23,094
edits
Jobey: Difference between revisions
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
no edit summary
m (Fixed link to Arlington) |
No edit summary |
||
| (6 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown) | |||
| Line 1: | Line 1: | ||
[[Image:Jobey1.jpg| | [[Image:Jobey1.jpg|thumb]][[Image:Jobey7.jpg|thumb]][[File:Jobey Patent.jpg|thumb|400px|1970 Patent, courtesy Doug Valitchka]] | ||
English - American - Danish - French... | English - American - Danish - French... Sadly, solid information about '''Jobey''' is scamt... | ||
Probably established in England around 1920(?) the brand hiked into the USA later. In the course of time owner, distributor and manufacturer changed repeatedly. As far as known: | Probably established in England around 1920(?) the brand hiked into the USA later. In the course of time owner, distributor and manufacturer changed repeatedly. As far as is known the following companies have been involved with the brand: | ||
* '''[[George Yale Pipes & Tobacco]]''', New York (1942) | * '''[[George Yale Pipes & Tobacco]]''', New York (1942) | ||
| Line 12: | Line 12: | ||
Throughout decades Jobey pipes were mainly sold in the USA, Canada and England but remained almost unknown in continental Europe. The bulk of Jobeys was predominantly made according to classical patterns and mainly in the lower to middle price range. The predominant judgment of the pipe smokers reads: "A well made pipe for the price." So there is hardly anything very special or exciting about Jobey pipes although a [http://pipepages.com/jobey.htm flyer from ca. 1970] assures: ''"The briar root Jobey insists upon for its peer of pipes is left untouched to grow, harden and sweeten for 100 years. [...] Jobey uses only the heart of this century old briar and only one out of 500 bowls turned measures up to the rigid Jobey specifications."'' 99.80% of cull... that makes the layman marveling! | Throughout decades Jobey pipes were mainly sold in the USA, Canada and England but remained almost unknown in continental Europe. The bulk of Jobeys was predominantly made according to classical patterns and mainly in the lower to middle price range. The predominant judgment of the pipe smokers reads: "A well made pipe for the price." So there is hardly anything very special or exciting about Jobey pipes although a [http://pipepages.com/jobey.htm flyer from ca. 1970] assures: ''"The briar root Jobey insists upon for its peer of pipes is left untouched to grow, harden and sweeten for 100 years. [...] Jobey uses only the heart of this century old briar and only one out of 500 bowls turned measures up to the rigid Jobey specifications."'' 99.80% of cull... that makes the layman marveling! | ||
<center><gallery widths=200px caption="Standard Jobey models, details and nomenclature, courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | |||
File:JobeyAC Pot01.jpg|Air Cooled | |||
File:JobeyAC Pot05.jpg|Air Cooled Detail | |||
File:JobeyAC Pot07.jpg|Air Cooled Nomenclature | |||
File:JobeyAsti01.jpg|Asti | |||
File:JobeyAsti07.jpg|Asti Nomenclature | |||
File:JobeyAstiPot01.jpg|Asti | |||
File:JobeyAstiPot05.jpg|Asti Detail | |||
File:JobeyBand01.jpg|Band | |||
File:JobeyFAWN01.jpg|Fawn Extra | |||
File:JobeyFAWN07.jpg|Fawn Extra Nomenclature | |||
File:JobeyFAWN09.jpg|Fawn Extra Nomenclature | |||
File:JobeyFawnExtra01.jpg|Fawn Extra | |||
File:JobeyFawnExtra07.jpg|Fawn Extra Nomenclature | |||
File:JobeyFawnExtra08.jpg|Fawn Extra Nomenclature | |||
File:JobeyFiltersan01.jpg|Filtersan | |||
File:JobeyFiltersan07.jpg|Filtersan Nomenclature | |||
File:JobeyPinch04.jpg|Pinch | |||
File:JobeyPinch07.jpg|Pinch Nomenclature | |||
File:JobeyShellmoorPOW01.jpg|Shellmoor | |||
File:JobeyShellmoorPOW07.jpg|Shellmoor Nomenclature | |||
File:JobeyUnicorn01.jpg|Unicorn | |||
File:JobeyUnicorn07.jpg|Unicorn Nomenclature | |||
File:JobeyXShellmore01.jpg|Shellmoor | |||
File:JobeySG01.jpg|Specimen Grain w/box | |||
File:JobeySG09.jpg|Specimen Grain nomenclature | |||
File:JobeySG10.jpg|Specimen Grain nomenclature | |||
File:JobeySG11.jpg|Specimen Grain nomenclature | |||
File:JobeySG12.jpg|Specimen Grain nomenclature | |||
File:JobeySG15.jpg|Specimen Grain/Jobey Stem detail | |||
JobeyShellmore01.jpg|Shellmoor | |||
JobeyShellmore07.jpg|Shellmoor Detail | |||
JobeyShellmore08.jpg|Shellmoor Detail | |||
JobeyShellmore09.jpg|Shellmoor Detail | |||
JobeyShellmore10.jpg|Shellmoor Detail | |||
</gallery></center> | |||
Yet then there are partially really exciting Freehands mainly in the seventies, that Jobey - Weber owned back then - bought from Danish pipe genius '''[[Karl Erik]]''' (Ottendahl). These pipes were offered as '''Jobey Dansk''' - '70's pure! (BTW waning sales caused Ottendahl to discontinue exports to the United States in 1987.) | Yet then there are partially really exciting Freehands mainly in the seventies, that Jobey - Weber owned back then - bought from Danish pipe genius '''[[Karl Erik]]''' (Ottendahl). These pipes were offered as '''Jobey Dansk''' - '70's pure! (BTW waning sales caused Ottendahl to discontinue exports to the United States in 1987.) | ||
<center><gallery> | <center><gallery widths=200px caption="Jobey Dansk examples and nomenclature by [[Karl Erik]], courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | ||
File:Dansk2SM01.jpg|2SM | |||
File:Dansk2SM07.jpg|2SM Nomenclature | |||
File:DanskNational01.jpg|Dansk National | |||
File:DanskNational11.jpg|Dansk National Nomenclature | |||
File:DanskNatl01.jpg | |||
File:DanskNational07.jpg | |||
File:DanskPoker01.jpg|Poker | |||
File:DanskPoker07.jpg|Poker Nomenclature | |||
File:JobeyDansk01.jpg | |||
File:JobeyDansk07.jpg | |||
File:JobeyDanskA01.jpg | |||
File:JobeyDanskA14.jpg | |||
File:JobeyDanskBoxA01.jpg | |||
File:JobeyDanskBoxA07.jpg | |||
File:JobeyDanskBoxB01.jpg | |||
File:JobeyDanskBoxB07.jpg|Specimen Grain w/box | |||
</gallery></center> | |||
<center><gallery widths=250 heights=200 caption="More examples"> | |||
Image:JobeyDansk_01.jpg|<font size="1">Jobey Dansk</font> | Image:JobeyDansk_01.jpg|<font size="1">Jobey Dansk</font> | ||
Image:JobeyDansk_02.jpg| | Image:JobeyDansk_02.jpg| | ||
| Line 27: | Line 86: | ||
===Possible Jobey Origin=== | ===Possible Jobey Origin=== | ||
As is noted above, the origins of this company seem to be shrouded in mystery, and most people claim that the origins were in England, followed by American production, and then a later move to St. Claude. There is another possible origin for the company, however, and it would suggest that Jobey was in Brooklyn, New York long before the 1969 patent of the Jobey "link". | [[File:Jobey HandRub.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:Jobey1979.jpg|thumb|Jobey page from 1979 Tinderbox catalog, courtesy Doug Valitchka]]As is noted above, the origins of this company seem to be shrouded in mystery, and most people claim that the origins were in England, followed by American production, and then a later move to St. Claude. There is another possible origin for the company, however, and it would suggest that Jobey was in Brooklyn, New York long before the 1969 patent of the Jobey "link". | ||
There’s not a lot of chatter about it, but if you can lay your hands on a copy of “The Tobacco World”, Volume 61, from 1941, there is a brief mention that reads “Norwalk Pipe Expands” and in the body states that Norwalk Pipe Corporation, “manufacturers of Jobey and Shellmoor pipes”, is moving to larger offices at 218 East Twenty-Sixth Street, NYC, as announced by Louis Jobey, president of that company. Norwalk is listed as one of the alternate distributors for Jobey on this page but apparently Louis Jobey was also actually working there at the time. | There’s not a lot of chatter about it, but if you can lay your hands on a copy of “The Tobacco World”, Volume 61, from 1941, there is a brief mention that reads “Norwalk Pipe Expands” and in the body states that Norwalk Pipe Corporation, “manufacturers of Jobey and Shellmoor pipes”, is moving to larger offices at 218 East Twenty-Sixth Street, NYC, as announced by Louis Jobey, president of that company. Norwalk is listed as one of the alternate distributors for Jobey on this page but apparently Louis Jobey was also actually working there at the time. | ||