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Erik Nørding was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Originally educated in engineering. Pipe carving began as a hobby, but as time went by, he became more interested in pipe making as a profession. During the last 40 years Erik Nørding has built his own business, which today produces approximately 50.000 pipes a year, 90% of which are for the export market. From pipe design innovations to knife making to custom machinery and barbecue cookery, Erik Nørding´s inventiveness keeps expanding. | Erik Nørding was born in Copenhagen, Denmark. Originally educated in engineering. Pipe carving began as a hobby, but as time went by, he became more interested in pipe making as a profession. During the last 40 years Erik Nørding has built his own business, which today produces approximately 50.000 pipes a year, 90% of which are for the export market. From pipe design innovations to knife making to custom machinery and barbecue cookery, Erik Nørding´s inventiveness keeps expanding. | ||
A blacksmith and engineer, Nørding knows his way around pipe making machinery. | [[File:Nording.jpg|thumb|500px|Erik Nording Compilation courtesy Doug Valitchka]]A blacksmith and engineer, Nørding knows his way around pipe making machinery. | ||
Strangely, it was not his love for woodworking that propelled Erik Nording into the pipe making field—it was his terrific facility with machines. | Strangely, it was not his love for woodworking that propelled Erik Nording into the pipe making field—it was his terrific facility with machines. | ||
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It was difficult. Nording was finishing school, paying off his partner and trying to make pipes. "I could make a pipe that was smokable," he says, "but not beautiful." The ability to craft the sculptures that Nording pipes have become was a long process. However, he struck upon an idea. "I was a blacksmith; I could make anything out of metal if I had a drawing to work from. Why not do the same with pipes?" | It was difficult. Nording was finishing school, paying off his partner and trying to make pipes. "I could make a pipe that was smokable," he says, "but not beautiful." The ability to craft the sculptures that Nording pipes have become was a long process. However, he struck upon an idea. "I was a blacksmith; I could make anything out of metal if I had a drawing to work from. Why not do the same with pipes?" |