Svendborg Piber

Jens Tao Nielsen and Poul Ilsted Bech met each other when working together for Erik Nørding and soon became close friends. Both felt a bit tired to make nothing but bizarre fancy shapes and agreed they wanted to produce pipes of more style and more classicism. But how?

A good fortune brought them in contact with Henrik Jørgensen, a passionate pipe lover and a Copenhagen banker who was ready to change his career to become a pipemaker. The trio joined in 1969 and decided to start a new pipe brand together. Tao and Poul started to search for a suitable workshop while Henrik 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.

To be continued and completed!