In praise of Peterson Pipes!

[DustyRoundup]

Well, I just have to jump in on this thread to show off my Petes.

My 4 Pete's


My favorite Pete


Oh how I long for the day that I have a collection like nosehoj and idlefellow. :roll:

 

[joshoowah]

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I hate to sound like a downer, but this is the only Pete I have ever seen thatI would actually want to own. I will own a Pete one day, but I've yet to see one that I like (besides the one you just posted).

 

[Airborne]

Well, I just have to jump in on this thread to show off my Petes.

My 4 Pete's


My favorite Pete


Oh how I long for the day that I have a collection like nosehoj and idlefellow. :roll:

Very nice pipes! I especially like your favorite - the green one.

 

[jlong]

I own only two Petes and they are great Pipes. I have to rank Nording right up there with them. Or maybe top favorites for better term.

 

[Bmalo]

I have over 50 Petersons. They're my favorites! If anyone is at all interested, there are 2 in my collection which were made in England when Petersons had an operation there. Petes are the BEST!

 

[Brewdude]

Well, I just have to jump in on this thread to show off my Petes.



My favorite Pete

I love Petes as well, and one day I'll have to add a greenie like that one, green being my favourite colour.



Cheers,

RR

 

[DustyRoundup]

Well, I have another green pete on its way. Its a "Canadian" Pete 264 in the "Racing Green " series.

I tell ya , smokingpipes.com gets in "fresh" pipes twice a week, and they keep an average of 300 petes on hand.
I usually check theyre "Fresh" list, on the eve of it being posted. As the Dandy pipes , dont last long.

Lets see ,, that puts a "River" and an "Irish Sea" at the top of my list. :roll: :roll:

Houston, we have a problem ! :shock: :shock:

 

[Ossian]

Dusty, got a River collection Boyne on my wish list for ages, but as I don't afford one it will still be there. One day though...

Ther Irish sea looks terrific too!

 

[Anonymous]

A couple clarifications are in order : When Peterson put Country of Origin stamps on their shanks (occasionally they didn't bother), these changed over the years.

Since 1949 they've used "Made in the Republic of Ireland." This makes their pipes made previously to the change-over the "Pre-Republics" you see mentioned. (I.e., up through and including 1948).

The Savinelli firm has been around forever, but they didn't start making their own pipes until around the 1950s ; previously, "Savinelli" pipes were house brands made by Brebbia (and before that, probably Barontini).

Peterson's older classic shapes have been mainstays in Yak's racks since the 1970s and are still going strong. Their generally smaller sizes (around group 3-4) make their apples, billiards, BDs &c. ideal flake pipes.

The "break-in" problems people complain about are, as nearly as I can determine, from a cost-cutting move they did and -- people say -- they've stopped doing in response to complaints. This was dipping the stummels in stain rather than staining the outsides of them, which made smoking them like smoking drain cleaner until it finally caked-over.

The solution to that, if you've gotten an old-stock one, is to (scrape it down to wood if it's caked,) fill the chamber with cotton balls, dribble alcohol into the cotton to dissolve the stain, and replace daily until it's all out. Dry for a day, and you're good to go. Use a medicine dropper and be very careful you don't get any on the outside or you'll ruin the finish.

Google up "dating peterson pipes" and you'll find some info. I'm too lazy to look it up.

FWIW

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