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Tabago pipes stamped "Handmade in Denmark" were made by a former [[Stanwell]] employee ([[Torben Hetler]] ???) for a short period - maybe 2 - 3 years - in the 1970's. The pipes appeared next to other manufacture brands ([[Danmore]], [[Torben Dansk]] e.a.) in the first cataloge of [[ | Tabago pipes stamped "Handmade in Denmark" were made by a former [[Stanwell]] employee ([[Torben Hetler]] ???) for a short period - maybe 2 - 3 years - in the 1970's. The pipes appeared next to other manufacture brands ([[Danmore]], [[Torben Dansk]] e.a.) in the first cataloge of [[Dan Pipe]] (originally named "Danske Pibe"), a pipe and tobacco mailing enterprise established by Heiko Behrens in 1972. Following the pipes became well-known and quite popular in Germany. | ||
Tabago's logo is an outlined equilateral triangle on the stem. | Tabago's logo is an outlined equilateral triangle on the stem. | ||
Revision as of 12:15, 19 March 2015
The name Tabago has been used twice:
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Tabago pipes stamped "Handmade in Denmark" were made by a former Stanwell employee (Torben Hetler ???) for a short period - maybe 2 - 3 years - in the 1970's. The pipes appeared next to other manufacture brands (Danmore, Torben Dansk e.a.) in the first cataloge of Dan Pipe (originally named "Danske Pibe"), a pipe and tobacco mailing enterprise established by Heiko Behrens in 1972. Following the pipes became well-known and quite popular in Germany.
Tabago's logo is an outlined equilateral triangle on the stem.
- More photos, courtesy Doug Valitchka
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Tabago is the brand of Bård Hansen, Norway's sole contemporaneous pipemaker. He learned his craft for a while at G. Larsen's pipe factory Lillehammer in Lillehammer and is working now from his workshop situated at Bryggen in the centre of Bergen.
Bård Hansen Hans Hauges gate 23 (Office) 5033 Bergen Norway Phone: +47 41 02 08 80 E-mail: tabago@pipe-maker.com Website: Tabago