I didn't know which Peterson thread I should use, and this could be a regional/personal thing.
I cannot believe the prices and demand for Peterson meerschaums. They were considered junk by my mentoring crowd and in our region. There was a shop in Champaign/Urbana, IL that must've had a dozen used ones. He couldn't give them away, and I don't know why he kept accepting them in trades. It was the same down south, where we regularly ran into them at flea markets and at swaps for $15...with no takers. And I knew a few Peterson fanatics. They wouldn't touch them with their pretentious fingers. To see them bumping near the $200 ceiling is mindboggling to me. I can't remember if I ever owned one or smoked one. I'm not saying they're bad pipes. I just can't believe how they've gone from rags to riches. *however, I will say this: they are a heavy pipe. African meerschaum is a heavy thing. I might be mistaken, but I don't remember any of them being light pipes.