One Man Show

His name is Peder Jeppesen and his pipe maker name is Neerup, which is an old family name. he lives with his family in Lejre, near one of the oldest City’s in Denmark called Roskilde.

He has made pipes for nearly 25 years; starting wiht Karl Erik, and later continued with the legendary Nørding, from whom he learned all steps of pipe making and decoration work.
"It has always been his dream to make pipes in my own name and design, now that this has been a reality; I would like to introduce my pipes to all pipe smokers." said Peder...

Pipe production together with rock music is a therapy for Peder. He gets great ideas and inspiration when I am fishing, running or biking in the beautiful natural environment around him.

His pipes are produced in briar from Corsica, Greece or in rare time Morocco. The stems are made in black acryl, sometime in Cumberland or amber.
When he is designing a new pipe he concentrates on the proportions between the bowl, shank and mouthpiece. It’s important for the pipe to have perfect balance

The smoking qualities in a Neerup pipe is a result from the deep and well finished tobacco chamber, or bowl; the perfect drilled and centered smoke channel, the fit of the tenon, and the mouthpiece, which gives plenty of air and a pleasant bite.

To meet his costumer’s demands, he uses a lot of time to develop ideas for decorations, which will make his pipes interesting and unique. Nearly every the pipe he makes have some kind of decoration on the shank, the stem or at the top of the bowl.

The silver is 925 sterling silver, and every piece is hand made by a silver smith or jeweler. He also uses different sorts of exotic woods, that he mixes with black rings and cut amber, but it’s important to me, that the decoration be well fitted and make the pipe beautiful and harmonic.
As he finishes the pipes, he grinds, sands rubbs, and finally polishes, that keeping the pipe's grain,shape and beauty nice and shiny for a long time.

Peder is a well grounded, down to earth artisan. He knows exactly what he's doing and very much like the late Bjarne, he is 5 moves ahead of most carvers/businessmen. He loves the ocean. And windsurfing is one of his favorite sports.It was a pleasure to have him at our pipe club this past Thursday. Easygoing and a wealth of knowlege....