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Eventually Jonathan got married, had kids, and settled in to a historic home in Charlottesville, VA that he and his family lived in as Jonathan made it their "own". He exposed the original heart pine ceiling and beams, and uncovered 120+ year old brick chimneys that had been covered in plaster for years. | Eventually Jonathan got married, had kids, and settled in to a historic home in Charlottesville, VA that he and his family lived in as Jonathan made it their "own". He exposed the original heart pine ceiling and beams, and uncovered 120+ year old brick chimneys that had been covered in plaster for years. | ||
Jonathan then met a guy at a local bar one night back in the early 2010's who made tobacco pipes out of briar burl, and Jonathan was instantly hooked. This was when Moonshine Pipe Company was born. Working daily with his construction and remodeling company, then coming home and working on tobacco pipes until the wee hours of the morning as not uncommon. Soon after, Jonathan found him self jumping feet first into the tobacco pipe industry and quickly grew to the point where he could no longer keep up with the demand. Jonathan then found a company in Nashville, TN called [[ | Jonathan then met a guy at a local bar one night back in the early 2010's who made tobacco pipes out of briar burl, and Jonathan was instantly hooked. This was when Moonshine Pipe Company was born. Working daily with his construction and remodeling company, then coming home and working on tobacco pipes until the wee hours of the morning as not uncommon. Soon after, Jonathan found him self jumping feet first into the tobacco pipe industry and quickly grew to the point where he could no longer keep up with the demand. Jonathan then found a company in Nashville, TN called [[BriarWorks]] to help him with his production on a larger scale, and later ended up selling Moonshine Pipe Company to them. Years later, Briarworks still manufactures Moonshine Brand Pipes and continues to champion the brand into the next generation. | ||
Jonathan had always been an avid fly fisherman, and had made custom fly rods for his friends for years before then diving head first into the industry by creating Moonshine Rod Company with his brother Nick Lavezzo. Jonathan took his deep knowledge of burl and lathe work and began creating reel seat and cork grip designs that quickly gained a lot of attention within the fly fishing industry. Starting small at first, Jonathan hand turned every single reel seat and wrapped every rod in his small shop (glorified shed) and enjoyed every minute of it. Moonshine quickly developed a cult like following which helped the brand break through the "rich guys sport" and outdated rods that were currently on the market, and revive the sport with a "blue collar" look and feel. Instead of marketing to the same old industry, they set out to create a new one that provided high quality fly fishing rods at affordable prices. He and his brother were able to do this by keeping the brand true to its roots, and putting quality before quantity on every rod they made. Moonshine Rod Company is now a staple in the industry and continues to be a very popular "little guy" brand among the fly fishing community. | Jonathan had always been an avid fly fisherman, and had made custom fly rods for his friends for years before then diving head first into the industry by creating Moonshine Rod Company with his brother Nick Lavezzo. Jonathan took his deep knowledge of burl and lathe work and began creating reel seat and cork grip designs that quickly gained a lot of attention within the fly fishing industry. Starting small at first, Jonathan hand turned every single reel seat and wrapped every rod in his small shop (glorified shed) and enjoyed every minute of it. Moonshine quickly developed a cult like following which helped the brand break through the "rich guys sport" and outdated rods that were currently on the market, and revive the sport with a "blue collar" look and feel. Instead of marketing to the same old industry, they set out to create a new one that provided high quality fly fishing rods at affordable prices. He and his brother were able to do this by keeping the brand true to its roots, and putting quality before quantity on every rod they made. Moonshine Rod Company is now a staple in the industry and continues to be a very popular "little guy" brand among the fly fishing community. | ||