PETERSON PIPE SHOW

Hey folks, welcome to my pipe and cigar musings blog.  Today I am going review the Peterson Pipe show that took place recently at Barclay Rex Cigar Shop at 75 Broad Street in New York City.  The pipes are handcrafted and made in their facilities in Dublin Ireland,  The show was held on Thursday November 12th, 2009 and Friday November 13th, 2009 from 12pm - 5pm.  The store ran a promotion, in conjunction with the pipe show, that every pipe bought came with a 50g tin, smoker's choice, of Peterson's pipe tobacco and the buyer received an additional 20% discount.


The show featured pipes of all sizes, price ranges, different bowl shapes and a multitude of colors and textures.  The pipes I saw ranged from pipes with a rusticated texture to smooth briars.  The majority of the pipes came in the standard reddish-brown, brown, black and there were a couple in a wonderful forest green color.  The stems are made either of lucite or acrylic and came in a variety of colors ranging from black for the lucite to multiple colors (gold and a reddish-brown).  One of the unique features of the show was a pipe duo. One of the pipes was a rarely seen Peterson meerschaum, with a black lucite stem, paired with a briar pipe, with a straight lucite stem, done in all black.  It was a wonderful combination but a bit out of this reviewer's price range.  There was a pipe with a metal band around the top edge of the bowl, a rarely seen feature on pipes.  The only other one I saw was at the last meeting of the New York Pipe Club, held on Tuesday November 10th, 2009.  Peterson also displayed a pipe where the bowl was of a shape typically associated with corn cob pipes.


This reviewer purchased a clear flat bottom pipe with a black lucite stem which, standard for Peterson, does not come with the inside of the bowl pre-charred. Flat bottom pipes are a rarity.  I had an opportunity to smoke the pipe and smoked wonderful from the beginning to the very end of the first bowl.  This is the second Peterson pipe that this reviewer own which speaks to the quality and craftsmanship that goes into these wonderful pipes.  Another pipe aficionado bought a Peterson pipe, and like this reviewer, enjoyed the first smoke in this pipe.  They also found this pipe to be a great value for the money and had the same enjoyment in smoking the first bowl of tobacco in the pipe.


Well that's it from the Peterson Pipe Show.  Anyone wishing to see pictures from the show can click  on the follow: Pipe Pictures.


The next event that will be reviewed will be the Aurora Cigar event  on Wednesday November 18th, 2009 from 12pm - 5pm also taking place at Barclay Rex Cigar located at 75 Broad Street.