Who is "Pipen-Doge" | ||
The nickname "Pipen-Doge" (pron. Peep´n Douze) doesn't have any deeper meaning. The term "Doge" described the head of the ancient Venice. I have got this nickname during my time at the University College of Medicine, because some of my friends thought, that I would look as the Doge in a well known comic strip and because I was the only pipe smoker in our community. I was born in 1955, have studied dentristry, medicine and neurosciences and I´m now a professor of fundamentals in medicine at the computer sciences department at the Ulm University of Applied Sciences . I have been pipe smoker for approx. 35 years . I have already early built up a little pipe collection (35 - 40 pieces) for the daily use . In the year 2000 I have made pipe collecting and pipe-related books for the hobby. During this period my collection contains 250 - 300 pipes, from around 80 different freehand pipe makers and approx. 30 other brands (factory made pipes and semi-freehands), most were shown here. In spring 2005, I have decided to abstain from "collecting" pipes furthermore, but I´m still a "pipe enthusiast". I am still interested in pipes of Danish, Swedish, Japanese and German pipe makers. Particularly, I´m interested in pipes of pipe makers, who are no longer active today, as e.g. Sixten Ivarsson, Arne Ljung and many others. I meet many pipe makers in person and get many interesting and detailed informations I will share with you. I like to smoke light to medium VA-Flakes or tobaccos with a moderate casing. I don't like tobaccos with latakia, cigars and cigarettes. This web-site is non-commercial and the pipes are not for sale in general. But I am always interested in trading pipes, you are welcome to ask for a trade. Sometimes, I will display pipes for young carvers or collectors who haven´t got an own web-site. My eBay-ID is "legnubrac". I have added a very personal and highly subjective judgement ( * to *****) to each of my pipes. This indicates my personal view to this particular PIPE only and is NO assessment of the BRAND or CARVER in general. Please note: Any copying, publication or reproduction of the papers and / or pictures published herein in printed or electronic media is strictly prohibited without the explicit written consent of these pages' owner. I´m the owner of all the pictures displayed on the pages with the file-names " *_bilder01.htm". Pictures, which are shown on the pages with the file-names "*_info.htm" are predominantly owned by other collectors or from the carvers directly. These collectors/carvers have permitted to display the pipes and pipe-related pictures here. In case, any pipe shown here, have got another owner in the meantime, who don´t like to see his pipes here, the new owner should contact me. Of course, I will remove the pictures immediately. Dr. Jörg Lehmann |