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<font size="3">The manufacture era</font> | <font size="3">'''The manufacture era'''</font> | ||
Growing demand for his pipes made it necessary to look for a larger workshop and hiring first co-workers around 1967/68. A most important step ahead in his career was the contract with [[Wally Frank Ltd.]] of NYC who were in search of attractive, well made but affordable Danish freehands and fancy pipes fitting to their vast offer of low end or midrange pieces but with a stress on quality. | Growing demand for his pipes made it necessary to look for a larger workshop and hiring first co-workers around 1967/68. A most important step ahead in his career was the contract with [[Wally Frank Ltd.]] of NYC who were in search of attractive, well made but affordable Danish freehands and fancy pipes fitting to their vast offer of low end or midrange pieces but with a stress on quality. | ||
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Brands produced by Karl Erik Ottendahl (afak): | Brands produced by Karl Erik Ottendahl (afak): | ||
* '''Champ of Denmark''' ¹ | * '''Champ of Denmark''' ¹ | ||
* '''Dybsø''' (unconfirmed!) | |||
* '''Jobey Dansk''' (For [[Weber Pipe Co.]]. The pipes were illustrated in the cataloges of [http://pipepages.com/jobeypage.htm The Tinderbox] from 1970's - 80's.) ² | * '''Jobey Dansk''' (For [[Weber Pipe Co.]]. The pipes were illustrated in the cataloges of [http://pipepages.com/jobeypage.htm The Tinderbox] from 1970's - 80's.) ² | ||
* '''Knute''' (Also known as "Knute of Denmark"; more a second with frequent rustications) | * '''Knute''' (Also known as "Knute of Denmark"; more a second with frequent rustications) | ||
* '''Lars of Denmark''' (unconfirmed!) | |||
* '''Larsen & Stigart''' (Copenhagen pipe shop.) ¹ | * '''Larsen & Stigart''' (Copenhagen pipe shop.) ¹ | ||
* '''Shelburne''' ¹ | * '''Shelburne''' ¹ | ||
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Around 1998/99 he traded the German rights to his brand name "Karl Erik" to Planta, better known as the proprietor of [[Design Berlin]] (db). Thus - though db copied the style of the old Karl Eriks pretty closely - a recent KE offered for sale in Germany is unfortunately about as Danish as Eisbein mit Sauerkraut. But eventhough Planta did one thing of merit: a series of pipe tobaccos was named for Karl Erik! | Around 1998/99 he traded the German rights to his brand name "Karl Erik" to Planta, better known as the proprietor of [[Design Berlin]] (db). Thus - though db copied the style of the old Karl Eriks pretty closely - a recent KE offered for sale in Germany is unfortunately about as Danish as Eisbein mit Sauerkraut. But eventhough Planta did one thing of merit: a series of pipe tobaccos was named for Karl Erik! | ||
'''Ottendahl?''' While everywhere else a Karl Erik pipe remained a Karl Erik pipe made by Karl Erik himself, he began signing some of his pipes with his family name "Ottendahl". The new label was strictly used to continue distributing his own pipes in Germany only! But as his Viking ancestors some Ottendahl pipes discovered a way to cross the pond and turned up in the United States. KE officially resumed sales to the USA after 13 years in 2000! This caused a certain confusion among US pipesmokers and some clever US pipetraders imputed the Ottendahls with a better quality than the usual Karl Erik pipes to take advantage of the favourable situation asking considerable higher prices for Ottendahl pipes. | '''Ottendahl?''' | ||
While everywhere else a Karl Erik pipe remained a Karl Erik pipe made by Karl Erik himself, he began signing some of his pipes with his family name "Ottendahl". The new label was strictly used to continue distributing his own pipes in Germany only! But as his Viking ancestors some Ottendahl pipes discovered a way to cross the pond and turned up in the United States. KE officially resumed sales to the USA after 13 years in 2000! This caused a certain confusion among US pipesmokers and some clever US pipetraders imputed the Ottendahls with a better quality than the usual Karl Erik pipes to take advantage of the favourable situation asking considerable higher prices for Ottendahl pipes. | |||
During the following years KE produced a little more than 2000 pipes per year, selling the bulk of them in Germany and the US. That is surely a respectable output, considering the largely hand-made character of these pipes. Karl Erik Ottendahl was planning to make 2500 pipes in 2004 but he died surprisingly suffering a stroke in his home in Korsør on Zealand on the 12th of September 2004. | During the following years KE produced a little more than 2000 pipes per year, selling the bulk of them in Germany and the US. That is surely a respectable output, considering the largely hand-made character of these pipes. Karl Erik Ottendahl was planning to make 2500 pipes in 2004 but he died surprisingly suffering a stroke in his home in Korsør on Zealand on the 12th of September 2004. | ||
'''Epilog:''' | |||
'''Tom Eltang''' obtained Karl Erik's old lathe, and a wage plan got new life... | |||
For a long time he had been playing with the idea of making good sincere pipes at an affordable price. Tom invested in and established a small "factory setup" and designed the '''[http://piapipes.com/group.asp?group=26&sub=0&lang=uk Sara Eltang Pipes]''' named after Tom and Pia Eltang's youngest daughter. | |||
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category: Denmark]] | [[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category: Denmark]] | ||