Peterson Pipes Jekyll & Hyde (XL02) Fishtail

The bent Apple rounds the classic globe bowl and tips it toward the jaw, a soft, comfortable form that all but disappears in the hand. In the XL02, the shape reads as a comfortably mid-sized take on the form, here cast in Peterson’s split-personality Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde dress.

One face of the bowl is steeped in dark stain and worked into craggy rustication, while the other is polished smooth to a deep, glowing ruby red, the literal two faces that give the series its name. Dividing briar from stem is a broad nickel band, gleaming against the dark. A jet-black vulcanite fishtail stem finishes the pipe in classic Peterson form. A characterful, conversation-starting Peterson with genuine literary flair, well suited to an easy clencher who likes to smoke hands-free through unhurried hours.