Peterson Donegal Rocky Question

[recoilrob]

Th is an old Peterson Donegal Rocky 80S from my collection. The sterling band is hallmarked but no "P" on the stem which looks original. Were they sold without stamped stems?

 

[JimInks]

I have one just like yours from 1980, and it had a "P" stamped on the stem. Maybe it wore off over time?

 

[recoilrob]

Don't think so, they are usually melted in so even if the white wears off the imprint is still there. I have seen some other shapes without the "P" stamp though.

 

[JimInks]

Does the stem looked like it's been buffed hard?

 

[recoilrob]

No, very crisp.

 

[JimInks]

That is odd. Well, I guess they forgot to stamp it then.

 

[cortezattic]

I have the same model, but from only 10 yrs. ago. Most comfortable pipe I ever held. The "P" wore away rather quickly; but as Rob mentioned, the imprint, though faint, is still visible.

 

[davet]

I have a straight Donegal Rocky that has no stamp on the stem. Pipe is in very good shape with no sign of ever having a stamp.

 

[dino]

I recently purchased a new Donegal Rocky B7 Fishtail. The stem has no "P" stamp or inlay.

 

[recoilrob]

Sounds like they go both ways, thanks for everyone who checked in.

 

[bentbob]

I have an old Donegal Rocky 80S and there was no P on the stem. Some years ago I sent it back to Peterson for re-stemming, which again had no P on it.

 

[docwrite]

I see this is slightly late, so I don't know if you've discovered an answer as yet. Also, I don't know if this will help much, but I have two 80s, a smooth, cross grain with a 1998 hallmark, and a Donegal 'Rocky', with a 2001 hallmark. Both have crisp 'P' stem stamps, as does a 1970 'Kildare' 260 cross-grain, oval shank, straight billiard and a mid 1940s smooth, straight, circular "Made in Ireland" stamped pot.

One of my 'system' full bents doesn't have a 'P' stamp, but it wouldn't, as the original stem was broken in a sailing accident. I lost 1973, 314 smooth bent "System" overboard in another sailing accident, after saving it in a fly fishing mishap, but it had a 'P'. They are/were all p-lips, by the way.

In many decades of inspecting, handling and smoking Peterson Pipes, I only remember two without a 'P' stamp, of one style or another, on the stem, however, I can't say that I was always particularly looking for them, unless it was to help date them.

Hope this helps even a wee bit.

-d-

 

[ssjones]

I missed this one. Many sterling banded Peterson's do not have P's stamped on the stem.