Charles Peterson, who was born in Latvia, worked as a pipe maker in the meerschaum factory of Friedrich Kapp, who emigrated from Nuremberg and ran a renowned tobacco boutique on Grafton Street in Dublin. Here the smoke is directed selectively into the throat area and thus protects sensitive tongues. Most Peterson pipe series are also… Continue reading Peterson Tobacco Pipes
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Peterson Pipes and Pipe Tobacco
I was able to assess that it was equal distance from the tenon end and the button end – dead center in the stem, just before the bend. Yesterday a friend stopped by with a pipe he wanted me to have a look at and “spruce up” for him. He arrived in the heat of… Continue reading Peterson Pipes and Pipe Tobacco
Peterson of Dublin Tobacco Smoking Pipes at The Pipe Nook!
Those who malign the brand because they’re made by the hundreds using machines, are very wrong, in my opinion. I like them a lot and the bang for the buck is the best I’ve ever seen for new pipes of this quality. When Tom Palmer bought the Peterson business at the beginning of the nineteen… Continue reading Peterson of Dublin Tobacco Smoking Pipes at The Pipe Nook!
Peterson of Dublin Tobacco Smoking Pipes at The Pipe Nook!
This was a turbulent period for the company with the outbreak of World war 1 and the start of the Easter uprising in 1916. The K&P shop was extensively damaged during the military action at this time (see attached newspaper report). 1895 Kapp & Peterson moved to bigger premises at 111 Grafton Street Dublin and… Continue reading Peterson of Dublin Tobacco Smoking Pipes at The Pipe Nook!
New Tobacco Pipes: Peterson
The modern Captain Pete line available from Cup O’Joe’s is an exclusive issue by Peterson for the US retailer. They are XL size pipes that mirror the Kinsale and SH series of pipes with slightly shorter plip mouthpieces. He considers that at the end of the day, a pipe is a consumer product, loosely defined… Continue reading New Tobacco Pipes: Peterson
Peterson Chicago’s Pipe, Cigar & Tobacco Store
For over thirty years the work has gone on and thousands of young women and their children have been empowered to start over with skills and options. The work is currently in 7 countries and 12 cities around the world. Given below is the link to the Dating Guide for Peterson’s pipes at the end… Continue reading Peterson Chicago’s Pipe, Cigar & Tobacco Store
Peterson Pipes and Pipe Tobacco
Shortly thereafter, a Latvian immigrant, Charles Peterson, strolled into the Kapp workshop and declared that he could make better pipes than they could. They vary in price from the Ebony and Ivory at around $300 and up to $1000 for the River, 6 pipe set. The first hallmark on this pipe is what is noted… Continue reading Peterson Pipes and Pipe Tobacco
Chacom Chicago’s Pipe, Cigar & Tobacco Store
As early as 1825 the Comoy family was producing smoking pipes from Boxwood, long before the discovery of Briar wood. Henry Chacom is born in 1850, just 6 years before the discovery of briar and St Claude becoming the home and centre of the briar pipe world. While in a Swiss prisoner of war camp… Continue reading Chacom Chicago’s Pipe, Cigar & Tobacco Store
Chacom Chicago’s Pipe, Cigar & Tobacco Store
I know because I have watched him do the work and I have seen the pipes after his work on them. He followed this process step by step and when the pipe got to me it was spotlessly clean and ready for my work. The inside of the stem, shank and bowl were clean and… Continue reading Chacom Chicago’s Pipe, Cigar & Tobacco Store
Chacom Chicago’s Pipe, Cigar & Tobacco Store
They have shown how experience and manual work still has value in this modern society . The brand Chacom turned up (1934) after fusion of Chapuis-Comoy with La Bruyère. Having been sorted, the pieces of wood are dried naturally during 6-month period on racks and are turned over regularly. Following grading, the various stages of… Continue reading Chacom Chicago’s Pipe, Cigar & Tobacco Store