464. SPECIAL BULLETIN: The 2025 Carroll of Carrollton Drops Tuesday, June 24th.
The DROP. Per Andy Wike at Laudisi: “We’ll put all of them up at Smokingpipes on Tuesday, June 24 at 6:00pm ET. “Due to their rarity, we didn’t advertise the Natural finish as part of our wholesale marketing push, but Smokingpipes will have a few of those available at
463. Tim Lomprey’s “Rugby Style” Made in England Petes + The Ebony DeLuxe Systems
PSA Thanks to everyone who bought and reviewed The Historic 1906 Catalog–as Mark Berman said last Sunday, it’s sold out. I’m hoping we’ll see a second printing before too long. Shank stamps are so important. As I discussed back in Post #232, line name, maker, shape number, precious metal
462. Cheyen Lloyd: An Appreciation for the Original 05a System.
I was talking recently to James Walsh, who writes this morning’s post, about changes in the frazing (bowl shape) of the SH Lestrade. I was curious when it went from what I think was a fairly short release of its first iteration to the long middle period of the second
461. Daniel Butler: From Petes to Pipe Making
It’s always a delight to meet an artisan pipe maker who also holds a special place in his heart and rotation for Peterson. So it was wonderful when I was walking the Chicago show exhibition and came to the table of D. Butler Pipes and Dan Butler himself said something
460. SPECIAL BULLETIN: Peterson’s Patent Pipes The Historic 1906 Catalog NOW AVAILABLE
PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT Smokingpipes.com has just released Peterson’s Patent Pipes: The Historic 1906 Catalog. The price is $68.00 minus whatever your discount may be. It’s big–9 x 12 inches–188 pages–and heavy (2 lbs.)–and full color. At the risk of being self-serving, I’ll tell you this is an extremely limited run of 125
459. Chicago Pipe Show, Pt. 3: The Impact of the 1906 Catalog (+ “A Chip of the Old Block” PG Event)
PSA Pete Geek Event “Chip of the Old Block” Late Patent-era Poster see end of post THE IMPACT OF THE 1906 CATALOG For the presentation at the Chicago show, I wanted not to simply do a recap of the new reproduction of the historic 1906 catalog and what readers will