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PETERSON'S PATENT PIPES: A FACSIMILE OF THE 1906 CATALOGUE (May 2025) This was such a wonderful experience for me, taking me back to Gary Malmberg's work with me on The Peterson…
PETERSON'S PATENT PIPES: A FACSIMILE OF THE 1906 CATALOGUE (May 2025) This was such a wonderful experience for me, taking me back to Gary Malmberg's work with me on The Peterson…
Last revised December 14, 2024.Peterson Pipe Notes launched in late May of 2014 as a way to share the wealth of information about Kapp & Peterson and Peterson pipes that…
Happy System Day, 2021! One hundred and thirty-one years ago today Charles Peterson’s System pipe received the first of its three patents. I encourage all Pete Geeks to celebrate the…
Friday, May 28th, 2021 will see the retail launch of the new Deluxe Classics range, an exciting development in Kapp & Peterson’s commitment to its history and the production of…
The oom paul or hungarian is an unusual shape in the briar chart, never occupying center stage for most pipemen, but like many character actors, enriching the unfolding action and…
If ever there was a year Santa needs to be on time, it's 2020. Pipe smokers are better equipped than most to cope with stress, of course, but I can't…
One of my favorite parts of the Peterson book are the many interviews with present and retired craftsmen, because when you smoke a Peterson pipe, you’re smoking a pipe crafted…
For System Day 2019—which is today, September 3rd—it being the 121st anniversary of the final patent of Charles Peterson’s celebrated pipe, I wanted to do something special, and this is…