Many pipe carvers have more artistic ability than I; and although I like pretty pipes too, my focus is on carving an excellent smoking pipe and all of the features that it entails. Pretty pipes so often have very thin walls and smoke so hot you need to sit in the bathtub to smoke them. They usually have standard draft holes of 5/32. I think thats too small and many pipe smokers agree with me. So I drill mine to 3/16 for a better draw and open the stems with a tapered bit. You wont have to send my pipes out to a pipe repairman to have them opened up, as many do. All of my pipes are carved from the finest quality Algerian briar I can find. I coat each bowl with a special pre-carb treatment which speeds up the break-in process. After the third bowl, it will smoke as if it had been in your collection for years. I get a lot of positive feed-back on this feature. Standard draft holes are 5/32. I think thats too small and many pipe smokers agree with me. So I drill mine to 3/16 for a better draw and open the stems with a tapered bit. You wont have to send my pipes out to a pipe repairman to have them opened up, as many do. For over 40 years I worked in the grocery industry. In 1984 I founded my own food brokerage business. It prospered and grew into a multi-state corporation. In 1999 I sold my portion of the business and retired. Due to health concerns and public scrutiny, I quit smoking cigarettes in 1993 and took up the pipe. (I believed then – and still do – that health risks are greatly reduced by not inhaling and just puffing.) Serious pipe-smoking is conducive to day-dreaming, and thus the idea of making my own pipes became a quest. I was fortunate to study under Andrew Kovacs, a well-known carver in Northern Arizona (trade name “Jandrew”) for about a year, off and on. I learned a lot of the basics from Andy, but some of my best counsel came via long telephone conversations with Mark Tinsky. Over the years I have made and sold approximately 1,000 pipes, most of them here in the United States, but I do have customers in Indonesia, Germany, Japan, England, Israel, Canada, and Thailand. What began as a hobby has become my passion. I lost my leg in 2001 due to a blood clot, so fortunately for me, I have an occupation that is “handicap friendly”.

Address: Horace DeJarnett, 5244 W. Potter Drive, Glendale, AZ 85308
Telephone: 623-572-9648
Fax: 623-825-7181
Website: http://www.dejarpipes.com/