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6 photographsArchive Record FUH-ADC7-R88A-F
20th century
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.
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.
This Peterson Deluxe System pipe is a sandblasted bent Billiard stamped with the shape number '8s'. It is fitted with the brand's proprietary P-lip mouthpiece, a design integral to the System series. The pipe exemplifies the robust, muscular shaping often described as characteristic of Peterson's Irish style. The bowl presents a tall, upright cylindrical form, while the shank and transition maintain substantial proportions. The overall composition is compact, with a sinuous bend that creates a comfortable clenching posture. The shape's profile, particularly the curl of the stem and heel, recalls the lines of the classic '05' shape but without the flared rim. The '8s' designation places this model within Peterson's System line, where it corresponds to the '313' bent Billiard. Outside the System series, the same foundational shape is designated as '338'. The sandblasted finish reveals the grain of the beneath a textured surface.
2021-03-17
Logged from the Faridunhill archive — photographed and posted on Instagram, 2021-03-17.
2026-08-27
5 checklist facts recorded under Faridunhill's standing declaration of shop practice (2026-07-29).
2026-08-28
Honesty pass: statements the source does not support were removed (parts.bowl_material 'briar' removed; 1 unsupported/absence sentence(s) removed from the essay).
2026-08-28
Honesty pass: statements the source does not support were removed (1 unsupported/absence sentence(s) removed from the essay).
This record is append-only. Nothing is deleted — a correction is a new entry that supersedes the old one, and both stay visible.
Nobody leaves empty-handed. If you hold the catalogue page, the dated advertisement, or a hallmarked sibling that closes one of these — or simply own this model and can measure yours — send it in. Contributions are checked, credited to you by name, and the record is updated with the date it changed.
Instagram post, 2021-03-17. Published to a third-party platform on that date and archived since — a timestamp we cannot move. It is evidence that this object existed and looked like this, then.
The photographs are the identity. 6 images of this pipe's grain, stamping and stem are held as its fingerprint. The handle above is only a handle: lose it, and the pipe can still be matched back to this record from its grain.