Former Pipes

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Former pipes are made by Hans "Former" Nielsen, who is one of the living legends from Denmark. He's been in various shops working on pipes for over sixty years, beginning when he was only 15. Like a great many of the older generation of Danish pipe makers, he studied the shapes and styles of pipes – inside and out – by repairing them. In 1962, he was hired by W.Ø. Larsen to work full-time as a pipe maker. Early on with W.Ø. Larsen, Former showed his skills by replicating shapes that were in the catalog. As Tonni Nielsen pointed out, referring to other pipe makers at the factory, each man needed to produce W.Ø. Larsen shapes, not focus on one-off designs. In doing this, Former's skill blossomed, and he went on to manage components of the factory, including quality control and teaching other carvers. He also had a workshop at home to keep up with demand for high-grade Danish pipes for export (many of which went to Japan). Later he would go off on his own to produce these pipes under his own name.

Not only does Former make Danish classics, he wrote the book on many of them. He will often make beautiful variations on these classics, which can be turned on a lathe; however, many are freely made forms that can only be shaped with a sanding disk. This is reflected on his stampings, where "Freehand" will be entirely hand-made, and "Handmade" will be partial lathe-turned bowls. Ever-beautiful, Former pipes are often smooth, though he makes lovely sandblasts as well. His stems are either black vulcanite or acrylic, and beautiful accents of horn, boxwood, and silver are occasionally used.

Former
FRESH! 
Sandblasted Apple with Silver

$1,850.00
002-017-0486

Former
FRESH! 
Sandblasted Stack with Bamboo

$1,750.00
002-017-0483

Former
Sandblasted Billiard

$1,900.00
002-017-0478

Former
Smooth Acorn

$2,500.00
002-017-0450

Former
Smooth Bent Dublin

$4,900.00
002-017-0474

Former
Smooth Bent Egg

$1,950.00
002-017-0487

Former
Smooth Dublin with Silver

$3,400.00
002-017-0436

Former
Smooth Pot

$3,300.00
002-017-0475

Portfolio for Former

Rusticated Apple

SOLD
002-017-0491

Smooth Bulldog

SOLD
002-017-0462

Smooth Natural Lovat

SOLD
002-017-0432

Sandblasted Bent Apple

SOLD
002-017-0430

Sandblasted Bulldog

SOLD
002-017-0429

Sandblasted Lumberman

SOLD
002-017-0428

Rusticated Apple

SOLD
002-017-0423

Smooth Acorn

SOLD
002-017-0421

Smooth Cup and Saucer

SOLD
002-017-0415

Smooth Blowfish

SOLD
002-017-0409

Smooth Bent Egg

SOLD
002-017-0408

Smooth Dublin

SOLD
002-017-0405

Smooth Apple

SOLD
002-017-0393

Smooth Horn

SOLD
002-017-0392

Smooth Horn with Horn

SOLD
002-017-0382

Smooth Acorn

SOLD
002-017-0373

Smooth Bent Egg

SOLD
002-017-0346

Smooth Bent Egg

SOLD
002-017-0345

Sandblasted Bent Egg

SOLD
002-017-0333

Sandblasted Volcano

SOLD
002-017-0332

Smooth Long Shank Apple

SOLD
002-017-0330

Smooth Acorn

SOLD
002-017-0319

Smooth Bent Brandy

SOLD
002-017-0318

Sandblasted Bent Dublin

SOLD
002-017-0314

Smooth Blowfish

SOLD
002-017-0297

Sandblasted Bent Egg

SOLD
002-017-0290

Sandblasted Bent Egg

SOLD
002-017-0287

Rusticated Apple

SOLD
002-017-0264

Sandblasted Bent Apple

SOLD
002-017-0260

Smooth Rhodesian

SOLD
002-017-0258

Smooth Bent Dublin

SOLD
002-017-0256

Smooth Bent Bulldog

SOLD
002-017-0244

Sandblasted Billiard

SOLD
002-017-0241

Smooth Bulldog

SOLD
002-017-0240

Sandblasted Apple

SOLD
002-017-0234

Sandblasted Apple

SOLD
002-017-0232

Smooth Bent Egg

SOLD
002-017-0230

Smooth Bent Apple

SOLD
002-017-0227

Rusticated Apple

SOLD
002-017-0220

Sandblasted Bent Egg

SOLD
002-017-0213

Sandblasted Bent Dublin

SOLD
002-017-0209