Historically, there have been three common styles for pipe bits:
* the wedge (a wide opening -- by far, the most common modern style)
* the steck (what everyone here calls a P-lip, due to its shape and the fact that Peterson uses them commonly)
* the orific (a single round hole)
Judging from the books in my collection, all of these bits used to be commonly available on pipes. But they certainly aren't now. So I'm curious: Does anyone have any pipes with a steck bit that aren't Peterson pipes. . . or any pipes with an orific bit that aren't meerschaums? I don't think I've ever seen either case.
Bob
* the wedge (a wide opening -- by far, the most common modern style)
* the steck (what everyone here calls a P-lip, due to its shape and the fact that Peterson uses them commonly)
* the orific (a single round hole)
Judging from the books in my collection, all of these bits used to be commonly available on pipes. But they certainly aren't now. So I'm curious: Does anyone have any pipes with a steck bit that aren't Peterson pipes. . . or any pipes with an orific bit that aren't meerschaums? I don't think I've ever seen either case.
Bob
