Peterson System Pipe Day 2022

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Happy Peterson System Pipe Day!


Today marks the anniversary of Charles Peterson’s famous System Pipe! It was 124 years ago that Charles Peterson received the final patent of his System Pipe, the “P-Lip” or “Peterson-Lip” mouthpiece. The P-Lip has a graduated bore that runs from roughly 5mm at the tenon and 1.5mm at the P-Lip button, which has a hole at the top of the button instead of a flat, “fish tale” button.


Here’s a very brief history of Peterson’s System Pipes from Peterson’s website:


In 1890, after 15 years of handling and repairing pipes while working for the Kapp [brothers], Charles Peterson secured a patent in his own name, titled “A certain new and useful improvement in Tobacco-Pipes,” which introduced a unique system comprised of a higher draft hole and a moisture reservoir bored into the shank and transition of a briar pipe. Over the next eight years, Charles continued to refine his System, applying for and securing patents for a graduated bore mouthpiece (1891), and a unique button design known today as the P-Lip (1894-1898). Designed to wick moisture away from the smoke, reduce tongue bite, and increase the longevity of the pipe, Peterson’s complete System patent sparked a tradition of innovation, one we continue to uphold to this day. The System Pipe is the invisible source behind our unique House Style: our pipes’ muscular shanks and transitions, tubular profile, and generous bends. Our overall shaping style has a distinctly antique form because it has remained largely unchanged for over 120 years.


As many of you are aware, I’m a huge Peterson pipe fan and have been since I first started smoking a pipe many years ago. In fact, the second pipe I ever bought was a Peterson System Standard 312 in a sandblast finish. Since then, I’ve collected and gifted several others. Recently, my collection consists of 9 Peterson pipes and most of them are system pipes. Personally, I really don’t think one can go wrong with a Peterson System pipe. It’s, hands down, one of the best pipes one will ever own and makes one think (more than) twice about smoking other pipes.


Mark Irwin, from PetersonPipeNotes.org and co-author of the book, The Peterson Pipe: The Story of Kapp & Peterson, changed the anniversary, though. Instead of celebrating a single day, Irwin decided to celebrate the whole week! He reached out to his readership and asked us to send in a picture of what our 7-Day Peterson System Pipes would look like. If one doesn’t have seven system pipes, basically any pipe would do! I don’t have 7 System pipes (I really need to correct that) but I sent in my picture with a simple description of each pipe. Here’s my picture and description:



Front: Mark Twain (1981; System)


Left to Right: Silver Mounted Army 160; Silver Mounted Donegal 80s; System Standard 305; Deluxe System 5s; System Standard 314; Deluxe System 12.5


Well that’s it for this anniversary! I hope you all have a great day and week. And if you’re taking a smoke, make it a Peterson Pipe, the “Thinking Man’s” pipe. If you’d like more information about Peterson System Pipes, I highly recommend this blog post over at SmokingPipes.com — The Complete Guide To The Peterson System Pipe: Startling Revelations About Charles Peterson’s Greatest Invention.


The back cover of The Peterson Pipe book.

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