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== History == | == History == | ||
[[Image:Eric-Andersen_JubileePipe-Pot.jpg|left|thumb|Jubilee Pipes 2005]] | [[Image:Eric-Andersen_JubileePipe-Pot.jpg|left|thumb|Jubilee Pipes 2005]] | ||
[[Image:Eric-Andersen_JubileePipe-Fancy.jpg|right|thumb|Jubilee Pipes 2005]] | [[Image:Eric-Andersen_JubileePipe-Fancy.jpg|right|thumb|Jubilee Pipes 2005]] | ||
[[File:seapan.jpg|thumb|left|Eric Andersen's First Shape, 1975]] | [[File:seapan.jpg|thumb|left|Eric Andersen's First Shape, 1975]] | ||
I was now a pipesmoker, though neither dedicated nor skilled, yet. In the following years I tried quite a lot of different tobaccos and pipes of various quality. I never got the first class | Like many other people of my time, I started to smoke at the age of 14. In that summer I had my first job in the long school holiday. By chance it was at the importer of [[Orlik]] pipes in Denmark. During these few weeks I was so tempted by the nice flavour of tobacco that hung so heavily in the air, that I had to try pipesmoking, and before I left the job, I had bought my first Orlik pipe, just a cheap one and a pouch of Red Orlik tobacco. | ||
I was now a pipesmoker, though neither dedicated nor skilled, yet. In the following years I tried quite a lot of different tobaccos and pipes of various quality. I never got the first class Orlik pipes, and I never got my [[Comoy's]] Blue ribbon, but I got a very nice [[Pibe-Dan]], and later on a couple [[Dunhill]]s. After finishing school, at the age of 17, I got a job in the workshop of [[Erik Nørding]], who at that time had around 6-7 people in his workshop. Two of these have later become well known of their own, [[Poul Ilsted]] and [[Jens Tao Nielsen]]. I have regarded Ilsted as a friend since then. One more person from Nørding's workshop at that time did make a further career, allthough very short, [[Peter Rafn]], who became [[S. Bang]]´s first pipemaker. | |||
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In the following years I had worked for [[Preben Holm]], and here again with two people who has made their own name: Per Hansen (S. Bang) and [[Poul Winslow]]. After a short period there, I changed to Larsen & Stigart, now almost forgotten, but among other things they did manage to supply Dunhill with wild danish fancy pipes. I had a very short period with [[Zettervig]] and finally came to W.Ø.Larsen. A lot of well known names have passed through | |||
In the following years I had worked for [[Preben Holm]], and here again with two people who has made their own name: [[Per Hansen]] (S. Bang) and [[Poul Winslow]]. After a short period there, I changed to [[Larsen & Stigart]], now almost forgotten, but among other things they did manage to supply Dunhill with wild danish fancy pipes. I had a very short period with [[Zettervig]] and finally came to [[W.Ø. Larsen]]. A lot of well known names have passed through W.Ø. Larsen´s workshop, in my time it was [[Poul Ilsted]], [[Tonni Nielsen]], [[Ivan Holst Nielsen]], [[Ph. Vigen]]. | |||
But now it was the time to establish my own workshop, and in 1975 I made it. Since then there have been up's and down's, but one thing has always been upwards, the quality of my pipes. | But now it was the time to establish my own workshop, and in 1975 I made it. Since then there have been up's and down's, but one thing has always been upwards, the quality of my pipes. | ||
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Among other creative activities, painting has become one of my favorites, and I have allowed myself to show a few here. Anyway, I am still a dedicated pipe smoker. | Among other creative activities, painting has become one of my favorites, and I have allowed myself to show a few here. Anyway, I am still a dedicated pipe smoker. | ||
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The pipes are stamped: '''''Eric Andersen - Handmade''''' (in an oval) and '''''Denmark'''''. Due to one of my other passions, painting, the signature in the future will be my initials '''''SEA - Denmark'''''. | The pipes are stamped: '''''Eric Andersen - Handmade''''' (in an oval) and '''''Denmark'''''. Due to one of my other passions, painting, the signature in the future will be my initials '''''SEA - Denmark'''''. | ||
== Contact information == | == Contact information == |