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Boswell Nomenclature Information
 

J.M. Boswell is one of the first American pipe makers to hand-engrave his name onto each of his briar pipes, instead of using a metal stamp.  In the 70’s he always hand carved his signature onto the shank of all his pipes.

From 1975 to the beginning of 1980 while working for pipe maker Richard Johnson, J.M. made hundreds of pipes, on which he stamped Johnson Handmade.  J.M. made 90% of all those pipes in that era.  Near the end of J.M.'s employment at Johnson’s, you will find pipes with Boswell's signature hand-engraved on the underside of the pipes with Johnson handmade stamped on the side.

 During the mid 80’s here at Boswell’s Pipe and Tobacco, J.M. did have a metal stamp made and experimented with it a few times, but felt it was not a proper finish for his handmade pipes. “A work of art should be hand signed not stamped like machine made pipes. Artist’s always sign their work.” He never again used the stamp.

J.M. Boswell started dating all his pipes towards the middle of the 80’s, after customers had begun to request that the year be added

Thrown by an illegible signature, J.M. started to carve his name more clearly around 1998.  Since J.M. was selling his pipes all over the world, he then started to print USA along with his name and year.

 

Dated pipe examples:

Example below for the year 2000 and up:

 

 

J.M. Classic Pipes with etching design 

Dated as:

2000 are dated as 000

2001 are dated as 001

2002 are dated as 002

2003 are dated as 003

2004 are dated as 004

2005 are dated as 005

 

 

 

  

J.M. Classic all smooth finish Pipes 

Dated as:  

2000 are dated 2000

2001 are dated 2001

2002 are dated 2002

2003 are dated 2003

2004 are dated 2004

2005 are dated 2005

Example - Boswell 2002 USA is the $42.95 Classic Pipe 

All smooth, without any etching or design.
     
J.M. Boswell, USA and the year of production are on larger sized pipes. 
     
     

SPECIAL BOSWELL PIPES THAT WERE MADE FOR STORES OR CLUBS:
     

J.M. Boswell 1997 Sherlock Holmes Pipe Club of Boston was commissioned to make
large bent Calabash pipes.

 (This was their clubs first club pipe made for the Sherlock Homes Pipe Club.)    Photos below

 

 
     
   

Tinder Box store Owner Charlie Affeld got together with J.M. and had a design Series of Boswell Christmas Classic.

Exclusively for the Mishawaka and South Bend Tinder Box stores only.

These were numbered 1 to 50

Year 2000

They are burgundy bowls with gray acrylic bits.

(Photos below)

 
 
     
     

The Gettysburg Pipe -By J.M. Boswell, Limited Edition Design for The Old Virginia Tobacco Company  

Merrifield Va.

     

100th Anniversary pipes - Exclusively for Hain’s Pipe and Cigars in York Pa. 

Hand Crafted in the early 80’s to celebrate One Hundred years of the cigar store business in York. J.M. had made 100 pipes for them exclusively to be sold in their store. The second oldest tobacco store in Pennsylvania.

Owner of Hains at that time was Mrs. Miller

     

Many Boswell wedding pipes with the Bride and Groom names and wedding date have been made.
 

 

J.M. made a matching set of Bulldog Pipes in custom boxes.  Anniversary of his making pipes since1975

5 sets made in 1985
 

Grading

 

Only the highest quality materials are used in the creations of these exquisite smoking pipes.

We import the highest quality briarwood; select the briar block size to use, according to the dimensions the pipe will be made to.

The price is based off of the detail and time spent on the pipe, instead of using a grading scale.

 

J.M. believes as long as you find a Boswell pipe that fits well in your hand, as well as in your budget, that is what matters most…

The rest is up to J.M and Dan to make sure you will have a pipe of the highest quality and workmanship that the Boswell’s can make.