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10 photographsArchive Record FUH-2H2W-K28R-4
Peterson Killarney Shape 122, London Made England
Era undetermined
Dating: UndeterminedEngland10 photographs
Reference example
This pipe is documented here as an example for study — it is a record in the archive, not an item offered for sale. Everything below is what the piece itself, and the evidence around it, will honestly support.
Attribute checklist
Original stem
Yes
Faridunhill standing declaration
Stem replaced or re-cut
No
Faridunhill standing declaration
Rim cleaned (no wood removed)
Yes
Faridunhill standing declaration
Refinished
No
Faridunhill standing declaration
Chamber reamed
Yes
Faridunhill standing declaration
Smoked
Yes
owner stated
Facts, not a grade. We do not score a pipe out of ten: a number would rank a restored pipe above an honest one, and restoration is exactly what this hobby prices down. Every line above is checkable by anyone holding the pipe. Lines marked Faridunhill standing declaration rest on our published, dated statement of shop practice (v1.0, 2026-07-29) — not on an inspection of this individual pipe. It is one document, in public, that you can hold us to.
The entry
This reference example documents a Killarney pipe from Kapp & Peterson, bearing the shape number 122 and the distinctive stampings "A PETERSON PRODUCT" and "LONDON MADE ENGLAND." The pipe is fitted with Peterson's celebrated P-Lip mouthpiece, the graduated bit patented by Charles Peterson in the late nineteenth century, which directs the smoke upward toward the roof of the mouth rather than straight onto the tongue — a design the Dublin firm has retained as a house signature for well over a century. The Killarney line, named for the town in County Kerry, sits among the firm's sub-branded ranges, and such lines characteristically carry the "A Peterson Product" designation rather than the primary Peterson over Dublin stamp. Shape 122 is a numbered entry from the Peterson shape chart, the numeric system by which the firm has catalogued its bowl and stem configurations across generations of production. The dating of this piece rests principally on its country-of-manufacture stamp.