#Gandalf pipe noble collection series

Vauen pipes of the yearĮvery year the company brings a strictly limited annual pipe collection onto the market. All Pipes in the starter sets are made in Germany. But watch out, due to the great demand, the starter sets always sell out very quickly. Starting with a pipe model, to cleaning agents, filters and cutlery, it contains everything you need to embark on your first journey into the wide world of as yet undiscovered enjoyment. For several years now, the company has been offering its entry-level sets at an extremely fair entry-level price. Vauen starter setĪnyone looking for a first introduction to the traditional passion of smoking is well advised with the Vauen pipe starter sets.

#Gandalf pipe noble collection series

In addition to the large number of different series models, which have a stylistically appropriate answer ready for everyone, whether young or old, time is also taken for the elaboration of special orchids of the pipe art, such as the Vauen pipes of the year or the artfully crafted Auenland series. Nevertheless, every Vauen pipe is made with the same attention to detail and using high quality materials. Models that revive the classic elegance of past centuries can also be found, as well as those collections that have dedicated themselves entirely to modernity with their trend-conscious and sometimes futuristic design. The product portfolio of the Nuremberg family business is characterized above all by creativity, variation and diversity. Almost 95% of the pipe models sold in Germany today have a 9 mm filter drilling. With the introduction of the 9 mm activated carbon filter in 1934, a lasting trend towards a pleasantly cool and softened smoking experience was set. In addition to the already mentioned innovative idea of processing elegant and at the same time very robust wooden bowl pipes, which has grown into a tradition of its own, Vauen has once again revolutionized the market. In the more exclusive lines, the tradition of using meerschaum inserts, which have become extremely rare, is continued from time to time. For applications such as the decorative ring, there are sometimes very precious to rare materials such as horn, rose and rosewood, but also silver and gold. In addition to the use of the very widespread normal bite mouthpieces, some of the brand's models also feature fishtail and lip bite („P-Lip“) mouthpieces, which have now become rare. The mouthpieces are mostly made of acrylic or ebonite. Depending on the collection, very valuable waxes or high-quality multiple lacquers are used for the finish in order to give them their optical finishing touch. Then each pipe is individually neatly handcrafted with the stem. First, the raw bodies or the pipe bowl made of briar wood from the serially produced collections are produced with a copy milling machine. The production of each Vauen pipe takes place in several work steps. When Alexander Eckert took over the management in 1982, the fifth generation started to run the oldest pipe factory in Germany. This, made up of the first letter 'V' for 'Vereinigte Pfeifenfabriken' and an 'N' for the city of the company's headquarters in Nuremberg, has been the international inspiration for traditional pipe-making craftsmanship 'Made in Germany' ever since. Under the leadership of Ernst Eckert, a descendant of the Ott family, the previously unmistakable abbreviation 'VPNF' was finally replaced by the name 'VAUEN'. These two Nuremberg manufacturers merged in 1901 to form the United Pipe Factory Nuremberg (VPFN). From now on only exquisite briar woods from the Mediterranean area were used for these.ĭue to the increasing demand in Germany and overseas, another factory was opened in Nuremberg by Gebhard Ott as early as 1866. Contrary to the then widespread trend of clay bowl pipes, their business idea was based on the production of comparatively robust wooden head pipes. Karl Ellenberger and Carl August Ziener, both trained wood turners, founded the first German pipe manufacture in Nuremberg as early as 1848. But the company's history begins much earlier. Vauen has been manufacturing pipes for all lovers of smoking under the name Vauen since 1909. The company based in Nuremberg, with its Vauen pipes, tobacco, filters and accessories, stands for the passion for enjoyable time in an increasingly hectic world.

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