514. SPECIAL BULLETIN: The Final Installment of the Carroll of Carrollton Commemorative Drops Wednesday 6/24 + A Visual History of the Series
SPECIAL BULLETIN Lá na nAithreacha Sona Duit! Happy Father’s Day! I invite you this week to unplug from your devices, unwind from your workday cares, light your favorite Pete and join me in Peterson’s celebration of America’s Semiquincentennial on July 4th. According to Andy Wike, the sixth and last installment of the Carroll of Carrollton
513. Pete Geek & Blender Martin Kollman // CP Mark Twain Cobble // Return of the Wax Inlay “P” // “Briar to Pipe” Video from Chicago Pipe Show
Brew a fresh pot and fill your HAND-MADE, PUB pipe or perhaps two favorite Petes! PG & TOBACCO BLENDER MARTIN KOLLMAN I met Martin Kollman at the Las Vegas Pipe Show a couple of years ago after corresponding with him via email for awhile and then enjoying some of his fabulous No Name Tobacco
512. A Box Mystery Unboxed Sans Box: Damman’s of Melbourne
As the saying goes, sometimes you get the bear (pronounced “bar” in The Great Lebowski) and sometimes the bar gets you. Well, the bear got me a couple of week ago. I saw this 312 NOS with all the ephemera on eBay and thought I really, really need this. Not because of the pipe,
511. “Condenser Work on Your House Pipe,” A Letter from Gary Hamilton to James Walsh
Last Call! THE MOTH DEMONSTRATOR see end of post for ordering Photo by Dan Chasin PPN’s limited edition “eclipse”of Moth Demonstrators has almost flown. Thanks everyone for your patience. As she approaches her second retirement, Gigi’s work as a librarian has been intense, and she didn’t begin sending out invoices until this past Friday.
510. The 2026 Chicago Pipe Show + Moth Demonstrator PG Event
public service announcement MOTH DEMONSTRATOR PETE GEEK EVENT! See end of post. We began the Chicago show this year with a first-time visit to the legendary Iwan Reis shop in downtown Chicago. If you ever go, take the advice of The Peterson Piper–Josh Sherif–drive to the CTA train station near the Hyatt Regency and
509. Sébastien Canévet on an Unknown French System Patent Competitor + Chicago Show PG Info
CHICAGO PIPE SHOW Public Service Announcements PADDY LARRIGAN, BROKEN PIPE, TBA We will be honoring Paddy Larrigan at the show this year at some point, who passed away on February 9th of this year. If you have a 20s or a 314 (Paddy’s favorite shape), bring it as we raise a bowl of vintage
