Peterson Pipe, Unknown Age Or Style...Help

I don't know much about Peterson pipes except what I can read online. I got my first Peterson since I sold most of my pipes in the 1990's. Picked this one up this a few days ago for a cheap price, but can't seem to figure out what its age is, or even what model it is. I can't seem to find anything about a Peterson called a "flat grip", with a p-lip. From the stampings I only seem to be able to figure it is a pre-republic pipe, don't know if it is from the 1922-1937 era, or from about 1947-1949 time. The shape is still currently made I see, but I don't know much else about it. It was really clean, like it had only been smoked a little bit, and it only needed a little cleaning and buffing with some carnauba wax.

Any Peterson smokers have any ideas about this pipe? Gonna load it up with some Petersons Deluxe Mixture tomorrow and smoke it in the house, cause it's gonna be toooo damn cold to sit on the porch!

Well I've read all I can find online, including Jim Lilley's information, and it seems that the info indicates that pre-republic pipes that have the block type COM stamp like this pipe are either pre-war or post war, as the the latter can have the "Made In Ireland" stamped in one line or two. So clear as mud, particularly because of the type of "P" used in the name. To me it seems more likely that this pipe was made between 1947-1949. Ultimately it doesn't make that much difference to me as I don't collect Petersons, but I was curious about the "Flat Grip" name, having never seen it before. I did notice that Dr. Plumb pipes had a Flat Grip pipe line, but the designation is hyphenated and without quotation marks. So who knows....

The only thing to really come out of me getting this Peterson pipe is that it reminded me that I don't really like the P-lip too much. Nice pipe though, so I'll keep giving a try from time to time. :puffpipe: