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[[File:Jobey Patent.jpg|thumb|1970 Patent, courtesy Doug Valitchka]] | |||
English - American - Danish - French... Sadly, solid information about '''Jobey''' is scamt... | English - American - Danish - French... Sadly, solid information about '''Jobey''' is scamt... | ||
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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 | |||
<center><gallery widths=200px caption="Jobey Dansk examples and nomenclature by [[Karl Erik]], courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | <center><gallery widths=200px caption="Jobey Dansk examples and nomenclature by [[Karl Erik]], courtesy Doug Valitchka"> | ||
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<center><gallery widths=250 heights=200 caption="More examples"> | <center><gallery widths=250 heights=200 caption="More examples"> | ||
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In the very same year - obviously only as a ghost brand - Jobey was transferred to [[Saint-Claude]], France to be manufactured by | In the very same year - obviously only as a ghost brand - Jobey was transferred to [[Saint-Claude]], France to be manufactured by [[Butz-Choquin]]. | ||
There must have been an abandonment of the fabrication, because in 2002 the message was spread, the current proprietor of the brand '''F&K Cigar Co.''' from St. Louis, MO had recently re-introduced the Jobey very successfully again... | There must have been an abandonment of the fabrication, because in 2002 the message was spread, the current proprietor of the brand '''F&K Cigar Co.''' from St. Louis, MO had recently re-introduced the Jobey very successfully again... | ||
===Possible Jobey Origin=== | === Possible Jobey Origin === | ||
[[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 Saint-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. | ||
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So while it it speculative, one possible origin story for Jobey is that the company was started by two brothers in Brooklyn in the teens with a new idea for a pipe, and failed amidst terrible tragedy. One brother went to one company and another to the other, but it was Louis who continued making Jobey pipes through the 40s under that name, despite evidently no longer owning the company. It would appear to be the Norwalk Company that was bought out by Wally Frank in the pre-link days. This would suggest that Jobey was always American. | So while it it speculative, one possible origin story for Jobey is that the company was started by two brothers in Brooklyn in the teens with a new idea for a pipe, and failed amidst terrible tragedy. One brother went to one company and another to the other, but it was Louis who continued making Jobey pipes through the 40s under that name, despite evidently no longer owning the company. It would appear to be the Norwalk Company that was bought out by Wally Frank in the pre-link days. This would suggest that Jobey was always American. | ||
Visit [http://www.fkcigar.com/BrandItem.asp F&K Cigar Co.] for an overview of the current offer! | Visit [http://www.fkcigar.com/BrandItem.asp F&K Cigar Co.] for an overview of the current offer! | ||
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Visit [http://pipepages.com/jobeypage.htm Chris' pipe pages] for a fine selection of Jobey related documents! | Visit [http://pipepages.com/jobeypage.htm Chris' pipe pages] for a fine selection of Jobey related documents! | ||
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]][[Category: United States]] | [[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]] | ||
[[Category: United States]] | |||
[[Category: Patent]] | |||