You Probably Already Know This But It's Worth Saying

captainsousie

Lifer

Aug 1, 2012

4,906

5,751

USA

• Oct 16, 2012

• #1

I know this has been addressed before, but here goes.
I've seen a lot of listings on a certain auction site recently for Peterson meerschaum pipes. The problem with this is many of the meerschaum pipes labelled with a P are in fact Pioneer meerschaums. I would caution everybody who thinks about one of these to look at pipephil and make a positive ID before buying.
Now I'm not saying Pioneer meers are bad. I have one that I am quite happy with but if you're expecting a Pete, you might be disappointed.
Here is a pic of the pioneer stem/shank logo...

...and here are some Peterson logos.

Again, Pioneer meers are not bad but make sure you know what you're getting into.

 

ghost

Lifer

May 17, 2012

2,001

4

• Oct 16, 2012

• #2

Interesting. Thanks for the info, this could easily have fooled me and I use pipephil often for estates.

 

jchaplick

Lifer

May 8, 2011

1,702

10

• Oct 16, 2012

• #3

Wow, I never knew that, I have one of the few pioneer calabashes still in good condition, and I love it. But I have to say ive never thought about that. Good piece of advice!

 

photoman13

Lifer

Mar 30, 2012

2,825

2

• Oct 16, 2012

• #4

Thanks for clearing that up. I have seen one or 2 wrongly listed on ebay I think.

 

captainsousie

Lifer

Aug 1, 2012

4,906

5,751

USA

• Oct 16, 2012

• #5

Happy to pass on the info guys. There is one more pioneer logo and a few more Pete logos on pipephil. A couple of the P logos look darn similar so it can be really confusing.

 

nsfisher

Lifer

Nov 26, 2011

3,566

22

Nova Scotia, Canada

• Oct 16, 2012

• #6

@captiansousie
Nice tip! That would have caught alot of us of guard for sure. Beautiful catch.

 

hawk60ce

Lifer

Jun 11, 2012

1,401

2

• Oct 16, 2012

• #7

Thanks!

 

sixmp

Can't Leave

Jan 19, 2012

420

1

• Oct 17, 2012

• #8

Well done, nice bit of info that.

 

hobie1dog

Lifer

Jun 5, 2010

6,888

237

68

Cornelius, NC

• Oct 17, 2012

• #9

:clap:

 

numbersix

Lifer

Jul 27, 2012

5,449

63

• Oct 17, 2012

• #10

Thanks Captain - that's very good to know.

 

captainprophesy

Lifer

Sep 27, 2012

1,779

0

Upland, CA.

• Oct 17, 2012

• #11

wow... I never would had noticed... thanks for the tip

 

mrenglish

Lifer

Dec 25, 2010

2,220

72

Columbus, Ohio

• Oct 17, 2012

• #12

Good catch. I have been thinking about getting a Peterson meer. Thanks for the tip, now I know what to look out for.

 

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bayoubreeze

Lurker

Oct 9, 2012

32

0

• Oct 17, 2012

• #13

Thanks for the heads-up. I wasn't aware of pipephil, so it's nice to have that resource as I'm starting to build my collection.

 

sjpipesmoker

Lifer

Apr 17, 2011

1,071

2

• Oct 17, 2012

• #14

I never knew Pete's made meers until I saw a few on eBay last week.

 

pstlpkr

Lifer

Dec 14, 2009

9,694

31

Birmingham, AL

• Oct 17, 2012

• #15

Captainsousie...

I know who you are... You're Sherlock Holmes!!!! :D

"I only mention it because you usually have a taste for all that is out of the common, no matter how trivial." Lestrade

"I dare call nothing trivial Lestrade" Sherlock Homles

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The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes The Six Napoleons
:puffpipe:

 

captainsousie

Lifer

Aug 1, 2012

4,906

5,751

USA

• Oct 18, 2012

• #16

@Lawrence. Thank you kind sir.

There was not one of them which I did not apply to the inquiry. And it ended by my discovering traces, but very different ones from those which I had expected.

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-from The Adventure of the Crooked Man