Managed to get this from a friend who wanted it to stay in the Pete Geek family at a very very reasonable price IE below what it cost new. Now I'll have all three PPN pipes.
What idea? A cooler, drier smoke? 😆
They also make system pipes that take 9mm filters
https://www.smokingpipes.eu/pipes/new/peterson/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=174563
Using the system pack to avoid charring the draft hole helps
https://petersonpipenotes.org/166-charles-petersons-system-pipe-packing-method/
And just cleaning the reservoir with a pipe cleaner you can use paper towel but I find that always leaves small bits of paper in the reservoir. Besides...
Finishing this bowl of 1792 flake breaking in this newly arrived today Heritage POTY #298/1100 👌🏻
This has a much larger weargap than my Terracotta does but it's a smooth draw and building moisture in the reservoir so I might not make any changes to er, time will tell.
Nope. Graduated bore P Lip is a requirement to meet the System design that Charles Peterson patented. Otherwise it's just a reverse calabash.
I would go further to say that without a chimney or "tubular extension" as it was described in the original patents, that sits in the reservoir below the...
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I've heard of it but I've never had it happen to me with any Pete I've ever owned, that isn't to say it isn't possible though just my personal experience.
I smoke Peterson System pipes 95% of the time and besides cleaning the reservoir out with a pipe cleaner immediately after smoking I've never really needed to do much else. A cleaner through the stem every 5th smoke or so and that's it. As for my meerschaums I just keep the bowl relatively cake...
My Peterson old boy style pipe lighter, works without issues, lasts a good while on a single fill, second one when I know I'll be outside and it's really windy is my Pete Geek zippo with pipe insert.