Yes I've succumb to the system.
I have no control.
Payday comes and I prove unable to resist my impulses.
I have no control.
Payday comes and I prove unable to resist my impulses.
Got with the system
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Is it fishtail or P-lip? Hard to tell from the photo. Just remember, dry out the water trap before dumping the ashes.
It's a fishtail
I'm pretty ambivalent about the p-lip vs fishtail thing. I don't generally suffer from tongue bite even though I smoke all day. As long as I don't smoke too much Virginia I don't ever get tongue bite.
I'm pretty ambivalent about the p-lip vs fishtail thing. I don't generally suffer from tongue bite even though I smoke all day. As long as I don't smoke too much Virginia I don't ever get tongue bite.
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I really like the Peterson style of rustification. It arguably gets better with some miles on it. Try as I might I don't baby my pipes.
Beautiful pipe! I have a couple of these but I haven’t smoked them for a while. Thanks for the reminder to try them again.
Nice.
I only smoke PLips, not because of tongue bite, but because Peterson fishtails feel like tongue depressors.
It’s a comfort thing.
I only smoke PLips, not because of tongue bite, but because Peterson fishtails feel like tongue depressors.
It’s a comfort thing.
To prevent the moisture from spilling out of the reservoir when you tip your pipe
That's up to you lol. I am not a wet smoker and I haven't had an issue with any of mine. I dump ash usually mid smoke.
I used to do that all the time, but I've found that the lighter I pack the less I've needed to do that. And the relight after dumping midsmoke is usually hot and acrid to me.
I have about a dozen Petersons but only one P-lip stem. I enjoy it as a change of pace, but I prefer the fishtail bits. Peterson has a strong identity with its shapes and designs, the heft and sturdiness, and in general they live up to the appearance of durability. Somehow I evaded that stretch when there were quality control problems. I've always stuck with the middle-priced pipes with the simpler airway design, so that may have saved me. That's a good looking pipe. I have a B10 briar Calabash with that knobby rustication, and I agree, it's a little conspicuous at first, but is enhanced by wear. It's a nice tactile finish. It's grippy.
I like that it looks like my other hand would have big wooden mug filled with mead or some other such brew. Some French looking shiny thing would be very out of place for me. I like that it looks like it was carved with a dagger from the stump of a tree which had been struck by lightening. The pipe of destiny!
I'm buying that exact pipe in a spigot soon. Peterson in my opinion has the prettiest pipes in my favorite stem/bowl style. Money well spent beautiful.
