Peterson Saddle Stems

[Swiss Army Knife]

I've become a big fan of Peterson. The first nice pipe I bought myself was a 107 Ebony spigot for Christmas which has become a tradition.

What drew me to this pipe aside from the contrast of the ebony stain and the glimmering silver accents was the saddle stem.



I just really love saddle stems. Both aesthetically and practically. So I was sad to see that aside from specific models, usually bents or the Lovats, Peterson doesn't make saddle stem pipes much anymore. I can only imagine this is due to cost and ease of manufacture in addition to Laudisi moving Peterson back to their older turn of the century styles which presumably didn't feature saddles much.

From light research they used to even designate models as such. So it'd be 107s for saddle stemmed. If anyone has any more history for me on this I'd love to hear it, I couldn't find an appropriate Peterson Pipe Notes essay on it anyway.

Anyone else cursed to be both a Pete fan and a stem cowboy?

 

[Old Smokey]

I love Peterson Pipes but I'm not too much of a fan of saddle stems. I prefer fishtales. Definitely not a fan of p-lip.

 

[ssjones]

Here's good description of the Peterson stem design types.

 

[serpentx]

I just got an Aran smooth X220 with a saddle stem, and I love it. I much prefer vulcanite saddles, and I wish more of their lines offered that option

 

[ssjones]

I love my Peterson, vulcanite stems (primarily P-lip)
I only have one fishtale stemmed Peterson, a pre-Republic Rhodesian.

 

[Hillcrest]

My xl339S has this type of saddle stem. (Picture borrowed from Peterson pipenotes.)

 

[runscott]

Here are a few Petersons with 'Hand Cut'-stamped saddle stems. The bottom one is also a twin bore, which is uncommon for Petersons - Iwan Ries exclusive model.