Karl Erik Freehand #8
Smooth finish, half bent, lucite stem.
Karl Erik Ottendahl was born in Aalborg (Jutland), just a few miles from the very northernmost tip of Denmark.
He began smoking a pipe when he was 14 and upon leaving school he started an apprenticeship in the craft as a lithographer at the age of 16. While working as an apprentice he began hand carving pipes as a hobby. Many were given as gifts to his more senior colleagues. Upon completion of his apprenticeship he moved to Nairobi, Kenya to work as a lithographer during the 1962 war. While in that war torn country, he was unable to procure pipes for himself. In the face of such a predicament, he chose to continue to make pipes for his own use rather than go without.

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L = 5 1/4" | Dia. = 3/4" |
H = 2" | Depth = 1 1/2" |
W = 2" | Weight = 2.56 oz |
Measurements may vary by +/- 0.2".