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[[Image:NewDarwinDeluxe.jpg|thumb|200px|Darwin Deluxe, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[Image:NewKappRoyalBarrel.jpg|thumb|200px|Kapp Royal Barrel, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[Image:NewXL23Spigot.jpg|thumb|200px|Sherlock Holmes XL23 Silver Spigot, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[Image:NewXL90RoyalIrish.jpg|thumb|200px|Royal Irish XL90, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[Image:Peterson_1.jpg|thumb|200px|System Standard, Courtesy, [http://Smokingpipes.com Smokingpipes.com]]][[Image:Peterson_2.jpg|thumb|200px|System Standard w/P-Lip, Courtesy [http://Smokingpipes.com Smokingpipes.com]]] | [[Image:NewDarwinDeluxe.jpg|thumb|200px|Darwin Deluxe, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[Image:NewKappRoyalBarrel.jpg|thumb|200px|Kapp Royal Barrel, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[Image:NewXL23Spigot.jpg|thumb|200px|Sherlock Holmes XL23 Silver Spigot, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[Image:Charles-Peterson-2-big.jpg|thumb|left|150px|Charles Peterson, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[Image:NewXL90RoyalIrish.jpg|thumb|200px|Royal Irish XL90, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[File:SilverXL23Lestrade.jpg|thumb|200px|Silver XL23 Lestrade, Courtesy Jim Lilley]][[Image:Peterson_1.jpg|thumb|200px|System Standard, Courtesy, [http://Smokingpipes.com Smokingpipes.com]]][[Image:Peterson_2.jpg|thumb|200px|System Standard w/P-Lip, Courtesy [http://Smokingpipes.com Smokingpipes.com]]] | ||
''Please feel free to contribute to this article, but please do not edit the quoted materials, which are under copyright. See [[Pipedia:Copyright]]'' | ''Please feel free to contribute to this article, but please do not edit the quoted materials, which are under copyright. See [[Pipedia:Copyright]]'' | ||
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'''''By Jim Lilley''''' | '''''By Jim Lilley''''' | ||
'' | ''Thank you, Jim, for developing this wonderful article on Peterson pipes for Pipedia. --[[User:Sethile|sethile]] 19:31, 18 October 2010 (UTC) -- Pipedia SYSOP'' | ||
==Genesis== | ==Genesis== | ||
The Nurnberg brothers Friedrich and Heinrich Kapp, whose elegant Dublin tobacconist first opened | The Nurnberg brothers Friedrich and Heinrich Kapp, whose elegant Dublin tobacconist first opened | ||
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participate in the birth of a legend.<br> | participate in the birth of a legend.<br> | ||
Friedrich & Heinrich, who christened their shop simply 'Kapp Brothers', soon made a name for | Friedrich & Heinrich, who christened their shop simply 'Kapp Brothers', soon made a name for | ||
themselves making and selling quality Meerschaum and Briar Root pipes. | themselves making and selling quality Meerschaum and Briar Root pipes. | ||
It was not long before Charles Peterson, a large young Latvian immigrant from Riga, walked into | It was not long before Charles Peterson, a large young Latvian immigrant from Riga, walked into | ||
Kapp Brothers Grafton Street premises with a revolutionary pipe and ambitious plans for the future. | Kapp Brothers Grafton Street premises with a revolutionary pipe and ambitious plans for the future. | ||
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pipe, with a bowl that tapers internally.<br> | pipe, with a bowl that tapers internally.<br> | ||
Charles was a big man, with proportionately large hands, so this pipe would have fitted them well. | Charles was a big man, with proportionately large hands, so this pipe would have fitted them well. | ||
My great friend Dave has just completed some very interesting genealogical background research | My great friend Dave has just completed some very interesting genealogical background research | ||
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financially.<br> | financially.<br> | ||
As yet we have no information on where and when Charles died. Watch this space. | As yet we have no information on where and when Charles died. Watch this space. | ||
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File:Img007.jpg|Old Patent Catalog, Courtesy Jim Lilley | |||
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==An Introduction to the modern Peterson Pipes== | ==An Introduction to the modern Peterson Pipes== | ||
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'''''Peterson English made Pipes'''''<br> | '''''Peterson English made Pipes'''''<br> | ||
'''''Peterson System Pipes'''''<br> | '''''Peterson System Pipes'''''<br> | ||
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Image:Pete_11.jpg|[http://www.otto-kopp.de/bilder/fotos/peold5.jpg Enlarge!] | |||
Image:Pete_12.jpg|[http://www.otto-kopp.de/bilder/fotos/peold7.jpg Enlarge!] | |||
Image:Pete_13.jpg|[http://www.otto-kopp.de/bilder/fotos/peold6.jpg Enlarge!] | |||
Image:Pete_14.jpg|[http://www.otto-kopp.de/bilder/fotos/peold4.jpg Enlarge!] | |||
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*See Also: [http://thepetersoncollector.blogspot.com/ '''The Peterson Pipe Collector'''] | *See Also: [http://thepetersoncollector.blogspot.com/ '''The Peterson Pipe Collector'''] | ||
*See also [[A Conversation With Tom Palmer of Peterson of Dublin]] | *See also [[A Conversation With Tom Palmer of Peterson of Dublin]] |