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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 '''[[Butz-Choquin]]'''. | 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... | ||
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===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 | [[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. | ||