Sykes Wilford

Video: Making Luxury Bullseye Flake at Orlik

Video: Making Luxury Bullseye Flake at Orlik

August 1, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

While we were visiting the Orlik factory (about ten days ago), the first thing we happened upon when we entered the production floor was a woman working on making rolls of pipe tobacco. ... Read More

Video: Pipe Tobacco at Orlik

Video: Pipe Tobacco at Orlik

July 26, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

Frankly, I think this is one of the coolest videos we've yet posted. Troels Mikkelsen has been in the tobacco business for thirty years, first at A&C Petersen, then at Orlik. He manages production at the Orlik factory... ... Read More

Video: Tom Eltang's Laser Engraver

Video: Tom Eltang's Laser Engraver

July 25, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

A year ago, when I last visited Tom in his workshop, he was pondering getting a laser engraver, rather than continue to use his existing engraver, which is both finicky and quite limiting, since plastic templates are necessary for any engraving. ... Read More

Video: Lasse Skovgaard Shapes a Horn

Video: Lasse Skovgaard Shapes a Horn

July 25, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

Kicking it off is a long video of Lasse Skovgaard at work. For various camera reasons, the video quality isn't as good as the others we've been doing lately, but I decided to run with it anyway: watching the lathe work is particularly interesting here. ... Read More

Video: Making Flake Tobacco

Video: Making Flake Tobacco

July 25, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

I've visited the Mac Baren factory every year for five years now. And every time, I come up with a way to get Per to take me through the factory. Sometimes it's because they have new stuff he wants to show me... ... Read More

Video: Johs at the Sanding Disk

Video: Johs at the Sanding Disk

July 23, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

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I've watched other pipe makers work all over the world. Much of the equipment is the same, but the methods can be surprisingly different. From the amazing exacting Kei Gotoh, who can take weeks to finish a pipe, to super-speedy, efficient pipe makers like Peder Jeppesen (Neerup) and, especially, Johs, different ends require different methods. ... Read More

Video: Flake Pipe Tobacco Packing

Video: Flake Pipe Tobacco Packing

July 22, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

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As we mentioned yesterday in our post comparing the two factories, after the factory tour, Per Jensen, Mac Baren's product development and all round Mac Baren tobacco evangelist guy, sat with us over coffee. ... Read More

Finals of the Tobacco World Cup

Finals of the Tobacco World Cup

July 21, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

When one has an opportunity to visit two of the largest pipe tobacco manufacturers in the world on back to back days, comparing the two is all but impossible. Mac Baren and Orlik, between them, produce over half of the world's pipe tobacco. ... Read More

Video: Tom Eltang Pipe Making and Discussion

Video: Tom Eltang Pipe Making and Discussion

July 19, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

Today Kevin and I spent the entire day with Tom Eltang, arriving at his shop around noon and leaving around 9:30pm. We shot a ton of great video while we were there. ... Read More

Danish Chronology: Trip Overview, Part 1

Danish Chronology: Trip Overview, Part 1

July 18, 2010 by Sykes Wilford

Kevin Godbee, of PipesMagazine.com, and I arrived on different flights from the US, but within a few minutes of each other. After taking care of airport necessaries and a quick stop at the hotel to clean up, we set out for Peter Heding. ... Read More

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