Who has a David Jones Pipe?

[doccaliban]

I bought a couple when I first started smoking in the early 90's, but I haven't smoked either for a long time. One is much larger than I prefer these days, and the other is probably still a little on the large side as well, now that I think of it. I think he'd just started making them around the time I bought them.

 

[judcole]

I never heard of them until this post. US carver?

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

I’ve got the vinyl versions.

 

[ssjones]

Reading thru old editions of the NASPC newsletter (everyone here is a member, right?) David Jones used to be a real player in the artisan pipe world. I believe he stopped making pipes at some point, and went back to custom guitars. He passed away in 2021:

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I bought one around 2012, there are a few old threads here.
In the early 2000's he made smooth pipes, but at some point moved to mostly rusticated, very large Pokers with acrylic stems.
Here is mine, it was simply too big and sold to a member here.

 

[woodsroad]

 

[ssjones]

David Jones is also my brother, but he has no connection to David Bowie, but I'm sure there is life on Mars.

 

[camaguey]

I never heard of them until this post. US carver?

Yes , from Texas. I liked the thick walls of his pipes.

 

[driftedshank1]

Jones made some very attractive large pipes. He claimed to have a stash of well aged Greek briar.
His stems were typically, if not exclusively, acrylic. I owned kind of a large billiard/pot type shape which was nicely rusticated. I subsequently sold it as it was just too heavy for me. His airways were not as open as I usually prefer, however I never saw a Jones that was drilled poorly. I recall that he was a fan of Prince Albert and the Pipe Smoker's Ephemeris.

 

[jpmcwjr]

My first thought was Davey Jones' Locker.... Life lost overboard at sea. Anyway, added the word pipe to prevent others from having lugubrious thoughts.

 

[ssjones]

His airways were not as open as I usually prefer, however I never saw a Jones that was drilled poorly. I recall that he was a fan of Prince Albert and the Pipe Smoker's Ephemeris.

It was back issues of the Ephermis were he was frequently discussed.
His tighter draw was something I mentioned here on a thread in 2012.

 

[woodsroad]

Apparently, his mom had it going on, too.

 

[peteguy]

All the info on his pipes listed here is correct from what I recall. I had two of them at one time, via trades, and passed them on. I recall a nice pipe for the money. I seem to recall the name Regency associated with him so maybe that will aid in the google world.

 

[huntertrw]

My first thought was Davey Jones' Locker...

Here you go:

 

[doccaliban]

These are the two that I have from the early 90's.

 

[mngslvs]

I bought one roughly 20 years ago, I think it was a bent billiard, smooth. It was nicely shaped and a good smoker. I probably smoked it for six or eight years. (I don’t know whether this happens to other smokers, but sometimes a pipe will, just somehow lose it. Has this happened to any of you out there? ) I no longer have it.

 

[ssjones]

These are the two that I have from the early 90's.
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I knew he made smooths at one time, but I had never seen one, beautiful!

 

[doccaliban]

I knew he made smooths at one time, but I had never seen one, beautiful!

I may end up selling them as I have several larger pipes like that, and I really prefer smaller ones.