
476. My Bittersweet Tale of Elijah Robert’s Einstein Patent 12B
Public Service Announcement SYSTEM DAY 2025 IS COMING Wednesday, September 3rd. I began celebrating the day of the final System patent in 2018, because to me it represents one of the Great Days of Kapp & Peterson history. Since then, it’s grown to such an extent that while it probably hasn’t eclipsed today’s International Bacon

475. The New COBBLE Finish Drops Tomorrow, 8/20
Special Bulletin THE NEW COBBLE FINISH DROPS TOMORROW, 8/20 This in from Andy Wike @ Smokingpipes.com: We’re planning on releasing Cobble on Wednesday, August 20 at 1:00pm Eastern. Smokingpipes Europe will put theirs up earlier that day as well. The following shapes will be included in the Smokingpipes US drop: P-Lip: 03 • 106

474. Elijah Roberts on Smoking to the Glory of God
PSA Last Chance PETERSON TIN TACKER ordering info at end of post Over the past few years it’s been my privilege to get to know Elijah Roberts CPG, a pipeman I quickly understood to embody that rare human quality, “the attitude of gratitude.” When I eventually came to know he works really long hours and

473. CPG EVENT: Get Your Reproduction of Sébastien Canévet’s Irish Free State Tintacker
THE PETERSON TINTACKER See end of post for ordering information. Sébastien Canévet is one of the most delightful Pete Geeks I’ve ever met virtually. In person, I suspect he’s even funnier than he is on his YouTube law show, You Have the Right, which I highly recommend not only because it has great

472. SPECIAL BULLETIN: The POY 2025 – 02BB Drops Friday!
US Drop @ Smokingpipes.com: Friday, August 8th, 6pm EDT, 5PM CDT, 4PM 3PM PDT. DUBLIN Drop @ Smokingpipes.eu: Friday, August 8th, 10am IST (that’s GMT+1). That’s 5am EDT, 4am CDT, 3am MTD, 2am PDT… I think. Remember that internet and local dealers will also stock these. Like you, I’ve been waiting all year

471. Tightening the Tenon on A Sherlock Holmes Deerstalker
There is nothing quite so frustrating as a Pete with a loose tenon. This doesn’t happen, of course, with a System, but the majority of Petes have what craftsmen in the factory used to call “navy mounts,” probably in contradistinction to the army mount of the System. I’ve tried everything I could think of






































