I picked this up inexpensively, if it’s been used at all it was not much. Does anyone have any idea about the age of it or anything? I know nothing about Peterson!
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I'm very far from being an expert but that is an unusual pipe. Are there any other stamps or marks? Anything indicating Country of manufacture?
I'd hazard to guess that this isn't a Peterson pipe from Ireland but maybe some other Peterson brand. Maybe a local shop or something like that. Imported briar would seem to suggest an American pipe from around World War II when it was desirable to differentiate hard to obtain briar from other, perhaps inferior, wood. At any rate I'll be curious to read what other more knowledgeable folks have to say about this rusticated pipe.
I'd hazard to guess that this isn't a Peterson pipe from Ireland but maybe some other Peterson brand. Maybe a local shop or something like that. Imported briar would seem to suggest an American pipe from around World War II when it was desirable to differentiate hard to obtain briar from other, perhaps inferior, wood. At any rate I'll be curious to read what other more knowledgeable folks have to say about this rusticated pipe.
I was wondering about that possibility, that it wasn't really a Peterson - no other marks
but the script seems to be the right script
but the script seems to be the right script
Probably named for the "Peterson's" pipe shop in the US (New York?) not a "Peterson".
See thread http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/another-question-about-a-peterson-fake-or-real
See thread http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/another-question-about-a-peterson-fake-or-real
Not all have bands. I was thinking this might be a Peterson 2nd. But, I just read the above thread so am now leaning towards it not being a 2nd.
Nope. Though Peterson is known for silver bands, there are plenty of Petes without bands on them.
Although everything about me screams that this isn't a Peterson pipe, we can't rule out the stamping, "Peterson's" as it is sometimes used. For example, my Peterson Grafton pipe is stamped so. Peterson's above Grafton. I have a few others like that as well. And I have seen legit Petersons stamped "Peterson's" in that script. I just wanted to point that out. If there are any stamped "Imported Briar," I can't recall. I don't remember seeing that before. But I still hold true to my belief that this is not an actual Peterson's of Dublin pipe. It doesn't look like any Petes I've seen. But I could be wrong.
Peterson's pipe shop in NYC had nothing to do with the Irish Petes except they sold them. The owner of Peterson pipe shops was named Silverman. I worked there as a teenager in the 1950s.
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 mid-1960s. That 'IMPORTED BRIAR' stamp is really similar to ones used by a number of manufacturers during that era. And the shape makes me think mid-20th century American manufacture too. Reminds me of Kaywoodie.
So, if I were pushed to guess, it was a second from the Kaywoodie factory sold as a shop-branded pipe. It could easily have been another manufacturer, though. While I've seen a whole lot of them, I'm really not an expert on mid-century American pipes.
Sykes
I think that's almost certainly a shop branded pipe from an American pipe shop, probably made between the mid-1930s and mid-1960s. That 'IMPORTED BRIAR' stamp is really similar to ones used by a number of manufacturers during that era. And the shape makes me think mid-20th century American manufacture too. Reminds me of Kaywoodie.
So, if I were pushed to guess, it was a second from the Kaywoodie factory sold as a shop-branded pipe. It could easily have been another manufacturer, though. While I've seen a whole lot of them, I'm really not an expert on mid-century American pipes.
Sykes
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