My First Peterson

[uperepik]

Saw this on eBay and couldn't pass it up. Not my favorite shape but the grain got me.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

That is nice! What line? :clap:

 

[uperepik]

Aran

 

[Chasing Embers]

That's a sharp little pot! Very underrated shape in my opinion. Love that grain! :clap:

 

[agnosticpipe]

Seriously uperepik, you have gone to pot! No one can blame you though!

 

[ssjones]

Amazing. I just returned a mega-buck (for me anyway) Amber Spigot because of flaws in the briar, this from the same folks who kick out an Aran with grain like that, great grab.

 

[wyfbane]

That is a wonderful pipe! And pots smoke Lat blends well, if you are into that.
Congrats ::

 

[nevadablue]

Wow, nice grain on that one for sure. Congrats!

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

Amazing. I just returned a mega-buck (for me anyway) Amber Spigot because of flaws in the briar, this from the same folks who kick out an Aran with grain like that, great grab.

I saw that. It wasn't that bad, and on any other pipe I could have lived with that flaw. But those natural amber spigots are pricey (honestly a little too pricey just for the amber in my opinion)and that stummel should never have been used for that line of pipes. I would have sent it back too. As much as I love Peterson and defend them, I'm a bit disappointed in their QC for that one.

 

[jensen]

Peterson amber spigot. As ssjones says a mega - buck. I had to ask the madam for a sponsorship.

The luck was, that she was not much angry that day.

It has arrived from the UK, a small bent shape 65 with a 85 mm long stem - the longest I have seen

on those. Clean bowl, fine grain.

I think I would have keept it, even with a small flaw.

 

[jensen]

By the way uperepik, very fine looking pipe and I hope you will get as

much pleasure from it as I get from my Arans and .........Petersons.

 

[irishearl]

That is nice grain. Agree on the price of those amber spigots-unbelievably pricey. So, what was the flaw? didn't get a chance to see it.

 

[ssjones]

I'll do a thread on it eventually, I don't want to side track uperik's thread.

 

[derfatdutchman]

Great looking Peterson.

 

[mso489]

Peterson has a way of designing pipes that have a lot of style with that same sense of heft, even some of the less bulky ones. I think the pot shape is a good one, nice broad bowl.

 

[deleon]

That is a nice grain congratulations on your first Peterson. Once you buy one you'll start looking for another!

 

[PaulTheScandinavian]

Could not believe this was Aran, I like this particular shape by Peterson ,interestingly based on my contemplations similar but older 606 often had broader chamber and thinner walls what they come today.