Directory of Danish Pipe Brands (2/2)

The Directory of Danish Pipe Brands (2/2) is the second and final part of the alphabetical list of pipe brands of Danish origin, covering 25 entries running from Peer Import to Zodiac. From the middle of the twentieth century, Danish pipemaking built a tradition in which small workshops and freeform design stood out, and a great many brand names arose during the same period. Some of these names are private-label lines from well-known makers, others nothing more than stamps whose maker is unknown today; the directory aims to record both kinds.

Brands

• Peer Import — A stamp appearing in sources only under the name "Peer," linked to Comoy's and Dunhill in England, said to have been manufactured by Reiss-Premier, a company later folded into the Kaywoodie group. By contrast, all pipes stamped "Peer Import" appear to be Danish-made, close in shape and workmanship to Pibe-Dan products.

• Peter Stokkebye — This label, taking its name from the tobacconist Peter Stokkebye, also carried pipes over the years. Carving was largely handled from the 1970s onward by Jørgen Larsen, who is reported to have devoted roughly half his annual output to this brand. The body carries a script Peter Stokkebye signature and the wording "Made in Denmark"; grading is done by letters.

• Prince Amled — One of the brands with no record beyond the name itself.

• Prince Of Wales — A name used by more than one manufacturer; GBD used it for a time as a sub-brand, while English-made examples are marked with the Union flag. The Danish branch entering the directory consists of semi-freeform pipes stamped "Prince of Wales," "Danish Line" and "Handmade in Denmark"; a white ring and a stylized Danish flag are the distinctive ornament of these examples.

• Proctus — This Danish brand is thought to have been produced in the 1960s by Viggo Nielsen, known from the Bari brand. Some examples show vertical hand rustication, others a smooth finish; known model names are DE LUXE and OLD BRIAR.

• PUJ — A remnant of Denmark's freeform "fancy" era, one of the stamps whose maker has not been identified.

• Rasmussen, John E. — Only a name record appears in the directories; no information about production survives.

• Royal Danish — One of the sub-brands used within Stanwell.

• Saugsted — One of the Danish stamps whose maker has not been resolved.

• Scandia — One of Stanwell's secondary-line, i.e., sub-brand names.

• Skaal — Although a few examples survive, its maker has not been identified.

• Skovbo Piber — The brand of Jan Skovbo; the maker earned his living from pipemaking for a time, later scaling the work down to a hobby. A second pipe maker sharing the same surname exists in the family: Jan's uncle Aage Skovbo worked in the 1960s for the SON brand within Nording, and never gave up pipemaking to the end of his life, dying around 2009. The plain stamp reading only SKOVBO belongs to him; the two names should not be confused.

• Suhr's Pibemageri — Counted among the starting points of the modern Danish pipe, this Copenhagen workshop was run by Teofil Suhr. What made the workshop historic was less its products than the names who passed through its bench: Peter Micklson began the trade here, and Svend Axel Celius learned pipemaking from Poul Rasmussen and the era's foreman, Sven Knudsen. When Sixten Ivarsson, then a newly arrived tax collector in the city, came in to have a broken pipe repaired, he found the bench idle and the workshop without a maker; within a short time he had become foreman of the same shop. A dispute is said to have led to Ivarsson's departure to Stanwell. The pipes carry the Suhr stamp, and some also bear the red-and-white dot that Anne Julie still uses today.

• Sven Egholm — A brand resting not on a real person but on an invented name. Pipes in the typical Danish freeform style of the 1970s, these were produced at the workshop of Karl Erik Ottendahl as a private label, most likely for an unidentified commissioning party. The same workshop also produced other brands such as Jobey Dansk, Knute, Champ of Denmark, Larsen & Stigart, Shelburne and Wenhall.

• Søren — Not a separate brand; records redirect to the Refbjerg entry.

• Thayne — Thought to be the work of the same maker who also made Jarl pipes; this maker is reported to be Niels Mogens Jørgensen.

• Thomsen, Helmer — The sole owner of the Danish-origin Bari brand. According to records from early 2013, he is sixty years old and works as a gardener; as material costs rose sharply, he kept pipemaking going only at a hobby scale. He is known as a maker who does not cut corners in his craftsmanship.

• Tine Loran — The daughter of Ib Loran, a longtime maker at the Pibe-Dan workshop. Her pipes resemble her father's but are generally smaller. Some are stamped with her own name and the wording "Hand Cut Denmark."

• Torben Dansk — The pipes were initially made by Torben Hetler. Founded in 1972 by Heiko Behrens, this mail-order venture, first named "Danske Pibe," appeared in Dan Pipe's first catalogue alongside brands such as Danmore and Tabago, and later gained wide recognition in Germany. Production later passed to Lars Christensen's workshop and, according to the 1992-93 catalogue, to Poul Winsløw.

• Torben Hetler — The first maker of the Torben Dansk line; he is said to have possibly worked as a carver at Stanwell. Carving the first pipes of the Tabago line is also attributed to him.

• Walther Pipes — The brand of Ole Walther, working in Aalborg. Not to be confused with the American maker of the same surname, Bill Walther.

• Wengholt — The maker of pipes under this name is Preben Holm.

• Willbo — Another of the Danish stamps whose maker is unknown.

• Zettervig — The "Copenhagen"-stamped pipes collectors seek belong to the period of Ole Zettervig's Copenhagen shop, running from the 1960s into the early 1970s; the workmanship of these years is regarded as on a par with names such as Stanwell, Jørgen Larsen, Anne Julie, Bjørn Thurmann and S. Bang. The maker sold his shop at some point in the 1970s and settled in Kolding, continuing production at a hobby scale. The briar and workmanship of the late-period pipes do not match the early ones, and the stamp reverted to Kobenhaven. These final products have been sold off at various European flea markets.

• Zodiac — These pipes, stamped Copenhagen / Denmark, are also the work of Preben Holm.