So now I have a Bulldog

[GDWTVB]

I blame Johnny_Pipecleaner and his recent thread asking about everyone's favorite bulldog pipe. I didn't have a bulldog, never felt I needed a bulldog, and really never even looked closely at bulldogs until I was perusing his thread.

This past weekend we went on a short vacation to Ithaca NY and I did not bring a single pipe with me. Due to current laws and the expected poor weather, I didn't think I would have the opportunity or inclination. That said, I still sought out the local tobacco shop. (A real tobacco shop that doesn't cater to fancy glass pipes, hookahs, and electronic vaping apparatus.) Although the tobacco shop was well stocked with Cigars, the pipe dispay case had but a single pipe. Just one pipe. And it was a bulldog. A Peterson Bent Bulldog. I took this as a sign that I was meant to release this poor pipe from its long incarceration in plexiglass and allow it to perform it's intended function. I'm not sure how old it is as I can't find any other Petersons currently for sale with the engraved cross on the band. A new old stock 80S model Peterson. It smoked well for the first bowl which is not something I have come to expect from a new Peterson. (This is my third, the first two required some breaking in.) It also passes a pipecleaner. I have no doubt I overpaid, but at least the pipe has a happy home among its brethren where it will appreciated.

Grizz

 

[mikethompson]

It was made to be!

Enjoy your new pipe which looks to be a classic Pete

 

[OzPiper]

Welcome to the kennel

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Once you get bitten by the dog….

I walked away from a brand new Northern Briars bent bully. So unlike me. It was in my hands, and it was gorgeous. Uggg…. It will haunt me tonight.

 

[Latakia Dave]

I blame Johnny_Pipecleaner and his recent thread asking about everyone's favorite bulldog pipe. I didn't have a bulldog, never felt I needed a bulldog, and really never even looked closely at bulldogs until I was perusing his thread.

This past weekend we went on a short vacation to Ithaca NY and I did not bring a single pipe with me. Due to current laws and the expected poor weather, I didn't think I would have the opportunity or inclination. That said, I still sought out the local tobacco shop. (A real tobacco shop that doesn't cater to fancy glass pipes, hookahs, and electronic vaping apparatus.) Although the tobacco shop was well stocked with Cigars, the pipe dispay case had but a single pipe. Just one pipe. And it was a bulldog. A Peterson Bent Bulldog. I took this as a sign that I was meant to release this poor pipe from its long incarceration in plexiglass and allow it to perform it's intended function. I'm not sure how old it is as I can't find any other Petersons currently for sale with the engraved cross on the band. A new old stock 80S model Peterson. It smoked well for the first bowl which is not something I have come to expect from a new Peterson. (This is my third, the first two required some breaking in.) It also passes a pipecleaner. I have no doubt I overpaid, but at least the pipe has a happy home among its brethren where it will appreciated.

Grizz

Sounds like it was meant to be! Great looking Pete bully sir. Enjoy.

 

[ssjones]

An 80S is a great way to fall off the Bulldog Bandwagon!

Be careful smoking that Bulldog in the Commons in Ithaca....I almost picked up a ticket there walking around there one warm summer evening. A benevolent policman had pity on me. Head shops to the left and right, but no smoking in the public area (even outside!) College towns...I guess.

 

[GDWTVB]

An 80S is a great way to fall off the Bulldog Bandwagon!

Be careful smoking that Bulldog in the Commons in Ithaca....I almost picked up a ticket there walking around there one warm summer evening. A benevolent policman had pity on me. Head shops to the left and right, but no smoking in the public area (even outside!) College towns...I guess.

The weather was better than expected and we went to a vineyard and I smoked in the designated outside area while enjoying some fine wine. NY just legalized pot, maybe some of the rules on tobacco will be loosened as well.

Grizz

 

[saltedplug]

The dereg of pot and the reg of tobacco are contradictory in the extreme.

The extraordinary number of young men jailed on penny-anny drug charges is much the same. We know that it achieves nothing yet we have jailed a wide swath of that population whose crime is, more than anything else, being young and black.

 

[warren]

The Celtic Cross makes me think a commemorative of some sort. Where I you, I'd want to know. Send a pic or good description to Peterson. I think their reply will be quick and informative. It's a gorgeous pipe! Wonderful find!

IBTL if anyone bites on the waaaaay off topic above.

 

[Streeper541]

Good fortune for you sir! The 80s is a Peterson great! I'm very interested to find out more about the stamping. Would you mind sharing some pictures of each side please?

 

[ssjones]

The Celtic Cross makes me think a commemorative of some sort. Where I you, I'd want to know. Send a pic or good description to Peterson. I think their reply will be quick and informative. It's a gorgeous pipe! Wonderful find!

IBTL if anyone bites on the waaaaay off topic above.

Ah, good eye Warren! I missed the Celtic Cross. That was in their "Around The World" set. Ireland was represented by the 80S shape and the Celtic Cross on the band. I don't find much else about that set, which is odd. Guessing it was made in the early 2000's?

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[Chasing Embers]

Is it just the lighting or is the stem heavily oxidized?

 

[GDWTVB]

Oxidation, but that will soon be cleaned. And ssjones and I came to the same conclusion. I searched and eventually found that this was part of the around the world series as well, the one commemorating Ireland.

Grizz

 

[Johnny_Pipecleaner]

Congrats!! Lovely pipe. I had an ebony 80s many years ago. I think I foolishly sold it.
Side note, after all that bulldog hyping in my thread I ended up ordering two different Rhodesians. Haha go figure.

 

[Elric]

Very selfless act. I commend you! ;-)

 

[Sweet Home Alabama]

So, your OP reminded me of a Mrs Masiel "dick joke" which she was told not to tell. So, paraphrasing, "his dick was so big it wasn't a dick at all, it was a Richard". You got a great Richard Bull Dog.

 

[hawky454]

I love Bulldogs and Rhodesians! Nice pipe, once that stem is cleaned up it will be quite handsome.

 

[mso489]

I have that pipe in the Around the World series, with a deep red stain and a wide nickel band. In fact, it is packed and ready with McClelland Dark Star blessed with a charing light. I like it a lot, and it is about eight years old with me.

 

[ssjones]

My date guess was right. From Mark Irwin, right out of his book. But, I still can't locate a picture of the entire collection.

Around the World (2011 –) Warm red-gloss finish line with smooth with nickel band engraved with an iconic image representing one of nine nations (Australia, Canada, China, France, Germany, Great Britain, Ireland, Italy, USA). F/T mouthpiece, box in presentation sleeve.

 

[ssjones]

Germany - The Brandenberg Gate



Australia - Sydney Opera House