned from a short thread on the Knox Cigar forum [http://bid4pipes.com/viewtopic.php?t=463&view=previous&sid=e14d9c5c3f9228521256910d263a09c9]. | |||
The Lillehammer pipes were made by [[G. Larsens]] in Lillehammer, Norway. The founder Gudbrand Larsen, originally a wood carver, started making Meerschaums in the mid 19th century after a "Bildungsreise" to Turkey, something truly original in Norway at the time. He used only the best Meerschaum available and soon become famous outside of Norway. About the turn of the century he started making briar pipes. They were solid pipes in traditional shapes. The bowls tend to be small and the stems a bit longer than average. | |||
A factory history book published in 1944 focuses mainly on the G. Larsen meers. | |||
Lars Prestmoen was a very famous woodcarver in Lillehammer and employed by G. Larsens Pipefabrikk. Lars made some marvelous pipes for the factory. I believe he died sometime in the 1960's. | |||
Sometime after WWII the Larsen factory closed down and the production was taken over by [[Stanwell]], who still makes a line of pipes under the Lillehammer name. | |||
Revision as of 20:26, 12 January 2009
The following information was gleaned from a short thread on the Knox Cigar forum [1].
The Lillehammer pipes were made by G. Larsens in Lillehammer, Norway. The founder Gudbrand Larsen, originally a wood carver, started making Meerschaums in the mid 19th century after a "Bildungsreise" to Turkey, something truly original in Norway at the time. He used only the best Meerschaum available and soon become famous outside of Norway. About the turn of the century he started making briar pipes. They were solid pipes in traditional shapes. The bowls tend to be small and the stems a bit longer than average.
A factory history book published in 1944 focuses mainly on the G. Larsen meers.
Lars Prestmoen was a very famous woodcarver in Lillehammer and employed by G. Larsens Pipefabrikk. Lars made some marvelous pipes for the factory. I believe he died sometime in the 1960's.
Sometime after WWII the Larsen factory closed down and the production was taken over by Stanwell, who still makes a line of pipes under the Lillehammer name.