Peterson Pipes Aran Smooth Nickel Mounted (01) Fishtail

The bent Pot keeps the shape’s broad, shallow chamber but curves the stem for the teeth, stout and steady with an easy hang. A full, deeply bent example of the shape, this 01 carries the bowl low for a balanced, hands-free clench. Aran’s dark, silky walnut stain gives the smooth briar a quiet, hand-rubbed glow, ringed with a bright nickel ferrule where shank meets stem, finished with a jet-black vulcanite fishtail stem.

A slightly dressier everyday Peterson, the nickel band lending a bit of polish — well suited to anyone after a cool-smoking workhorse that still clenches comfortably.