The information given above has an element of confusion for me. It seems that the pipe in question is from the second issue C.1979 as this one is probably made after than date. It says that the pipes were issued as Kildare Patch with rusticated patches. However this one does not have the patches it is smooth around the bowl sides. Next is an older Peterson and one of the briar pipes in the collection. It is hard to read the silver hallmarks on the ferrule but the shape speaks of it being older. Here is the second briar pipe – a Sasieni Four Dot with a gold (coloured?) band that is like a pile of nuggets. Not my favourite pipe but look at the sandblast on the bowl and the condition of the stem. This one is a bent billiard with a rectangular shank, band and saddle stem. I will know more once I have it in hand to clean and restore. They soon made a name for themselves making and selling quality Meerschaum and Briar Root pipes. One day Charles Peterson walked into the Kapp Brothers’ Grafton Street premises armed with a revolutionary tobacco pipe and ambitious plans for the future. Peterson suggested that the brothers go into partnership with him to turn his smoking pipe into the world’s best briar pipe. They agreed and the company was renamed Kapp & Peterson. Kapp and Peterson went on to become Dublin’s most fashionable and respected manufacturer and purveyor of fine tobacco smoking products. The gold P stamp on the left side of the stem was faded. Yesterday a friend stopped by with a pipe he wanted me to have a look at and “spruce up” for him. He arrived in the heat of the day just before 5pm which is when it seems to be the hottest time here in Vancouver. Why not take a look at our selection and get yourself a  few masterfully made smoking pipes. We also have a huge selection of Savinelli Pipes, Rattray's Pipes and pipe tobacco. Within a year, Frederick employed a young Latvian woodworker named Charles Peterson to help with production and repairs. Dealers and pipe smokers unfamiliar with Peterson often confuse the three nickel-mount marks of Shamrock, Wolf Hound and Round Tower with precious metal assay marks. The first one is of a seated woman with a harp is known as the Hibernia stamp and identifies the pipe as made in Ireland. The second stamp is a crowned harp which is a fineness mark denoting the high quality of silver that was used. I have included a larger screen capture of the section on the third column of the chart in the photo below.I have drawn a red square around the date letter below. Peterson's opinion is that people would get a pipe for two reasons. The first is the enjoyment you get from smoking quality pipe tobacco. The second is you get a specific pipe because of the "inherent beauty that is in the pipe." Peterson pipes are one of the few names that carry the history, prestige, and respect of the tobacco pipe world. After Peterson died in 1919, the descendants of the Kapps remained company owners for the next several decades. It was not until the 1970s that there were upheavals in the company's history, when new buyers acquired the traditional company, which had been owned by Tom Palmer, an Irishman, from the 1990s until 2016. The company is now owned by the American company "Laudisi Enterprises“. I have drawn a square around the date letter below. It identifies the date of this Peterson’s pipe to 2001.I knew that I was dealing with a pipe that the hallmarks date to 2001. To summarize, this pipe is from the classic range of Peterson’s, an entry level Pete pipe.