I got it for 50 bucks. Its a peterson donegal xl339. Its in great condition. It has the hallmarked sterling silver band. The pipe looks to be pretty old. I looked all over but could not find any info. I seem to never be able to find old pipe info on the web. Anyone familiar with how I could get an age on this thing?

Here she is. Oh and I cleaned it up a bit and smoked a little SG FVF with it and it was very nice.

This may help;

http://pipedia.org/index.php?title=A_Peterson_Dating_Guide;_A_Rule_of_Thumb

Winslow

There is a chart floating around the net somewhere that will allow you to date that pipe by the hallmark.. I can't find it again, but I didn't try to hard either.

Try the Peterson website--Peterson Pipe Hallmarks

Jim

For $50 you did well!! FTRPLT

From what I see the hallmark looks like 1976.

Lady seated is Hibernia indicating Dublin , the next hallmark stamp is the Irish harp indicating 'fineness" and the third appears to look much like the number 1 without the bottom "plinth" (actually it is an "i") that indicates 1976.