2019 Peterson Sherlock Holmes Strand Sandblasted Estate Briar Pipe, Irish Estates [SOLD]

Description

Peterson pipes generally need no introduction, but just in case you’re unfamiliar: in 1876, a Latvian named Charles Peterson immigrated to Ireland and was hired making pipes in a workshop owned by Frederick and George Kapp. After rising through the ranks to become head craftsman, Peterson bought into the Kapp’s business, which was renamed, Kapp & Peterson (K&P). During this time, Peterson himself applied for several patents for pipe designs, including the world-famous Peterson’s System. Since then, Peterson has become one of the most recognizable names in pipe smoking and continues to produce high quality pipes from their headquarters in Dublin.

There are few pipe makers who can claim to have created ‘iconic’ pipe designs. There are even fewer who can claim to have created a whole series of them. But, that is what Peterson did between 1989 and 2011, when it released (and subsequently expanded) the ‘Sherlock Holmes’ series. This particular shape, originally released as part of the ‘Return of Sherlock Holmes’ collection, is the Strand; it is an homage to the Danish bent egg that came to prominence in the 1960s and 1970s, with a plump bowl perched at the end of a subtly bent oval shank. Unlike the Danish version, however, this one comes with Peterson’s famed P-lip stem.

The condition is great. There’s some darkening on the inner, beveled lip of the pipe’s rim, but that’s all I note.

 

Details:

Length: 5.5″ / 139.7mm

Bowl Width: 0.82 / 20.82mm

Bowl Depth: 1.6″ / 40.64mm

Weight: 2.0oz / 58g