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“Svenska Rökpipfabriken” (the Swedish Smoking Pipe Factory), or just “SRF”, was founded in 1931 in Lerum by father and son Hjalmar and Gösta Eliason. It was the first briar pipe factory in Sweden and for a long time also the only one. | “Svenska Rökpipfabriken” (the Swedish Smoking Pipe Factory), or just “SRF”, was founded in 1931 in Lerum by father and son Hjalmar and Gösta Eliason. It was the first briar pipe factory in Sweden and for a long time also the only one. | ||
[[File:HjalmarEliason.jpg|thumb|Hjalmar Eliason]]Hjalmar had been working in the tobacco industry for many years before the start of SRF, as Managing Director of both Ystads Nya Tobaksfabrik and Tobaksfabrik AB Göta. Gösta had studied the art of woodwork and then had | [[File:HjalmarEliason.jpg|thumb|Hjalmar Eliason]]Hjalmar had been working in the tobacco industry for many years before the start of SRF, as Managing Director of both Ystads Nya Tobaksfabrik and Tobaksfabrik AB Göta. Gösta had studied the art of woodwork and then had an internship for a year at a factory in Kleinlützel, Switzerland, where he learned the craft of pipe production. | ||
an internship for a year at a factory in Kleinlützel, Switzerland, where he learned the craft of pipe production. | |||
[[File:Gösta Eliason.jpg|thumb|left|Gösta Eliason]]Gösta headed the manufacturing while Hjalmar handled the wholesalers and dealers until his retirement in the early 1940's. | [[File:Gösta Eliason.jpg|thumb|left|Gösta Eliason]]Gösta headed the manufacturing while Hjalmar handled the wholesalers and dealers until his retirement in the early 1940's. | ||
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<center><gallery widths=450px heights=450px> | <center><gallery widths=450px heights=450px> | ||
File:SRF-Lathe.JPG|The Lathe where the bowl was shaped and the chamber drilled | File:SRF-Lathe.JPG|The Lathe where the bowl was shaped and the chamber drilled | ||
File:SRF-FrasingMachine.JPG| | File:SRF-FrasingMachine.JPG|Frasing Machine where the wings were removed and the bowl shape refined | ||
File:GöstaEliason pipes.jpg|Gösta with some of his pipes, | File:GöstaEliason pipes.jpg|Gösta with some of his pipes, in 1970s | ||
File:SRF Bernadotte.JPG|Pipe designed by Sigvard Bernadotte, Prince of Sweden | File:SRF Bernadotte.JPG|Pipe designed by Sigvard Bernadotte, Prince of Sweden | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
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File:SRF Peters pipe.JPG|Peter’s pipe, surface Rustic | File:SRF Peters pipe.JPG|Peter’s pipe, surface Rustic | ||
File:SRF Kavaljer.JPG|Kavaljer, suface Hunter | File:SRF Kavaljer.JPG|Kavaljer, suface Hunter | ||
File:SRF Snugga.JPG| | File:SRF Snugga.JPG|Snugga Rustic | ||
File:SRF snuggor.JPG| | File:SRF snuggor.JPG|Snugga Hunter and Rustic | ||
</gallery> | </gallery> | ||
<gallery widths=450px heights=450px caption="Examples of Doc’s pipe, which has a removable bowl and a large reservoir where the juice collects, making it easy to keep clean"> | <gallery widths=450px heights=450px caption="Examples of SRF Doc’s pipe, which has a removable bowl and a large reservoir where the juice collects, making it easy to keep clean"> | ||
File:SRF Docs Pipe 1.JPG|Doc's Rustic | File:SRF Docs Pipe 1.JPG|Doc's Rustic | ||
File:SRF Docs Pipe 2.JPG|Doc's Rustic and Shell variation | File:SRF Docs Pipe 2.JPG|Doc's Rustic and Shell variation | ||
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<gallery widths=450px heights=650px caption="Some of the models SRF made on behalf of Pibe DAN"> | <gallery widths=450px heights=650px caption="Some of the models SRF made on behalf of Pibe DAN"> | ||
File:SRF Pibe Dan.JPG|Mini Chimney | File:SRF Pibe Dan.JPG|Mini, Chimney (Rex surface) and Standard | ||
</gallery></center> | </gallery></center> | ||