Irish PAD Pre-Republic Chubby 999 Deluxe

[ashdigger]

In my new and unrelenting PAD I've gone for British and Irish pipes. Here's my latest acquisition. A Peterson's Deluxe Made In Ireland Chubby 999. This one still has the bone tenon/condenser.

 

[irishearl]

Very nice. The chubby Rhodesian shape is 1 of my favorites and I am lucky to have 1, too, though it's from the Dublin and London line.

 

[oldreddog]

I'm a green shade of envy.
Enjoy that,very nice find.

 

[elpfeife]

That is probably real good wood. Should be a great acquisition. Do you do P-Lips okay? I recently picked up a 999 from the 70s. Real good smoker but I haven't adjusted to the P-Lip yet.

 

[ashdigger]

Elpfeife, I own three pipes with p lips (4 if you count my BBB Glokar with a version of the p lip) and at first it was odd but I actually like them now, although with 3 pre-republic Peterson pipes I'm not grabbing more. Great pipes, just at my desirable limit.

 

[elpfeife]

Well I will just persevere, Tim. Enjoy that Chubby!

 

[beefeater33]

although with 3 pre-republic Peterson pipes I'm not grabbing more. Great pipes, just at my desirable limit.

:rofl: Good luck, Man, GOOOOOOOD LUCK!!

Hell of a nice pipe by the way!!

 

[hmhaines]

That's gorgeous! The 999 is one of my favorite pipes, good buy!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Lovely pipe, but the lyrics that start playing in my head when I see these Petes is Led Zeppelin, "A big legged woman ain't got no soul." Oh, and of course, "Oh, yeah, oh, yeah, ah, ah, ah, oh, yeah, oh, yeah, ah, ah, yeah."

But, it is a nice pipe. ::

 

[ashdigger]

I should probably add that it smokes fantastic. I'm very happy.

 

[codecreatively]

Beautiful pick up!

 

[texmexpipe]

Love the shape! I've never smoked a P-lip but in not sure I'm about to try.

 

[danielplainview]

Nice! That's a beaut.

 

[aldecaker]

That is a nice score. Any plans on dedicating it to a specific genre or blend?

 

[gloucesterman]

The older 999s have a grace the newer ones lack. That's a beauty. Enjoy

 

[georged]

I scored a stem-less 999 DeLuxe bowl off Ebay for $18 about ten years ago, then made fishtail stem for it for free. :mrgreen:
How's that for serendipty? :lol:
Best of all, it is comfy as hell, and smokes like a dream. The small-ish, conical chamber is especially good for strong, slow burning tobaccos like fully rubbed out Dark Flake.

 

[ashdigger]

GeorgeD, That's gorgeous!!
Matt, it's dedicated to Watch City 558 (VaPer)

 

[georged]

I just looked again at ashdigger's pipe, and realized it's the "fat shank" version of the 999. The one I posted was the tapered shank variant. (I have no idea what was up with that at the factory. You'd think different fraize keys would get different shape numbers.)
Anyway, bing the Peterson slut that I am---their classic standard shapes & finishes, anyway---I had one of those, too, so had to share with you other Peterson sluts. :lol: (This one did come with a stem originally, but I'm not a P-lip fan, so whipped up a fishtail for it also.)
Smoking-wise, it's a coin toss between the two. 999s are such lovely little things. :D
.

 

[ashdigger]

So far the p lips are okay, but I know who to send it to if I start hating it. Nice restem

 

[scrooge]

Great score! Don't put it to close to the junk you got from me. They'll look better.