Ok,
You may recall this long conversation about the Peterson Rosslare Classic vs. Rosslare Royal Irish (here)
My Pete arrived ! It is a Rosslare Royal Irish in the 999 shape (I think it's a bent Rhodesian but I know many of you think it's a bulldog :-P)
Here's the pics ! It's a beauty. I took it real slow on the first smoke. Half bowl of Erinmore. Went very, very nice and cool. The bowl did have some stain inside, but it didn't seem to be noticeable at all to me. Perhaps since I really tried to take it so slow. Almost 30 minutes on a half bowl.
So here's the pics. Sorry for the quality, phone only pics for now.
I love this silver connection, although it's not an entirely military mount. The tenon itself is still lucite, only the top part that shows is clad in silver. I'll have to get a 999 or 408 with a true silver spigot next to compare.. feeding the PAD beast ;-)
The grain is just gorgeous. Not flame grain or straight, but very, very nice. Not one fill for as far as I can tell.
So, was it worth the wait and 60 day "PAD moratorium"... yep.. no doubt...
You may recall this long conversation about the Peterson Rosslare Classic vs. Rosslare Royal Irish (here)
My Pete arrived ! It is a Rosslare Royal Irish in the 999 shape (I think it's a bent Rhodesian but I know many of you think it's a bulldog :-P)
Here's the pics ! It's a beauty. I took it real slow on the first smoke. Half bowl of Erinmore. Went very, very nice and cool. The bowl did have some stain inside, but it didn't seem to be noticeable at all to me. Perhaps since I really tried to take it so slow. Almost 30 minutes on a half bowl.
So here's the pics. Sorry for the quality, phone only pics for now.
I love this silver connection, although it's not an entirely military mount. The tenon itself is still lucite, only the top part that shows is clad in silver. I'll have to get a 999 or 408 with a true silver spigot next to compare.. feeding the PAD beast ;-)
The grain is just gorgeous. Not flame grain or straight, but very, very nice. Not one fill for as far as I can tell.
So, was it worth the wait and 60 day "PAD moratorium"... yep.. no doubt...