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The House of Pibe-Dan was founded in Copenhagen in May, 1943, and was named for H. Dan-Christensen, nicknamed Pibe-Dan. Pibe-Dan (Pipe-Dan) unfortunately closed in 1991, but during the 48 years it was in business it was the ultimate place to find pipes by Danish masters | The House of Pibe-Dan was founded in Copenhagen in May, 1943, and was named for H. Dan-Christensen, nicknamed Pibe-Dan. Pibe-Dan (Pipe-Dan) unfortunately closed in 1991, but during the 48 years it was in business it was the ultimate place to find pipes by Danish masters. | ||
[[File:PibeDan.jpg|thumb|Pipe Dan Store front]][[File:PipeDAN.jpg|thumb|left|300px|PibeDan 1968 - Photo by Rowland Scherman, courtesy [http://www.danishpipemakers.com/home.html Danishpipemakers.com]]][[File:Pipe-Dan PoulHansen.jpg|thumb|270px|Pibe-Dan would often let the pipemaker stamp his own name along with the company name as in this Pipe-Dan made by [[Poul Hansen]], courtesy Smokingpipes.com]]Pibe-Dan published its first catalog in the late 1950's and, as was the case with W.O. Larsen, published it in English given their international customer base. While they sold pipes by [[Stanwell]], [[Kriswill]], [[Brakner]] and others, the classic pipe sold from Pibe-Dan was the Dan Shape-Reformed Pipe, which had a very tall vertical bowl, and were hand made of Corsican briar. Pibe-Dan claimed that the design was longer, drier, cooler and more even smoking. The Shape-Reformed was available in various lines including the Danois, Standard, Champion, Half Chimney and others. | |||
Pibe-Dan | At the same time, Pibe-Dan had a long history of also including pipes by Danish artisans in their catalog. [[Sixten Ivarsson]]'s Peewit, Oliphant, Ukulele and other shapes first appeared in Pibe-Dan's catalog, and other artists who either began with or sold through Pibe-Dan include, among many others, Hans [[Hartmann]], [[Gert Holbek]], [[Sven Knudsen]], [[Tom Eltang]], [[Arne Nygaard]], [[P. Holtorp]], [[Poul Hansen]], and [[Ph. Vigen]], among others. The legendary [[Preben Holm]] sold pipes to the Pibe-Dan shop before his sixteenth birthday in 1963, and soon after was selling twenty to thirty pipes a week to the company, with Pibe-Dan setting the prices. This relationship continued until 1968. | ||
<gallery widths=250px heights=185px caption="Examples and details, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
File:PipeDan01.jpg|Reformed Acorn Blast | |||
File:PipeDan07.jpg|Reformed Acorn Detail | |||
File:Holtorp01.jpg|Pipe-Dan, Holtorp | |||
File:Holtorp07.jpg|Holtorp Detail | |||
File:Holtorp08.jpg|Holtorp Detail | |||
File:Holtorp09.jpg|Holtorp Detail | |||
File:Holtorp10.jpg|Holtorp Detail | |||
File:Holtorp11.jpg|Holtorp Detail | |||
File:Holtorp12.jpg|Holtorp Detail | |||
PipeDanKE-01.jpg|By Karl Erik | |||
PipeDanKE09.jpg|Karl Erik detail | |||
PipeDanKE-07.jpg|Karl Erik detail | |||
PipeDanKE-08.jpg|Karl Erik detail | |||
</gallery> | |||
<center><gallery caption ="A few Classic Pipe-dan shapes" Widths=300px Heights=400px> | |||
File:Pipe-Dan SmoothChimney.jpg|Smooth Chimney, courtesy, [http://smokingpipes.com smokingpipes.com] | |||
File:Pipe-Dan ReformedAccorn.jpg|Reformed Acorn,courtesy, [http://smokingpipes.com smokingpipes.com] | |||
File:Pipe-Dan SmoothChampian.jpg|Champion, courtesy [http://smokingpipes.com Smokingpipes.com] | |||
</gallery> | |||
'''Here is a link to the complete and wonderful Pipe-Dan catalog from 1961-62 [[File:Pibedan 61 62.pdf]], courtesy [http://Danishpipemakers.com Danishpipemakers.com]''' And a few pages bellow: | |||
<center><gallery perrow=3 Widths=250px Heights=250px> | |||
File:PipeDanCatolog Front&Back.jpg|Front & Back pages | |||
File:PipeDanCatolog InsideFront.jpg|Inside Front | |||
File:PipeDanCatolog Pg4&5.jpg|Pages 4 & 5 | |||
File:PipeDanCatolog Sixten2.jpg|Elsinore "Laretes" Shape & [[Sixten Ivarsson]] "Peewit" | |||
File:PipeDanCatolog Sixten1.jpg|Classic [[Sixten Ivarsson]] "Olifant" & "Ukelele" shapes | |||
File:PipeDanCatolog SvKnudsen.jpg|Artist pipes by [[Hartmann]] & [[Sven Knudsen]] | |||
</gallery></center> | |||
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | [[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | ||
[[Category: Denmark]] | [[Category: Denmark]] |