Updated:
Jul 26, 2013 
Sven Lar
▲ (Underside)
SVEN LAR
Hand Made
M. Kabik (script)
M
▲ (Underside)
Sven Lar
Hand Made
C
"Sven Lar" is a brand owned by Michael Kabik who retired in the late 1980's. These pipes were crafted after he stoped producing CHP-X pipes.
Svend Hangaard
▲ (On bottom) Hangaard, Danish, Hand Made
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(Underside) Svend, Hangaard (Circular) Denmark
(Underside) Svend, Hangaard (Circular) Denmark
Artisan: Svend Hangaard begun carving pipe after he retired in 2007 from working as a prison warden.
Svendborg
▲ C, Svenborg, Danish Hand Made
▲ Svendborg, Danish Hand Carved, H-JØRGENSEN
▲ (Underside) C, Danish, Hand Carved,
(Underside) Svendborg, Jan Hansen
(Underside) Svendborg, Jan Hansen
▲ Jan Hansen is a pseudonyme used by Henrik Jørgensen. His own initials could have been misunderstood (HJ : Hitler Jugend).
Brand founded in 1970s by Henrik Jørgensen, Poul Ilsted and Tao Nielsen. They bought an old factory (Nordisc Pibefabriker) in Svendborg on Funen island. Poul and Tao gradually bow out from machine manufactured pipes (1982) and Henrik Jørgensen manages the brand until its take over by Design Berlin (D) in the late 90ies.
Kaj C. Rasmussen jointed the firm for several years. 17 employees worked for this brand under Henrik Jørgensen direction.
Kaj C. Rasmussen jointed the firm for several years. 17 employees worked for this brand under Henrik Jørgensen direction.
Szabó Körös Pipes
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Hungary, Bruyer Szabó
(Right side)
Ambiente
After the politcal changes in the early 1990s, Balázs Szabó Jr. bought back the Nagykörösi Pipe Factory established about 1930. This grandson of one of the founders renamed the corporate and focused production on briar pipes.
Other Eastern Bloc pipe brands: ARK (GDR), Howal (GDR), "Veresk" Company -Golden Gate- (UA)