Cleaning my Great Grandpa's Peterson Pocket Pipe

[dublinpiper90]

I recently received some family pipes 1 being a older peterson short pocket pipe From what I can tell it’s from the 40s or 50s it has alot of build up from who’s knows what type of tobacco, I wonder if I should let it be or clean it up and smoke it from time to time.

 

[Buzz Saw]

Clean and smoke, great tribute to your ancestor.

 

[Sobrbiker]

Pics would be cool…

 

[OzPiper]

If the pipe is in good shape ie no cracks or burnouts, it should be fine once you clean it up
Sounds like the chamber needs to be reamed and given an alcohol soak
Dismantle the pipe and give the shank&mortise + the stem a good clean with alcohol dipped cleaners/ear buds

If you have not done this before, there are lots of threads on how to...........
Rebornpipes is an invaluable trove of information, replete with before and after photos

Go for it

 

[BCF]

Hey alright! Clean it up, fill it up and enjoy! Very cool!

 

[kcghost]

Usually with Peterson's we say clean them up and smoke them. It would help if we knew what the person who had it before you smoked in the pipe.

 

[Sobrbiker]

I would definitely clean and smoke.

 

[dublinpiper90]

Pics would be cool…

I’ll try and get some loaded tmr.

 

[dublinpiper90]

Pics would be cool…

I’ll try and load some tmr

 

[dublinpiper90]

It’s a Peterson sports made in Republic of Ireland #2

 

[verporchting]

I had one of those older Sports with a p-lip stem. Great little pocket pipe but I just never got along with the p-lip so I traded it away. In hindsight I kinda wish I’d kept it and had a fishtail stem fitted. Definitely worth cleaning up and smoking it!!!

 

[OzPiper]

I have that exact same model
It’s a great pipe - short stem means it clenches comfortably.
And it has a normal sized bowl


Yours should clean up well
Happy puffing

 

[Sobrbiker]

It’s a Peterson sports made in Republic of Ireland #2View attachment 238580View attachment 238581View attachment 238582

That’s awesome, and the family connection is very cool! I’d clean it up and smoke the hell out of it!!

On a side not, you and your grandpa probably just inspired my next estate quest! Thanks for sharing!

 

[TheIronMonkey]

My opinion may be in the minority, but there's something to be said for preserving the pipe "as is" the way your great grandfather left it. Once you clean up the pipe, all that history that you have preserved in the form of gunk and build up that was uniquely your great grandfather's will be gone. There's nothing wrong with cleaning up the pipe and smoking it; it's still your great grandfather's pipe.

My late father's pipes are in storage and I'm on the fence about leaving them as he left them or cleaning them up and smoking them. I lean towards the sentimental and might leave them the way he left them. Tough call.

 

[OzPiper]

My late father's pipes are in storage and I'm on the fence about leaving them as he left them or cleaning them up and smoking them. I lean towards the sentimental and might leave them the way he left them. Tough call.

I’m on the “meant to be used/smoked” side

Neither of my grandpas nor did my dad smoke pipes.
However I have a few from dad’s birth year (1922) which I think is very cool.
Every I smoke one of them, it makes me think of Dad

Makes me wish I had pipes from my Grandfathers birth years

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

Those "Sports" are lovely little pipes, I have a Pre-Republic Prince "Sports". I'd clean it up and smoke it.

 

[AroEnglish]

My late father's pipes are in storage and I'm on the fence about leaving them as he left them or cleaning them up and smoking them. I lean towards the sentimental and might leave them the way he left them. Tough call.

Are they in unsmokable condition?

 

[dublinpiper90]

My opinion may be in the minority, but there's something to be said for preserving the pipe "as is" the way your great grandfather left it. Once you clean up the pipe, all that history that you have preserved in the form of gunk and build up that was uniquely your great grandfather's will be gone. There's nothing wrong with cleaning up the pipe and smoking it; it's still your great grandfather's pipe.

My late father's pipes are in storage and I'm on the fence about leaving them as he left them or cleaning them up and smoking them. I lean towards the sentimental and might leave them the way he left them. Tough call.




It is I’m definitely not gonna rush into a decision

 

[dublinpiper90]

Are they in unsmokable condition?

No cracks,chips,or anything no

 

[scloyd]

My opinion may be in the minority, but there's something to be said for preserving the pipe "as is" the way your great grandfather left it. Once you clean up the pipe, all that history that you have preserved in the form of gunk and build up that was uniquely your great grandfather's will be gone. There's nothing wrong with cleaning up the pipe and smoking it; it's still your great grandfather's pipe.

My late father's pipes are in storage and I'm on the fence about leaving them as he left them or cleaning them up and smoking them. I lean towards the sentimental and might leave them the way he left them. Tough call.

If I had only one of my grandpa's pipes, I'd leave it as is, the way it was left after his last smoke.

If I had more than one of his pipes, I keep one as is and clean and smoke the others.