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Bjarne Nielsen
I've been in this business for nine years now and I've met a lot of great people. Over the years I've had some of the best vendors' reps anyone could ask for, they've been very helpful and encouraging, always eager to help my business grow and for me to flourish.
One of these men was Bjarne Nielsen of Bjarne Pipes. Bjarne is from Denmark and once or twice a year would hit the States in a rental car stocked full of pipes. He'd drive here and there selling his wares and he'd always make the Tobacco Bowl a stop, and I'd always purchase a dozen or two while chatting with him about his homeland, pipes and his travels. He was just in last month, in fact, which is why I was stunned to find out from a customer of mine that he'd just recently passed away.
Bjarne will be missed, not just as a vendor and extraordinary pipe maker, but as a friend.
Posted by Richard Alley at February 29, 2008 11:28 AM
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