Peterson Pipe Notes Blog
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Peterson Pipe Notes launched in late May of 2014 as a way to share a wealth of information about Kapp & Peterson and Peterson pipes. Read the blog for information such as pipes for separate occasions, lighters, types of pipes and more interesting articles.
Peterson Pipe Notes Blog
5d ago
Rev. 1:04 CST 5/5/2024 by Gary Hamilton, CPG When thinking of historic personalities that were also brothers of the briar, Mark Twain almost immediately comes to mind. Any student of the writings of Mark Twain, the pen name as used by Samuel Clemens, clearly understands that Twain was an incessant smoker. Probably the most astute ..read more
Peterson Pipe Notes Blog
1w ago
I can’t tell you how happy I am to report The X Pipe and Other Mystagogic Stores for the Pipe Smoker will be available from Smokingpipes.com in just a few weeks. Clocking in at 364 pages, this is not your typical easy-reader pipe book—it’s crafted from start to finish for the thinking man, even more ..read more
Peterson Pipe Notes Blog
2w ago
Photos by Nevaditude (Mark Hunt, CPG) additional photos by Chas. Mundungus & Chris Tarman A long post this morning about the largest, greatest, longest-running and grandest pipe show. I’ve been several years since 2011, and each time come away having experienced something unforgettable. In this age of social media, we are ironically still all insulated ..read more
Peterson Pipe Notes Blog
3w ago
The Starting Point PETERSON’S SUPREME MADE IN IRELAND 80s The Tenon Has Internal Threading To Accept A Tenon Extension Threading Is Metric M4.5 X 0.75 The Mortise Is Drilled Deeper Than Required (1-1/2”) Than Typical The Draft Hole Enters On The Top This Pipe Exhibits All The Features Of The “Sub-System ..read more
Peterson Pipe Notes Blog
1M ago
“My sympathies for the obsolete are climbing higher every day” —Mutemath, Break The Fever Before I was a husband, before I was a father, before I was a nurse, before I worked in mental health, before I’d realized that one day I might lose my hair, I was a pipe smoker. I was an idiot ..read more
Peterson Pipe Notes Blog
1M ago
REVISED 3/31/04 9:15 AM Public Service Announcement The Pete Geek Meet at the Chicago Pipe Show, 4:15-6:15 pm in the Sky Harbor AB room after the Saturday show. PETE GEEK MEET @ THE CHICAGO PIPE SHOW. We’ll be doing a swap & sell of pipes, tobaccos & ephemera, a show & tell of rare Petes ..read more
Peterson Pipe Notes Blog
1M ago
Banner: Nigel Bruce as Dr. Watson, smoking a Peterson bulldog in the Sherlock Holmes film Dressed to Kill (1946) Rev. 9am, 3/24. Irish Bulldogges! I had no idea they were so popular among the Pete Geeks, really I didn’t. This morning we’ll continue on with our survey of the history of this shape in the ..read more
Peterson Pipe Notes Blog
1M ago
Lá Fhéile Pádraig Sona Duit! Happy St. Patrick’s Day to You! This morning I’ve invited Jason Canady, the blog’s resident St. Patrick’s Day commemorative expert, to step in and take a look back at what will go down in Kapp & Peterson’s history as the very finest SPD ever issued (and you ought to look ..read more
Peterson Pipe Notes Blog
2M ago
PSA: If you missed out on the mugs, flatcaps or tampers, see the end of this post. The quest for the perfect Peterson bulldog began for me with the first pipe I smoked, my Dad’s Kaywoodie White Briar shape 12B, one of his two Kaywoodies. I knew nothing about pipes except that I wanted to ..read more
Peterson Pipe Notes Blog
2M ago
Pete Geek Hats Shipping Out! If you ordered, you should have received an invoice yesterday. See end of post for more information. Cousteau smoking a Peterson Mark Twain commemorative This morning I wanted to continue our survey of the great Thinking Men—and often men of action—who have taken up the Peterson System Pipe. This short ..read more