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Rustication, Con and Pro
Agreed on the old Derry rusticated finish. Here's what it looks like now: -
About My Operating System
Just to chime in quickly, there are really good reasons you are struggling to visit websites. Since I know that not being able to access Smokingpipes is a frustration for you that you've mentioned in the past, I thought a thorough explanation might help: A lot of the reason that websites are...- swilford
- Post #8
- Forum: General Discussion
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Laudisi (Smoking Pipes) now directly importing G&H
Nope, Laudisi did not import it and is not the importer. What you're seeing is the label we apply to bulk bags in shipping. The inclusion of the TP number and other details is a belt-and-suspenders exercise in regulatory compliance when it wasn't completely clear what constituted 'manufacturing'...- swilford
- Post #2
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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J. Norman Presbyterian Questions
James Norman last shipped Presbyterian in April 2017, so the tins you found are at least that old. Aside from age and the differences therefrom, there's no difference between the tobacco then and tobacco now. The manufacturer didn't change, just the importer.- swilford
- Post #2
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Peterson
A lot can happen in 150+ year history--so I don't think I can deal in absolute certainty--but I seriously doubt Peterson (as in Kapp & Peterson, in Dublin) made that pipe. I think that's almost certainly a shop branded pipe from an American pipe shop, probably made between the mid-1930s and... -
Just got this from SmokingPipes.com
Someone in customer service got their wires crossed on this one. We will be restocking Peterson just as soon as STG makes it available on the US market again. We obviously won't be restocking until they have it because presently there isn't a distributor until STG-Lane starts receiving it in the...- swilford
- Post #4
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Are All Peterson Silver Caps Hallmarked Like the Band?
Yep. What ash said. Hallmarking doesn't happen at Peterson (sort of by definition: assay marks denote fineness as established by the government). It happens at the Assay Office. So, Peterson buys silver--tube or sheet--and it goes from Peterson in batches to be assayed, so it's usually worked... -
FDA Begins Unannounced Inspections of Pipe Makers
It's not voluntary. It's required under federal regulations. Registering was a requirement for continuing to make pipes (or tobacco or cigars etc etc) as a domestic manufacturer. So, Jeff registered voluntarily in the sense that he chose not to stop making pipes. But that's a pretty broad...- swilford
- Post #75
- Forum: Tobacco Legislation
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FDA Begins Unannounced Inspections of Pipe Makers
Cosmic, the article doesn't say that he was forced by a retailer. The article says that in order to continue selling pipes to retailers (or anyone else), he was forced to register. And that he was assisted by a retailer. We did hundreds of hours of free compliance work and spent tens of...- swilford
- Post #49
- Forum: Tobacco Legislation
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Question On Dates of Manufacture of Peterson Rosslare Royal Irish
Oh, I should add, that I would be hard pressed to tell 1988 from 2013 without them side by side, assuming both are nice and crisp. We differentiate from other context (like what years the series was made; stem materials etc etc). Sykes -
Question On Dates of Manufacture of Peterson Rosslare Royal Irish
I'll let the folks in Dublin chime in too, but if I were to speculate, my guess is that it's of more recent manufacture than 1988. I'm not sure if I have these dates exactly right, but roughly: Rosslare: 2004 onwards. Rosslare Royal Irish: 2008 onwards. Bands are used outside of their assay... -
For the Savinelli lovers like myself
Unless it was an estate pipe, that shouldn't have happened. There are a couple of other circumstances, like if it was a brand that doesn't have its own packaging like Bruyere St. Claude, but those are pretty narrow. On estates, even unsmoked estates, we often don't have the original packaging...- swilford
- Post #33
- Forum: Italian Pipes
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Peterson Pipes
I wanted to check back in and add a couple of things: I had my starting dates wrong; I was working from memory and obviously my memory was incorrect. It was 2014, or maybe late 2013. I can't find examples that I think were from 2013, but it's hard to tell definitively. As for there being some...- swilford
- Post #40
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Peterson Pipes
Quick follow up. For comparison, here's a Derry Rustic made in the past few months: https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/peterson/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=307703- swilford
- Post #16
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Peterson Pipes
Guys, Laudisi acquired Peterson at the end of July. By the second week in August, that rustication (the zig-zaggy badness that you're rightly complaining about) stopped entirely. All pipes produced since mid-August have had the older, proper Peterson rustication. Of course, there's not much we...- swilford
- Post #14
- Forum: General Pipe Smoking Discussion
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Broken Pipe - Chip Kushner
As promised, here's the obit from us. This is the first time I've written one of these for one of our own. https://www.smokingpipes.com/smokingpipesblog/single.cfm/post/loving-memory-chip-kushner- swilford
- Post #11
- Forum: General Discussion
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Broken Pipe - Chip Kushner
Hi everyone, Yes, Chip passed away last night. We're all reeling a bit here as you might imagine. We'll have something on the blog shortly.- swilford
- Post #9
- Forum: General Discussion
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Have C&D Cakes Changed Lately?
I rewatched the beginning: yes, pre-2016 to post-2016 is what he's comparing. I'm still wondering what's at work here, though, since surely we would have heard complaints on brick density far sooner than now--2.5 years represents a whole hell of a lot of tins of crumble cakes--if the change to...- swilford
- Post #17
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Have C&D Cakes Changed Lately?
Quick follow up: I didn't mean you were suggesting a conspiracy, Cosmic. The youtube guy presented it as such. Also, yes, if you're comparing pre-early-2016 to post-early-2016, there was a change in the cut, but that didn't change the way the cake held together, at least that we can see or have...- swilford
- Post #14
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion
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Have C&D Cakes Changed Lately?
Well, no, that's not what Jeremy said. Firstly, the change in the ribbon cut happened about two and a half years ago, so unless you're digging up very early 2016 tins or before and comparing, that was the last time there was any conscious change. Secondly, the change in cut had to do with the...- swilford
- Post #13
- Forum: Pipe Tobacco Discussion