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