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Peter Micklson (†) started his career at the Teofil Suhr workshop, Suhr's Pibemageri, in Copenhagen, where [[Sixten Ivarsson]] was the foreman. He brought in [[Poul Rasmussen]] and taught him the two or three important things about pipemaking in a six weeks crash course, before he went off to join Poul Nielsen, the later Mr. Stanwell. | Peter Micklson (†) started his career at the Teofil Suhr workshop, [[Suhr's Pibemageri]], in Copenhagen, where [[Sixten Ivarsson]] was the foreman. He brought in [[Poul Rasmussen]] and taught him the two or three important things about pipemaking in a six weeks crash course, before he went off to join Poul Nielsen, the later Mr. Stanwell. | ||
[[File:Brakner Rusticated Antique Billaird.jpg|thumb|Rusticated "Antique" finish Billiard, courtesy [http://smokingpipes.com Smokingpipes.com]]][[File:Brakner SmoothSitter.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Smooth Sitter, courtesy [http://pipephil.eu/logos/en/logo-b7.html Pipephil]]]Micklson, who later changed his last name to Brakner,can not have worked under Rasmussen too long before he felt to be good enough to go off on his own. Indeed he carved himself quite a good name as it was proudly announced 1955’s World Championship of Pipe Smoking was won by a smoker who employed a Peter Brakner pipe. | [[File:Brakner Rusticated Antique Billaird.jpg|thumb|Rusticated "Antique" finish Billiard, courtesy [http://smokingpipes.com Smokingpipes.com]]][[File:Brakner SmoothSitter.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Smooth Sitter, courtesy [http://pipephil.eu/logos/en/logo-b7.html Pipephil]]]Micklson, who later changed his last name to Brakner,can not have worked under Rasmussen too long before he felt to be good enough to go off on his own. Indeed he carved himself quite a good name as it was proudly announced 1955’s World Championship of Pipe Smoking was won by a smoker who employed a Peter Brakner pipe. | ||