Pioneer Meerschaum Pipes

[irishearl]

I was recently posting about an old block meer I'd pulled out to smoke after years in a drawer. Nice bent billiard with acrylic stem. Thought it was a Peterson simply because of the P logo on the stem but got to thinking that nowhere on the pipe are the words Peterson or Ireland or anything close. So, researched logos and realized it was a Pioneer. The Pioneer P looks a lot like the Pete unless you pay close attention, those sneaky buggers.

 

[BROBS]

I was recently posting about an old block meer I'd pulled out to smoke after years in a drawer. Nice bent billiard with acrylic stem. Thought it was a Peterson simply because of the P logo on the stem but got to thinking that nowhere on the pipe are the words Peterson or Ireland or anything close. So, researched logos and realized it was a Pioneer. The Pioneer P looks a lot like the Pete unless you pay close attention, those sneaky buggers.

Yup a lot of straight pipes get mislabeled as Peterson meers on eBay because the P is very dang close to the Peterson logo, if not dang near exact.

I’ve seen some sell for high dollar and I feel really bad for the person that bought it but there’s no way to let them know.

 

[captainsousie]

In a long closed thread, because we don't like this site to be for research, I gave some tips for identifying between the two. Thanks for bringing it back. Sadly in a few months this thread will be closed and buried too so hopefully it will keep coming back so people can be informed.

 

[ofafeather]

At least they keep the threads accessible. Think Peterson will ever bring back their block Meerschaums?