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A good fortune brought them in contact with [[Henrik Jørgensen]], a passionate pipe lover and a wealthy Copenhagen banker who was willing to retire from bank business and change his career to become a pipemaker. The trio joined in 1969 and decided to start a new pipe brand together. Tao Nielsen and Poul Ilsted started to search for a suitable workshop while Henrik Jørgensen took care of the finances. In early 1970 the partners found an old, closed down pipe factory in Svendborg on Funen, and bought it shortly after for a mere 16.500 Danish Kroner. It was the earlier Nordic Pipe Factory – Nordisc Pibefabriker - maybe the oldest Danish pipe factory. And now it became the home of [[Svendborg Piber]]. | A good fortune brought them in contact with [[Henrik Jørgensen]], a passionate pipe lover and a wealthy Copenhagen banker who was willing to retire from bank business and change his career to become a pipemaker. The trio joined in 1969 and decided to start a new pipe brand together. Tao Nielsen and Poul Ilsted started to search for a suitable workshop while Henrik Jørgensen took care of the finances. In early 1970 the partners found an old, closed down pipe factory in Svendborg on Funen, and bought it shortly after for a mere 16.500 Danish Kroner. It was the earlier Nordic Pipe Factory – Nordisc Pibefabriker - maybe the oldest Danish pipe factory. And now it became the home of [[Svendborg Piber]]. | ||
The young team started with the common difficulties but success came quite rapidly after they travelled Germany in search of a distributor and met ''Detlef Seiffert'', senior partner of [[Heinrich Seiffert & Sohn GmbH]], a major German wholesaler in Kassel. Seiffert, insisting on high quality standards, started placing considerable orders with the new factory and began to market the brand very sucessfully in Germany. Of course Seiffert - a relative of [[ | The young team started with the common difficulties but success came quite rapidly after they travelled Germany in search of a distributor and met ''Detlef Seiffert'', senior partner of [[Heinrich Seiffert & Sohn GmbH]], a major German wholesaler in Kassel. Seiffert, insisting on high quality standards, started placing considerable orders with the new factory and began to market the brand very sucessfully in Germany. Of course Seiffert - a relative of [[Fredrick Henry Kapp]], partner of [[Charles Christopher Peterson]] of the famous Dublin pipe house - used his international contacts to promote Svendborg Piber furthermore. | ||
The Funen crew designed many new models for him and after a couple of months (!) they employed up to 17 people. Tao Nielsen later gratefully remembered "the big chief's whip": "Without him we wouldn’t have made it, he gave us decisive support. He was like an engine – something that our business lacks today." | The Funen crew designed many new models for him and after a couple of months (!) they employed up to 17 people. Tao Nielsen later gratefully remembered "the big chief's whip": "Without him we wouldn’t have made it, he gave us decisive support. He was like an engine – something that our business lacks today." | ||
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Often heard, but there is no considerable indication that the pipes lost dramatically on quality after Tao Nielsen left! (As it isn't true that any facetted Svendborg must have been made by Poul Ilsted!) But Henrik Jørgensen, now orphaned, grew older and older and the charme and the inspiration of the early pipes was never regained. Henrik Jørgensen continued Svendborg Piber bravely for more than a decade on his own until he finally sold the brand to Seiffert around the midst of the 1990s. | Often heard, but there is no considerable indication that the pipes lost dramatically on quality after Tao Nielsen left! (As it isn't true that any facetted Svendborg must have been made by Poul Ilsted!) But Henrik Jørgensen, now orphaned, grew older and older and the charme and the inspiration of the early pipes was never regained. Henrik Jørgensen continued Svendborg Piber bravely for more than a decade on his own until he finally sold the brand to Seiffert around the midst of the 1990s. | ||
Seiffert, focusing on their mainstay brand [[Sillem's]], sold Svendborg Piber - a ghost brand now - again before 2000 and the current owner is Planta's [[Design Berlin]]. | Seiffert, focusing on their mainstay brand [[Sillem's]], sold Svendborg Piber - a ghost brand now - again before 2000 and the current owner is [[Planta Tabak-Manufaktur|Planta]]'s [[Design Berlin]]. | ||
== Gallery == | == Gallery == | ||
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Svendborg2-01.jpg|Examples and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka | Svendborg2-01.jpg|Examples and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka | ||
Svendborg2-11.jpg|Examples and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka | Svendborg2-11.jpg|Examples and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka | ||
Svendborg3-01.jpg|Courtesy Doug Valitchka | |||
Svendborg3-07.jpg|Courtesy Doug Valitchka | |||
Svendborg3-09.jpg|Courtesy Doug Valitchka | |||
File:Svend01.jpg|CAREEN Model, courtesy Doug Valitchka | |||
File:Svend07.jpg|CAREEN Details, courtesy Doug Valitchka | |||
File:Svend08.jpg|CAREEN Details, courtesy Doug Valitchka | |||
SvendborgBaltic01.jpg|Baltic, courtesy Doug Valitchka | |||
SvendborgBaltic07.jpg|Baltic detail, courtesy Doug Valitchka | |||
Swendborg Jan Hansen.jpg|Svendborg Jan Hansen, courtesy of [http://blaik-pipes.ru/ Blaik-Pipes] | Swendborg Jan Hansen.jpg|Svendborg Jan Hansen, courtesy of [http://blaik-pipes.ru/ Blaik-Pipes] | ||
Svenborg SmoothBentBrandy.jpg|Smooth Bent Brandy, courtesy, [http://smokingpipes.com/ Smokingpipes.com] | Svenborg SmoothBentBrandy.jpg|Smooth Bent Brandy, courtesy, [http://smokingpipes.com/ Smokingpipes.com] | ||