Are there any notable differences between a system with a silver band, and a system with a steel band?
Difference of Peterson System Models.
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Besides the prices? Yes.
The standard system uses lower grade briar and has no chimney extending from the tenon.
The Deluxe system uses higher grade briar and has the chimney extending from the tenon.
The Deluxe system pipes also tend to be larger than the standard ones.
From my personal experience, I've noticed that better briar and the chimney produce more enhanced taste, from the start, than with the Standard system.
The standard system uses lower grade briar and has no chimney extending from the tenon.
The Deluxe system uses higher grade briar and has the chimney extending from the tenon.
The Deluxe system pipes also tend to be larger than the standard ones.
From my personal experience, I've noticed that better briar and the chimney produce more enhanced taste, from the start, than with the Standard system.
I’ve never seen anything other than sterling or nickel. Nickel is usually used on lower price point pipes like Aran and Irish Army. I personally like the nickel banded pipes, they don’t require constant polishing. One of my favorite pipes is a nickel band Aran Canadian.
From my understanding, there are at least three options including, the steel band, the sterling band, and the DeLuxe.
The deLuxe looks visibly different with the different stem and all. But I am specifically looking at the other two. I don’t know if there is any way of telling them apart visibly, other than whether or not it has the sterling stamp.
Ah, you must be referring to the System Premier. I'm not sure they still produce them and I can't tell you anything about them, I've never owned one.
Ditto with the Spigot system, I've never owned one.
There are currently 3 - System Standard, System Spigot, and Deluxe System.
The Standard and Spigot are similar apart from the spigot mount.
The Deluxe is the only current version that uses the aluminum extension/chimney.
I've got Standard & Deluxe Systems and I like them both. I will probably pick up a Spigot in the near future as well
There used to be a grade called the Premier system, which sat between the Standard and Deluxe which the Spigot now seems to occupy. It visibly looked like a Standard but had the aluminum extension and were a great value
The Standard and Spigot are similar apart from the spigot mount.
The Deluxe is the only current version that uses the aluminum extension/chimney.
I've got Standard & Deluxe Systems and I like them both. I will probably pick up a Spigot in the near future as well
There used to be a grade called the Premier system, which sat between the Standard and Deluxe which the Spigot now seems to occupy. It visibly looked like a Standard but had the aluminum extension and were a great value
Try this article.
petersonpipenotes.org
146. A Guide to System Shapes, 1896 – 2019, Part 1 (The 300 Shape Group)
For System Day 2019—which is today, September 3rd—it being the 121st anniversary of the final patent of Charles Peterson’s celebrated pipe, I wanted to do something special, and this is the first i…
petersonpipenotes.org
No matter winch iteration you choose, Peterson still holds it's place at the top of factory produced pipes.
disclaimer(I LOVE PETERSON). Peterson is my desert island pipe.
disclaimer(I LOVE PETERSON). Peterson is my desert island pipe.
I'm with @rustiepyles in never seeing anything other than nickel or sterling silver.
@Davy can you post an example of a steel banded system pipe? On SPC, it says that the standard system uses nickel bands.
Also, does anyone know why some of the older Deluxes I've seen don't have the metal tenon extension?
I had a System Standard that I couldn't stand. Not because of the system - it was the p-lip. Too clunky and just uncomfortable to clench. Ive heard the p-lip on the System Deluxe is a lot more comfortable, but I have no experience with it myself.
True but what about the ones that seem to have none at all? Admittedly I've only seen these on sale threads and eBay listings. Could they have just lost the metal extension?
Extensions being lost is common. You physically have to look into the stem to see threads sometimes
I'll try to post a picture tomorrow on System pipe stems. If I'm not mistaken, System Spigot is only one not having "chimney" at the end of tenon. I'm pretty sure, on Premium and Standard, the chimney is just an extension and not a separate piece.
Are the copper banded Xmas pipes not systems, nor the gold spigots?
(90% genuine question, 10% smart arse)