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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?"

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