Pewter Tamper Event

** A HAPPY 4TH OF JULY WEEKEND **   Just when we thought AI was going to pull us all into the Matrix and turn us into coppertops, along comes Nate Lynn CPG with his snappy AI take on an old Folgers commercial.  I imagine the Evil Empire is scratching its head, wondering how this got under the barbed wire. Thanks, Nate!   LARRY BLACKETT PEWTER P-LIP TAMPER Pete Geek Event Fellow Pete Geek Justin Beal (CPG) has been working with everyone's favorite pewter tamper artisan, Larry L. Blackett, on a project that is now ready for us: the official Pete Geek Pewter Tamper. Several years ago Justin ran across a steel machined P-Lip stem tamper--I remember it, as it created a bit of a sensation for me and the handful of PGs I knew and we searched high and low only to find that it was an artisan's one-off creation. Fast forward to earlier this year, when Justin asked Larry Blackett if he could recreate it for us in pewter.  Not only was Larry's answer yes, but he will make it in both a patinated dark and the shiny bright--the dark one, for these dark times, not seen nearly as often but wicked cool. Shiny These tampers are made from 100% food grade pewter--think pewter tankards, eating utinsels, and so forth. His final shiny process is the same used Rolex uses for their watch bands. Larry has a long history as a pewter artisan making historical buttons, then launched into tampers--in fact, I remember his first Chicago pipe show. Patinated Tampers are $50 ea, including shipping, for the US, and $70 ea, including shipping, overseas. Justin has asked that proceeds go as a fundraiser to help underwrite the expenses of the blog, so order 5 or 6 and give them to friends! If you want one more more, fill out Gigi's Google Form requesting which finish (shiny or patinated) and how many of each you want. Because Larry is making up the exact number of tampers we request, this is a prepay venture, and you will receive a PayPal invoice.  Here's the Google Signup Form: Sign Up:  BLACKETT PEWTER P-LIP TAMPER EVENT     THE PIPE PILGRIMAGE OF THE NEBRASKA PETE GEEK John M. Young, aka “The NPG” or Nebraska Pete Geek,” should be a name familiar to anyone calling himself both a PG and a DIYer. His restoration tutorials are my favorite on the internet, and not jus because he has a wonderful way of featuring a Peterson pipe about every third or fourth post.  While he’s too busy to put up an online shop, if you ever see a pipe on his site you’re interested in, you can drop him a line to see if he’ll part with it. Sometimes I’m sure he keeps a Pete back to add to his companions, but I’ve scored two remarkable Petes in the last year, my grail 79 Pebble Grain Dunmore Rustic and, just recently, a Dublin Millennium IRISH SECONDS…