453. Scott Forrest’s Shank Crack Repair for Dummies
PSA Tá Críosd ar éirigh! – Go deimhin, tá e ar éirigh! It gives me real delight on this glorious Easter Sunday morning to bring a post by Scott Forrest CPG. Scott has been part of the Pete Geek community for a number of years and, as you may know, is one of
452. Documenting the Shamrock – Wolfhound – Round Tower Nickel Mount Marks in THE PATENT ERA (!)
PSA BOOK LAUNCH AT THE CHICAGO SHOW! Three weeks from now–yikes, it’s getting near–there will be a formidable gathering of Pete Geeks at the Chicago Pipe Show. This year will bring Glen Whelan, Managing Director at K&P, Dan Chasin, who oversees the Pipe Smokers of Ireland forum, Ken Sigel, with his Patent era pipes which
451. The System GIANT—A Look at Jonathan Gut’s Patent Fomorian
“Crom and devils! Take the girl, but you can’t have my System GIANT!” Mitra! A Peterson GIANT from the dawn of time. Who will rescue it from destruction by the evil-smelling, axe-wielding, No Smoking Big Uglies? Our favorite swash-buckling Cimmerian, that’s who! Somewhere recently I remember reading Glen Whelan talking about the “fire hole” of
450. Rescuing An Early Republic 309 Blast
I really, really love the look of an unrestored vintage Pete “well-beloved,” especially with the patina on the silver looks like it’s spent a hundred years or so at the bottom of the sea. Not a Franken Pete, not some woe-be-gone undead thing that might or might not have been a Peterson, but a
449. Scott Forrest Discovers the Historical “Thinking Man” (+SPD Tampers)
Happy St. Patrick’s Day! The Green Harp Flag PSA: 2025 Pete Geek Tampers from Gary Hamilton! They’re here!—the 2025 Pete Geek Tampers from Gary Hamilton. This year he’s offering 24 tampers ahead of the Chicago show, six each in each of the four variations shown here. Pricing for the US is the same
448. From the Inside Out: Coloring Natural Sandblast and Rusticated Pipes, Pt. 2
Taking up where we left off in the first part of “Coloring Natural Sandblast and Rusticated Pipes,” I’ve come to see the big difficulty in how to color a natural sandblast or rusticated Pete was simply in getting my definition right. With that done, there are really only two methods of coloring it. Again I
