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'''Note:''' [[Per Hansen]] and [[Ulf Noltensmeier]], who have worked together for the past 50 years making [[S. Bang]] pipes have recently announced their retirement. There are no plans for the continuation of this remarkable brand of wonderfully made pipes. For additional information see [https://www.smokingpipes.com/smokingpipesblog/single.cfm/post/bang-pipes-the-end-era?fbclid=IwAR10SE4LORVLFg9JExOxWvF12OToi3ZBKb4GFWIxXfM8CZ4viU4fCondcPg S. Bang Pipes: The End of an Era], written November 8, 2019 by Chuck Stanion for the Smokingpipes.com blog. | |||
[[Image:Bang Pipe01.jpg|left|thumb]] | [[Image:Bang Pipe01.jpg|left|thumb]] | ||
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Going for this goal Bang began to hire pipemakers. (He himself made several attempts to make pipes, but his talents evidently did lie in business and not in pipe carving! More later.) | Going for this goal Bang began to hire pipemakers. (He himself made several attempts to make pipes, but his talents evidently did lie in business and not in pipe carving! More later.) | ||
The very first was '''[[Peter Rafn]]''', whose career at Svend Bang's however lasted for hardly six months. He was followed by '''[[Ivan Holst Nielsen]]''', ''' | The very first was '''[[Peter Rafn]]''', whose career at Svend Bang's however lasted for hardly six months. He was followed by '''[[Ivan Holst Nielsen]]''', '''[[Jan Windelov]]''' and '''[[Ph. Vigen]]'''. Also mentioned but not confirmed are '''[[Ib Olsen]]''', '''[[M. Thorhauer]]''' and others more. Like Rafn most of them came from '''[[Erik Nørding]]''', stayed for strikingly short periods only and went off again. Does this indicate that it wasn't really easy to be on good terms with the boss? | ||
[[Image:Bang Per Hansen.jpg|left|thumb|Per Hansen]] | [[Image:Bang Per Hansen.jpg|left|thumb|Per Hansen]] | ||
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As insinuated above, Svend Bang himself never was nor became a good pipemaker. However that did not prevent that he occasionally tried it. Ca. around 1976/77 he got really serious about it. It’s conceivable that Hansen and Noltensmeier lended their boss a helping hand in his efforts to create pipes but as well they seriously dissuaded to offer these pipes as original S. Bang Pipes due to the minor quality. | As insinuated above, Svend Bang himself never was nor became a good pipemaker. However that did not prevent that he occasionally tried it. Ca. around 1976/77 he got really serious about it. It’s conceivable that Hansen and Noltensmeier lended their boss a helping hand in his efforts to create pipes but as well they seriously dissuaded to offer these pipes as original S. Bang Pipes due to the minor quality. | ||
Svend Bang wasn’t to be discouraged so easily and approached his German distributor '''Otto & Kopp''' with a suitcase full of sample pipes he presented to '''Bernd Kopp''', at that time managing director. These pipes had been named Löfberg - the girl’s name of Bang’s wife. Well, Mr. Kopp was not convinced either - particularly of the pipes’ quality – and clearly stated his opinion that Bang would not do a favor neither to himself nor to the original Bang pipes offering them. - Thereupon Svend Bang went off empty-handed and deeply insulted - simply leaving behind the Löfberg pipes in Mr. Kopp’s bureau… | Svend Bang wasn’t to be discouraged so easily and approached his German distributor '''Otto & Kopp''' with a suitcase full of sample pipes he presented to '''Bernd Kopp''', at that time managing director. These pipes had been named [[Löfberg]] - the girl’s name of Bang’s wife. Well, Mr. Kopp was not convinced either - particularly of the pipes’ quality – and clearly stated his opinion that Bang would not do a favor neither to himself nor to the original Bang pipes offering them. - Thereupon Svend Bang went off empty-handed and deeply insulted - simply leaving behind the Löfberg pipes in Mr. Kopp’s bureau… | ||
Almost forgotten the Löfberg pipes gathered dust in the warehouse of Otto & Kopp for approximately 28 years. Until '''Oliver Kopp''' showed them in 2005 to | Almost forgotten the Löfberg pipes gathered dust in the warehouse of Otto & Kopp for approximately 28 years. Until '''Oliver Kopp''' showed them in 2005 to [[Volker Bier]], engaged tobacconist, inspired pipemaker and founder of the Lohmar Pipe Show, who was in search of something special to offer to his customers. When Bier presented these pipes to the public, some well-known "pipe experts" felt called to cast doubt on the authenticity of these pipes at the top of their voices. The “arguments” and “evidences“ these gents cited are hardly to surpass for their absurdity. Obviously they found the idea intolerable, that there might be pipes that had remained unknown to them. Therewith not enough - Volker Bier had to fend off vilest personal defamation. Thankfully he was saved by Oliver Kopp and Hansen & Noltensmeier who confirmed the origin of the pipes and their authenticity: Löfberg pipes are real Bang pipes – made by Svend Bang in person! | ||
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The S. Bang workshop is almost invisible in the bustling city of Copenhagen. A more elaborate storefront is not required, because S. Bang pipes are not sold in Denmark. | The S. Bang workshop is almost invisible in the bustling city of Copenhagen. A more elaborate storefront is not required, because S. Bang pipes are not sold in Denmark. | ||
<revive zone="19" align="right" caption="An excellent selection of Danish Estate pipes is available at The Danish Pipe Shop (A Pipedia Underwriter)" /> | |||
'''Former Contact Information:''' ''(Not sure how long now that they have announced their retirement)'' | |||
'''Bang's Pibemageri''' | '''Bang's Pibemageri''' | ||
Per Hansen & Ulf Noltensmeier | Per Hansen & Ulf Noltensmeier | ||