Adam, that is an awesome pipe! I was just looking into purchasing a brown sandblasted Peterson with a cumberland stem this week. You're a fortunate man!
This is a shining example of how this forum has enabled a group of really good people to get together and share knowledge and help each other out. "A smart person learns from their own mistakes, a wise person learns from the mistakes of others!" I am glad I signed up to this forum. I have been able to talk with a couple of you over the past several weeks and look forward to getting to know all of you. I raise my glass in toast to you cigrmaster! Happy smoking photoman13 in a very nice Pipe.
I'm new to this whole PM Forum thing, but I have to say that this is just one of the threads I have run across that exemplifies what a wonderful community this is. That pipe is beautiful, but that stem is divine looking! Happy puffing photoman13!