Peterson: Speciality Smooth Nickel Mounted Barrel P-Lip Tobacco Pipe

The Barrel is Peterson's unique take on the Poker shape. Like the Poker, it features a flattened heel and raised transition, prompting sturdy, upright sitting. Instead of a cylindrical bowl, however, the Barrel bulges at the flanks for a more muscular form befitting its namesake. Despite this rotundness, it remains one of the Irish marque's more svelte and slender shapes — the abbreviated shank and slightly longer stretch of stem lending its profile a sleek, streamlined disposition.

One of Peterson's most traditional finishes, the Aran presents a color palette of chocolatey stain and jet-black stem. In the smooth iteration, it highlights the briar's natural grain pattern with handsome reservation — not distracting from the form's shape yet, at the same time, offering enough definition and detail to remain intriguing and individual, accented here with a flashy nickel band to add some formal panache and elegant appeal.