Restored An Old Peterson Kapp Royal-PICS

My PAD has been in overdrive lately. I bought a group of 3 pipes from ebay that were quite cheap and had recognizable brand names. One of them was this old Peterson Kapp Royal. I didn't know they made a Kapp Royal before the current style, and I have no idea where it fell in their line-up. It's obviously not a system pipe, but is a classic style and has a fishtail stem, which made me happy, as all my other Pete's are P-lip.
At any rate, it was in fairly grubby shape with lots of charing around the rim, a nasty looking stem and just generally dirty. The nomenclature wasn't very strong but looked better after the clean up. I thought there were remnants of a P on the stem, but when cleaning I could see nothing. This is a Republic era pipe but the COM stamp is quite small, so maybe it's an early Republic pipe? It also has an odd shape number, 787, but the first 7 is upside down. Maybe supposed to be number 87 that could be read right side up or upside down? :crazy:

It cleaned up rather well, and I could find no fills at all. It's a nice size for an apple shape, but I still am at a loss why this Kapp Royal looks so different from the current style. Any Peterson fans have any knowledge about this, feel free to chime in.
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After pics:

Yeah Nate, those Dunhills are calling your name...

(the panel shape looks distinguished) :mrgreen:

Thanks for the comments guys. I still can't find out much about this series of Kapp Royals though. Member "dixie" here on the forums seems to have a chubby pot of that series though. That's the only other one I've seen.
Yeah Dave, I did have to refinish the stummel. I worked mostly on the bowl though as I wanted to maintain the stampings as much as possible seeing how they were not in the best condition. Most of the real char was on the rim of the bowl.