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'''Vollmer & Nilsson - a team''' by '''Jan Andersson''' (Written Nov. 2004) | '''Vollmer & Nilsson - a team''' by '''Jan Andersson''' (Written Nov. 2004) | ||
If you, as a schoolboy, buy a pipe – it has to be a quality pipe, so it must be stamped ”real briar” – it may lead to that you become a pipemaker. And if you have a five year younger brother, who with admiration is watching all his big brother is doing, then you and your brother may become a pipemaker team. | If you, as a schoolboy, buy a pipe – it has to be a quality pipe, so it must be stamped ”real briar” – it may lead to that you become a pipemaker. And if you have a five year younger brother, who with admiration is watching all his big brother is doing, then you and your brother may become a pipemaker team. | ||
Well, it was not exactly like that when Vollmer & Nilsson started making pipes, but it is true that big brother '''Anders''' bought a “real briar” as a schoolboy, and certainly '''Martin''', his younger brother, was watching everything he was doing. But at that time, the two brothers had no plans to make their own pipes. Having finished his studies Anders started to work in a laboratory, and Martin went to the university to study theology. | [[Image:Vollmer & Nilsson2.jpg|thumb|left|Martin Vollmer and Anders Nilsson]]Well, it was not exactly like that when Vollmer & Nilsson started making pipes, but it is true that big brother '''Anders''' bought a “real briar” as a schoolboy, and certainly '''Martin''', his younger brother, was watching everything he was doing. But at that time, the two brothers had no plans to make their own pipes. Having finished his studies Anders started to work in a laboratory, and Martin went to the university to study theology. | ||
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'''Vollmer & Nilsson''' is a long name, and long names are hard to stamp with a traditional stamp. When I saw how sharp and clear the stamps were, I thought they had special equipment for that. But it is not so, they use an ordinary, conventional stamp, but - as with so much else - they have found some tricks to help them to a good result. I can not tell exactly how they do it, but on some forms of the shank they use the stationary drilling machine, on other forms the lathe to get enough pressure. Anyway, the result is excellent, but they admit that it is a nervous task to stamp a pipe. | '''Vollmer & Nilsson''' is a long name, and long names are hard to stamp with a traditional stamp. When I saw how sharp and clear the stamps were, I thought they had special equipment for that. But it is not so, they use an ordinary, conventional stamp, but - as with so much else - they have found some tricks to help them to a good result. I can not tell exactly how they do it, but on some forms of the shank they use the stationary drilling machine, on other forms the lathe to get enough pressure. Anyway, the result is excellent, but they admit that it is a nervous task to stamp a pipe. | ||
Two pipemakers working together like this is unusual, very unusual. There is only one example I am aware of, and that is the [[S. Bang]] workshop. If you buy a Bang pipe you do not know who made it, [[Per Hansen]] or [[Ulf | Two pipemakers working together like this is unusual, very unusual. There is only one example I am aware of, and that is the [[S. Bang]] workshop. If you buy a Bang pipe you do not know who made it, [[Per Hansen]] or [[Ulf Noltensmeier]], and it is exactly the same with a pipe stamped '''Vollmer & Nilsson'''. In some cases it may even be both of them. | ||
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I wish '''Anders''' and '''Martin''' all the best for the future, and I feel sure there will be opportunities to write more about them later on. | I wish '''Anders''' and '''Martin''' all the best for the future, and I feel sure there will be opportunities to write more about them later on. | ||
'''Contact Information:''' | |||
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SWEDEN | |||
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