Any Other Nording Fans Out There?
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And, I don't think I've ever smoked a Danish pipe that was a good smoker. Just goes to show how we all have slightly different tastes.
I've got a blasted beaver. Only pipe with bamboo I own. While I like the looks of it, smoke it seldom as the bowl is too small for me.
I have around 10 Danish pipes-none high grade-and only a few aren't particularly good smokers. Every factory-made pipe probably has some pop up which aren't, though probably close to 100% of my preferred maker's pipes I own are.And, I don't think I've ever smoked a Danish pipe that was a good smoker. Just goes to show how we all have slightly different tastes.
I have a zebra hunting pipe (gift from my wife), a Signature freehand, and an econo-pipe Eriksen. They're all A+. Nording is a stickler for engineering on his pipes. Nothing sloppy or half done. And he does some of the best factory freehand pipes in the business, the real Danish deal.
I don't know how they make these beautiful pipes at this price pint. When I get one I us Renaissance Wax on the briar and the wood looks even more vibrant. I don't think you can purchase a finer pipe at this price point. Well executed in every respect.
When it comes to good looks, Danish pipes are hard to beat. I've visited Larson in Copenhagen and dropped in on Anne Julie. Actually, the best looking pipe I ever owned was an Anne Julie with grain all the way around that was so perfect it looked like it had been drawn with a ruler.
The Quail is my one of my favorites of the Nording Hunter series, maybe because I love to hunt upland birds over dogs. I also love the bamboo stem on The Beaver. Both are very nice. Thx for posting.
It appears to be The Cheetah 2020.
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I am a Nording fan. I did buy two a while ago from a second hand retailer marked “unsmoked,” that had some issues. On one, the shellac bubbled up on the side of the bowl from the heat. Some Nordings often have a shiny lacquer/shellac finish, not wax that is buffed.
With the other pipe, a dark reddish dye stain came off on the pipe cleaner the first 4-5 times I ran it through the pipe stem, as if it had never dried.
Again, I bought those two from a second dealer, not from a Nording approved retailer and now.guess that they were “seconds.”
With the other pipe, a dark reddish dye stain came off on the pipe cleaner the first 4-5 times I ran it through the pipe stem, as if it had never dried.
Again, I bought those two from a second dealer, not from a Nording approved retailer and now.guess that they were “seconds.”
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The set I posted above were always considered seconds. I got the set and display case for next to nothing and all the pipes are from the '80s and unsmoked.
My first pipe, over 20 years ago, was a Nording. It's gracile lines still appeal to me.
I have a few hunters as well. They seem right at home outside at this time of year.
1999 Quail
1999 Quail
My pipe with the most densely packed and circumferential grain is a big old Danish Ben Wade freehand. Think many of the freehands from that era had great grain.When it comes to good looks, Danish pipes are hard to beat. I've visited Larson in Copenhagen and dropped in on Anne Julie. Actually, the best looking pipe I ever owned was an Anne Julie with grain all the way around that was so perfect it looked like it had been drawn with a ruler.
2 of my 5 Nordings have the lacquered finish which I've had for years. The finish has remained good and in their case the lacquered finish is attractive.
