Jesse Jones Bamboo Bent Billiard (3 piece design)

georged

Lifer

Mar 7, 2013

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Picked this up at the KC show this past weekend. Besides world-class workmanship (JJ is a perfection-chaser), the design is notable in that even though it's a bent, the airway enters the chamber at 90-degrees like a straight pipe. Then disassembly allows the airway to be reamed at some future date (which always becomes necessary sooner or later).
Flat out brilliant, imo. :D

 

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elpfeife

Lifer

Dec 25, 2013

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• Sep 26, 2017

• #2

That is a stunning pipe. Well done Jesse and good choice George.

 

alexnorth

Part of the Furniture Now

Apr 7, 2015

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• Sep 26, 2017

• #3

Nice one! Beautiful blast

 

ashdigger

Lifer

Jul 30, 2016

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Vegas Baby!!!

• Sep 26, 2017

• #4

That is VERY NICE!!!

 

georged

Lifer

Mar 7, 2013

5,541

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• Sep 26, 2017

• #5

Pictures... thousand words... something something :lol:

 

tschiraldi

Lifer

Dec 14, 2015

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• Sep 26, 2017

• #6

Nice pick up George! I have three of his pipes I commissioned and they're all amazing! Great lookers and great smokers! Was that his contest entry? I didn't get a look at it before the show.

 

dmcmtk

Lifer

Aug 23, 2013

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• Sep 26, 2017

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"This awe inspiring beauty of bend and bamboo was originally created for the GKCPC American Carver Contest. Unfortunately it was not selected for the final set, however it was sold before the night was over! This pipe is actually 3 pieces - separating at the stem/bamboo and again at the bamboo/stummel transitions just as a way to keep this well engineered blonde bombshell easily maintained."


Very nice George! Jesse truly does some very impressive work. :D
https://www.blueroombriars.com/collections/jesse-jones-pipes

 

dmcmtk

Lifer

Aug 23, 2013

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Jesse's homage to the Sven Knudsen Walrus shape left me EXTREMELY impressed.
https://www.blueroombriars.com/collections/jesse-jones-pipes/products/jesse-jones-pipe-sandblast-walrus

 

fishnbanjo

Lifer

Feb 27, 2013

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• Sep 26, 2017

• #9

Nice pickup, I also have a 3 piece design bamboo shank by Jesse. A 6 knuckle bamboo shank, blasted black Egg bowled Demi-Warden pipe with Juma stem, an excellent smoker

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pipestud

Lifer

Dec 6, 2012

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Robinson, TX.

• Sep 26, 2017

• #10

I own 3 of Jesse's pipes and two of the three are among my best smoking pipes. I've not smoked the third one yet. So many pipes, so little time...

 

nevadablue

Lifer

Jun 5, 2017

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• Sep 26, 2017

• #11

What a beauty!
Is the tenon that connects the bamboo to the stummel made from vulcanite or what? This design has me thinking...

 

bluegrassbrian

Your Mom's Favorite Pipe Smoker

Aug 27, 2016

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• Sep 27, 2017

• #12

Good lookin. Met Jesse in Columbus..he had some handsome pipes for sale.

 

chiefwannapuff

Starting to Get Obsessed

Sep 13, 2017

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• Sep 27, 2017

• #13

I do like it. I agree with Ken, that's a good reference. Ken, I think that he might run a rod through the entire length. I have some bamboo root and it easily soft and flexible, (at the least my samples are, and I feel that they would need support).

 

nevadablue

Lifer

Jun 5, 2017

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• Sep 27, 2017

• #14

Interesting. You have me hooked on the bamboo idea. I need to chop some larger diameter stuff to play with too.