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I know it is a couple of days early, but I just finished restoring the last Pete for my 7 day set, a Peterson flame grain billiard. I have had various Pete's over the years. A couple got stolen years ago, but I have been able to replace the special one from that group. Others were good smokers but there were piping friends who I thought needed a good Pete so away they went. The ones Ihave kept are each sentimental or pipes I really wanted. The pipes from top left clockwise around are: Peterson large freehand: you don't see a lot of these and this one has amazing grain. Bought it unsmoked from Briarblues. Next is a racing green silver spigot. This pipe was found in the woods by one of my youth kids when he was camping. Someone is kicking themselves for losing it. Next is a Sherlock Holmes edition calabash. I bought this at an antique store for a great price. Bottom right is a 1945-47 era Peterson Shamrock. This pipe replaced a pipe from the same era and is its twin only in better condition. The other was stolen. It was one of the first pipes I ever restored for myself and I took it everywhere. I found the one pictured on eBay, Pipestud had it and it was unsmoked. It is a great smoker and really filled the void the other one left. It also came in its original box with sock. The bottom is my newest acquisition, a flame grain billiard. It was unsmoked but oxidized, I remedied that and just started smoking it today. Next is a Rocky Emerald. I got this pipe in a lot of other pipes and it is the perfect hanger. I also have a thing for the fat stems. Last is a Rosslare. I bougth this one from someone on here awhile back. It is a great flake pipe and has some of the most beautiful Birdseye I have ever seen on a pipe. Let's see your Petes and tell us what you love about them. And now a picture of the set.
