Thanks for the reply. I have definitely seen 1 or 2 Peterson 999's from the "Dublin & London" era with regular (non P-lip) stems, so I know at least some of those exist (although don't know how common they are). I am not sure about the Pre-Republic era Peterson 999's, though. I think I saw one or two examples of Pre-Republic 999's with standard stems somewhere in @JimInks "What Are You Smoking" threads at some time in the past, but perhaps my memory is playing tricks on me? Getting older...
I’m just an ordinary pipe smoker and certainly no Peterson expert. I cannot answer your original question about the relative availability of “older” period 999s without a P-lip. But it was heck of an easy thing to buy a 999 about 12 years ago with a regular fishtail stem. Mine is pictured below and it most certainly did not have a P-lip, the fishtail came as standard. I can’t remember if I bought it online from Smokingpipes.com or from the McCranie‘s store stock in Charlotte, but it was around 2012. I love the Peterson 999 classic Rhodesian shape.
Your memory is out buying Sutliff tobacco before it goes away.Thanks for the reply. I have definitely seen 1 or 2 Peterson 999's from the "Dublin & London" era with regular (non P-lip) stems, so I know at least some of those exist (although don't know how common they are). I am not sure about the Pre-Republic era Peterson 999's, though. I think I saw one or two examples of Pre-Republic 999's with standard stems somewhere in @JimInks "What Are You Smoking" threads at some time in the past, but perhaps my memory is playing tricks on me? Getting older...
Both of mine have the p-lip.
Haha... Yes, memory is not always accurate!Your memory is out buying Sutliff tobacco before it goes away.
I have a much later one with a fish tail.
@ssjones knows more than I do, so take his word on the subject.
