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The Early Period runs from Cooke's departure as Art Director for WCAX-TV in 1976 through about 1999. He pursued both pipe repair and pipe making first with The Briar Workshop and then with Levin Pipes International. | The Early Period runs from Cooke's departure as Art Director for WCAX-TV in 1976 through about 1999. He pursued both pipe repair and pipe making first with The Briar Workshop and then with Levin Pipes International. | ||
In the transitional Middle Period, J. T. set up under his own name, abandoned repair work and hung up his shingle as an artisan increasingly dedicated to “the bastard child” of pipe making | In the transitional Middle Period, J. T. set up under his own name, abandoned repair work and hung up his shingle as an artisan increasingly dedicated to sandblasting, which he has called “the bastard child” of pipe making. It ran from his first Pipe of the Year for ''Pipes & Tobaccos'' magazine in 1999 until around the time of his second Pipe of the Year for that magazine in 2008. | ||
His work since then, the Late Period, demonstrates an increased dedication to executing his takes on classic shapes, the emergence of signature shapes, a growing affection for chubby | His work since then, the Late Period, demonstrates an increased dedication to executing his takes on classic shapes, the emergence of signature shapes, and a growing affection for chubby pipes, all with perfection of engineering and a sandblast execution without parallel. | ||
=== Stamps and Nomenclature === | === Stamps and Nomenclature === | ||
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'''J. T. Cooke'''—on pipes after 1996. </blockquote> | '''J. T. Cooke'''—on pipes after 1996. </blockquote> | ||
[[File:C004 Nomenclature JT&D 2008 stamp.jpg|left|thumb|Cooke's nomenclature shank stamp and the year stamp placement]] | [[File:C004 Nomenclature JT&D 2008 stamp.jpg|left|thumb|Cooke's nomenclature shank stamp and the year stamp placement]] | ||
Cooke has disavowed the authenticity of pipes with the LPI shank stamp as contract work, not genuine Cooke pipes. <ref>“Tesla.”</ref> | Cooke has disavowed the authenticity of pipes with the '''LPI''' shank stamp as contract work, well-made but not ''genuine'' Cooke pipes. <ref>“Tesla.”</ref> | ||
In addition, Cooke pipes have always used the Chinese Yin and Yang | In addition, Cooke's pipes have always used the Chinese Yin and Yang for stem identification, appropriate since it symbolizes how opposites may actually be interconnected, complementary and interdependent: a non-dualistic understanding in which thesis and antithesis are united. | ||
=== Early Period === | === Early Period === | ||