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It was about the time of his father's death that Nording learned the blacksmith trade. His mother knew that to ensure his future he needed more expertise than that. "She wanted me to prepare to run the factory;" says Nording. "She said, "You must learn engineering to run this company, because you must know more than the people who work here.' So I went to school and became an engineer."

But by the time he finished his education, Nording had lost interest in the family factory. "That's because I had started making pipes," he says, holding up the Nording hunting pipe he is smoking. "And pipes are much more interesting than razor blades."