David Cuneo A.K.A. Dmcmtk Has Passed Away.

[Chasing Embers]

I was wondering what became of him.
R.I.P.

It appears that his profile here has been deleted.

 

[Auxsender]

I just learned from his brother Paul that David passed away Tuesday, October 29. David had a number of serious health issues the past few years, and handled them as well as any one could. He talked to me about them in a straight forward way of acceptance. He never complained, and would never mention them unless I asked about it, which I occasionally did.

David was a very smart, intuitive, exceptionally honest, forthright man who was interested in many subjects. Like myself, he was detail oriented in everything that interested him. For eleven years, our weekly conversations covered a wide variety of subjects, and we learned a lot from each other. We were family.

David was a fountain of expert knowledge about pipes and tobaccos. When a friend of mine was gifting me all those wonderful estate pipes that many of you have seen me smoke or saw on my Jim’s Pipe Collection thread on PSD, David spent a lot of time helping me identify makers and dates. He did the same for many others on forums and private messages. He took great joy in helping others. And when he didn’t know something, he’d be honest about that, too. I learned a lot about old pipes from him.

David loved animals, and owned a couple of cats. When he had problems integrating the second cat (a young kitten) with his older cat, he came to me for advice. He did as I suggested, and within a short period of time, both cats became friendly. David’s life was enriched by the reciprocal love of cats and himself, and he must have thanked me a dozen times or more.

Cats were a favorite subject of ours. When Sam the Scamp had her babies, David didn’t hesitate to help us afford to feed and take care of them. He even paid for Sam and Harry the Hairy to get fixed. I sent him every photo that I took of the ferals, and Sam’s little scampers. He was very generous with tobacco, too. We gave lots of it to each other over the years. Years ago, when I had no luck getting a couple of Esoterica blends, and David did, he sent me a few bags of them along with other hard to find stuff. M’lady made him a few baskets in return. I sent him tobacco that he didn’t have.

I could go on and on about David, but I’ll end with this. I’ve had a lot of friends over the years who were generous, thoughtful, brilliant in thought and communication, humble, and caring. David was as special in all of those categories and more; as much as anyone I could mention. His passing leaves a vacuum in the hearts of his family and his friends. I know he would have told me that I didn’t need to write this. That would have been the one time that he was wrong. For all he was to all who knew him well or occasionally crossed paths with, David will be missed and remembered. Rest in Peace, brother.

I can tell from this touching post that you loved this man, Jim.
Im so sorry for you and all the people that loved him.

 

[popeofpiping]

Though I didn’t know him personally, David was pivotal in my journey as a pipe smoker. It hits home to read Jim’s words “David was a fountain of expert knowledge about pipes and tobaccos.” A statement couldn’t be more true. David single handedly set me on a path of appreciation and love for danish pipes. To this day one of the most cherished pipes I have was from David’s collection, a stunning Stanwell Tom Eltang design 137. It was my first estate pipe purchased and David set me straight. This was 11 years ago. After corresponding with him and sharing my story with him, he let that pipe go to me much cheaper than it should have. I’ll never forget that, nor the correspondence. I reached out to him years later with no reply. Little did I know of his health troubles. I’m sad to hear of his passing. I’ll cherish what he gave to me till my time comes. Cheers David, AKA Dmcmtk.

 

[bullet08]

Sorry to hear about Mr. Cuneo. My deepest condolences.

 

[captainsousie]

David was a generous man in so many ways. I will miss his posts. I know I should write more but I just don't have the words.

 

[GardenStateoftheArtBriar]

He was always great and informative on this forum-

 

[wyfbane]

He was always so kind and informative. My heart breaks with this news.

RIP.

 

[AreBee]

Sounds like a wonderful human. Sorry Jim, for the loss of your friend. Wishing you peace.

 

[Trainpipeman]

Though I didn’t know him personally, David was pivotal in my journey as a pipe smoker. It hits home to read Jim’s words “David was a fountain of expert knowledge about pipes and tobaccos.” A statement couldn’t be more true. David single handedly set me on a path of appreciation and love for danish pipes. To this day one of the most cherished pipes I have was from David’s collection, a stunning Stanwell Tom Eltang design 137. It was my first estate pipe purchased and David set me straight. This was 11 years ago. After corresponding with him and sharing my story with him, he let that pipe go to me much cheaper than it should have. I’ll never forget that, nor the correspondence. I reached out to him years later with no reply. Little did I know of his health troubles. I’m sad to hear of his passing. I’ll cherish what he gave to me till my time comes. Cheers David, AKA Dmcmtk.

That was a nicely-written tribute.

 

[JimInks]

That was a nicely-written tribute.

Thank you. There's a lot more that I could say about David. He was the kind of friend that everybody wants, but seldom gets. Not a day has passed without me thinking about him.

 

[OzPiper]

Thank you. There's a lot more that I could say about David. He was the kind of friend that everybody wants, but seldom gets. Not a day has passed without me thinking about him.

You are blessed, if you have but one friend like that.

 

[mso489]

May he rest in the companionship of all of his people and cats that have gone before.

 

[OzPiper]

May he rest in the companionship of all of his people and cats that have gone before.

@mso489
Great to see you posting again

 

[augiebd]

So sorry to hear this news. Condolences to all his family and friends.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

May he rest in the companionship of all of his people and cats that have gone before.

Oh man, it makes my heart sing to see you post, Tom.

 

[orlandofurioso]

Welcome back Tom
You're sorely missed.

 

[sablebrush52]

May he rest in the companionship of all of his people and cats that have gone before.

Happy to see you back, posting!

 

[augiebd]

May he rest in the companionship of all of his people and cats that have gone before.

Great to see you here.

 

[/Adam\]

Being one of the newer guys here I find that I’m often out of touch with many of you on the subject or subjects that you are all speaking of. While this subject is another of which I have no knowledge about I can tell that we’ve lost a dear friend. I can only wish I was around sooner. My heart and prayers go out to his family all who knew him.

JimInks thank you for sharing. Your tribute was very kind. I’m glad I got to read it. My condolences friend.

 

[JimInks]

Being one of the newer guys here I find that I’m often out of touch with many of you on the subject or subjects that you are all speaking of. While this subject is another of which I have no knowledge about I can tell that we’ve lost a dear friend. I can only wish I was around sooner. My heart and prayers go out to his family all who knew him.

JimInks thank you for sharing. Your tribute was very kind. I’m glad I got to read it. My condolences friend.

Thank you, Adam.