Christmas 2021 Sherlock Holmes Heritage Rathbone Fishtail

Each year since 2009, Peterson has released a special-edition Christmas pipe, typically presenting an array of popular Classic shapes in a singular finish. For 2021, however, the Irish manufacturer has elevated the series, offering all 14 best-selling Sherlock Holmes shapes in not one but three distinct finishes: Heritage Smooth, Sandblasted, and Rusticated. This Rathbone model wears the deep burgundy stain of the Heritage finish, topped with a black acrylic fishtail stem and a warm, tasteful copper mount, and comes complete with a black leather pipe stand.

About the shape: Originally released as part of the Return of Sherlock Holmes series (1992-1997), the Rathbone is a straight-sided, Stack Bent Billiard with a long, sinuous, swan-neck profile — a synthesis of the design elements found in the two main pipes smoked by renowned English actor Basil Rathbone in his portrayals of Sherlock Holmes from 1939 to 1946.