I am honored to repost Charles Lemon of Dads Pipes's restoration of the B.P.L. carved shamrocks pipe featured in my last post. I sent it to Charles because of his…
Peterson and the oom paul go all the way back to Charles Peterson’s Patent System designs in the 1890s. But it was the friends of South Africa’s President Kruger who,…
I doubt he’s thinking of it this way, but Todd Becker of eBay’s deadmanpipes has donned a Christmas-in-July Santa suit to put some cheer in the summer doldrums of every…
It's been a little over two weeks since the Chicagoland Pipe Show, and I don't think I've recovered yet. There was just so much to do in such a short…
Late last fall Peterson rebooted the 406 Large Prince after an absence of twenty years, and just recently they’ve launched two new lines: the Aran Rusticated and the Rosslare Rusticated.…
Greetings, Kappnists!* For the past few years I’ve enjoyed beginning the new year with a look back at the previous year’s "Sweet Petes"—pipes that have come across my path in…
Just a brief follow-up on the Sansone Rogha pipes. The top photo shows the tamper Gianluca issued for this year’s batch, very nice with its own draw-string bag. I was…
[Revised June 18, 2022.] Lá fhéile Pádraig sona dhuit! Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you, whenever you read this! 2020 marks the 22nd anniversary of the St. Patrick’s Day commemorative…