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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. | ||