I was looking at a pipe on line:
![IMG_2968.jpeg IMG_2968.jpeg](https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/data/attachments/303/303639-6104f5390c5033c4590cf7985bada539.jpg)
Looks like maybe a sail-maker in Great Yarmouth a long time ago. Or not. But the tenon:
![IMG_2969.jpeg IMG_2969.jpeg](https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/data/attachments/303/303640-83848a629035b742f071dd870c240064.jpg)
…it got me wondering. Is there anything you can learn about when and how a pipe was made from the tenon? I notice that OLD Petersons and Comoys have step-tenons. What does it mean if anything? Can it tell you about when it was made via a vis the kind of equipment?
![IMG_2968.jpeg IMG_2968.jpeg](https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/data/attachments/303/303639-6104f5390c5033c4590cf7985bada539.jpg)
Looks like maybe a sail-maker in Great Yarmouth a long time ago. Or not. But the tenon:
![IMG_2969.jpeg IMG_2969.jpeg](https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/data/attachments/303/303640-83848a629035b742f071dd870c240064.jpg)
…it got me wondering. Is there anything you can learn about when and how a pipe was made from the tenon? I notice that OLD Petersons and Comoys have step-tenons. What does it mean if anything? Can it tell you about when it was made via a vis the kind of equipment?