This is hands down the best Peterson pipe I have ever worked on!

I have said this before, but for any newcomers — before the golden Supreme grade, Peterson’s highest grade was the De Luxe. So if you pick up an old De Luxe, it is at least equal to the modern Supremes, and when we take the older materials and quality standards into consideration you end up with an even superior pipe.

Even though their absolute top grade was the De Luxe, a few exceptional pipes that exceeded the grade got some special attention, and a hand cut stem was made specifically for them.

Dating this pipe was actually a bit tricky, but this is how it went:

No hallmarks = 1938–1968
Republic stamp = earliest 1949
This specific silver stamp design is mostly seen on the pre-Republic pipes, but it bled into the early Republic ones.
The final detail was the narrower bone condenser, which is seen in my experience in pipes made before the 50s.

I rarely say this, but I always mean it — I give this pipe around 10 days on the site and after that I will keep it for my personal collection.