A Peterson Pipe…for $300?
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They are spigots and have really nice blasts which both make them more expensive. I can’t get past the P-lip though. Really can’t stand those…. Puffy
They are beautiful and who knows? Maybe you’ll get one that will pass a pipe cleaner?
They are beautiful and who knows? Maybe you’ll get one that will pass a pipe cleaner?
Not a bad price but that blast looks like shit.
Oh, I think the blast looks fine.
I love Peterson PLips. I think their fishtails are the worst tongue depressor wide stems in the fact of the earth.
btw, I ordered a Rua a few minutes ago. The nice thing about SP is you scan through the pipes looking for the right one. Then that’s the one you get.
btw, I ordered a Rua a few minutes ago. The nice thing about SP is you scan through the pipes looking for the right one. Then that’s the one you get.
There were some great blasts available for quite a while after the drop. I'm very happy with the one I got.
They look like they were batch blasted. If they looked more like this and cost $100 less, I'd probably bite.
Spigot won't normally pass a pipe cleaner, but my concern is will the draft hole be centered near the floor of the bowl, or off center and halfway up the side of the chamber...
The blast on a lot of the pipes seems like it was put in a tumb!er after the stummel was blasted. I haven't seen a lot of pipes where blast was sharp. I got a Milverton PSB with blast that didn't impress me, and there were other issues which caused me to send it back. I haven't/won't buy another new Peterson.
Peterson spigots look great to me, but 300 is a bit too much.
Peterson is definitely one of those brands that sports a fairly reliable positive correlation between quality and price.
Their blasts have improved by miles since the Laudisi takeover.
This drop however sports shapes that are generally undesirable to me personally, and I’m not a P-lip guy. I prefer the Iora line.
Their blasts have improved by miles since the Laudisi takeover.
This drop however sports shapes that are generally undesirable to me personally, and I’m not a P-lip guy. I prefer the Iora line.
I wish that their entry level system pipes had vulcanite instead of acrylic stems too. Are even any of their P lips vulcanite?
All my plips are vulcanite, except one, and that's on a silver made army
I know older the older pipes are vulcanite but all the new ones I've seen are plastic. Are yours older?
I have two older ones that are vulcanite too but all the rest of mine are new. At least 5 or 6, maybe more.
Yes. Aran, Kildare, Emerald Rustic just to name a few.
Some of the larger system pipes have vulcanite Plips. Check out Peterson IE or smokingpipes.com listings. In the descriptions page they'll show either acrylic or vulcanite for the stems.
I'm still on the fence, one leg on the buy it side and one leg on the don't buy it side and my nuts are getting sore.
Time is running out and I need to make a decision. I like the Original and the Mycroft. The $243.00 price is fine with me. People should spend their money on what they want. I would never spend $243.00 on any pipe that looks like a skull or a bulldog shape...they just don't appeal to me.
I think most, not all, of the blast I've seen on the Rua's are pretty nice considering they're factory made pipes.
As for vulcanite vs. acrylic...makes no difference to me.
Time is running out and I need to make a decision. I like the Original and the Mycroft. The $243.00 price is fine with me. People should spend their money on what they want. I would never spend $243.00 on any pipe that looks like a skull or a bulldog shape...they just don't appeal to me.
I think most, not all, of the blast I've seen on the Rua's are pretty nice considering they're factory made pipes.
As for vulcanite vs. acrylic...makes no difference to me.
Too bad many of their photographs lack sufficient contrast (at least on my monitor) to make a judgment about the quality of the blast.
The blast on the one I got looks better than either of those. But yeah, if the top pipe you showed cost $143, I'd consider buying it. Depends on whether or not the rest of the pipe looked as beautiful as the Rua spigot.
When I saw $320 and $300 in the OP's original post, I could see where this thread was headed. These pipes started off at $243 and are still $243 (and even if they had been $320, or $300, 5% off isn't $243, even using 'Pete Hater' math).