The roof of my mouth is much more sensitive than my tongue so I personally don’t see the benefit, plus I have yet to experience tongue bite.
Anyone Else Not A Fan Of The P-Lip
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I find pointy shoes a silly gimmick too. They've been quite popular for 800 years now.
I hate pointy shoes. I refuse to buy into that
I have 2 Petersons both with vulcanite stems. A bent with a fishtail and a bulldog with a P-Lip. I enjoy them both. I did not purchase the P-Lip for the promise it would provide a cooler smoke or anything like that. I like variety in all things, including pipes. For me, a few Petersons in my collection adds a little variety to the mix. I smoke a Peterson once or twice a month. They are older Petersons. I like the older pipes!
My only Peterson has a P-lip stem. I bouht an estate just to try the P-lip but it's not my favorite, so now has become an Erinmore Flake dedicated pipe, a good pairing for me.
I'm a huge NOT fan.
It's chunky, harder to clean, and impossible to redrill if ever needed.
It's chunky, harder to clean, and impossible to redrill if ever needed.
I have two P-lip pipes. For me, the different style of the mouth end does not fit comfortably against my anchoring teeth and just feels cumbersome and clumsy. I find I have to hold them differently and in a rather very conscious fashion which for me is distracting. Neither is used often because of this for me.
Like Epip, I find the P-lip too much bit in my mouth. I have to shove the whole stem into my mouth about 3/4" and it is distracting and annoying. Redirecting the smoke upward does nothing for me, not bad, but no improvement at all. I have one Vulcanite P-lip pipe, a good Peterson shape, and I enjoy smoking it, though I wouldn't buy another P-lip, and I suspect I'd smoke it more if it were a fishtail, as are all of my other eight or ten Petersons. However, I have no problem at all feeding a pipe cleaner into the bit; it goes just fine.
I’ve had them on bents and straights and either way is the same for me. I like the way it feels for a few minutes but eventually it starts to feel like I have a pacifier in my mouth. It’s just too bulky.
I've tried to like them, but they are not for me. The mouthfeel is off, and that's the most important part of the pipe, the interface with the smoker. They do a great job of keeping the smoke off the tongue, and aiming it toward the roof making it feel like you just scorched it with a supper hot slice of pizza.
P-Lips and light beer are in the same category. Ok if that's all you have.
P-Lips and light beer are in the same category. Ok if that's all you have.
I have Pete’s with and without. My habit is to smoke aros in the P-lips and English in the fishtails. I have determined that any additional Pete’s I add to the collection will include the P-lip. It just says Peterson to me. I have no particular hate or love. It is just my thing...
I like them for a change of pace. I usually smoke at least 4 bowls a day so it's nice to switch things up sometimes. If I'm breath smoking correctly the smoke is circulating all throughout my mouth so it doesn't matter which direction it starts.
I actually like them. I only have 1 pipe out of 30 that has it(Vauen luxus billiard), but it definitely gives a cooler smoke and lessens tongue bite. This can cause you to inadvertently smoke faster since you feel the heat less, which won't really make things taste better, so you gotta pay attention to that.
It does make the taste less sweet though, since it's not hitting the tongue. So it's not the best choice for Virginia or something that you want to enhance that sweetness. For latakia blends it's actually quite nice since I don't mind the sweetness being toned down a bit, and I smoke these blends a tad more vigorously than Virginia blends. It gives a full feeling of smoke in the mouth.
They are chunky and are weird to clench, but I just smoke it for when I'm sitting and holding the pipe anyway.
It does make the taste less sweet though, since it's not hitting the tongue. So it's not the best choice for Virginia or something that you want to enhance that sweetness. For latakia blends it's actually quite nice since I don't mind the sweetness being toned down a bit, and I smoke these blends a tad more vigorously than Virginia blends. It gives a full feeling of smoke in the mouth.
They are chunky and are weird to clench, but I just smoke it for when I'm sitting and holding the pipe anyway.
Love P-lip. This discussion comes up rather often. Some like it, and some don't. But Peterson sells ton of their Sherlock Holmes series which mostly has P-lip. You could get them in fishtail, but not very often.
I didn’t care for the one I had and got rid of it. I’m glad I tried one though.
is the bite area very round? Some from the 90s onward were like this and they sort of "roll" unless you get them between teeth.