New Appreciation for Peterson Pipes.

[bullet08]

been smoking morgan bones pipes occasionally of late for OTC blends. they are good pipes and do what they are designed for. but noticed that smokes are ending earlier than expected. i know i'm not drying the tobacco as long as i used to. for OTC, i don't dry them at all. took the stem out and noticed that draught hole in shank is lined up exactly with stem. and noticed good amount of moisture at the bottom of the chamber.

taking a look at the mortice of peterson pipes, there is room for moisture to get trapped. the draught hole is on the top so condensation does not enter the chamber. this doesn't mean moisture from tobacco can be avoided. but still less water, meaning longer smoke. just one of the reasons i love my peterson pipes.

 

[magicpiper]

I’ve got a soft spot for Petersons. Sure, they’ve had their problems over the years but I’ve enjoyed every one I own. Who am I kidding? I have enjoyed every pipe I own...Every brand. But, yes, I do love my Petersons.

 

[BROBS]

been smoking morgan bones pipes occasionally of late for OTC blends. they are good pipes and do what they are designed for. but noticed that smokes are ending earlier than expected. i know i'm not drying the tobacco as long as i used to. for OTC, i don't dry them at all. took the stem out and noticed that draught hole in shank is lined up exactly with stem. and noticed good amount of moisture at the bottom of the chamber.

taking a look at the mortice of peterson pipes, there is room for moisture to get trapped. the draught hole is on the top so condensation does not enter the chamber. this doesn't mean moisture from tobacco can be avoided. but still less water, meaning longer smoke. just one of the reasons i love my peterson pipes.

Some older Peterson’s are drilled as you describe with the bones pipe.
I would suspect another engineering issue of some kind to be the culprit. Hard to say. But I’ll just agree that overall it’s a solid brand.

 

[bent1]

...took the stem out and noticed that draught hole in shank is lined up exactly with stem. and noticed good amount of moisture at the bottom of the chamber.

taking a look at the mortice of peterson pipes, there is room for moisture to get trapped. the draught hole is on the top so condensation does not enter the chamber. this doesn't mean moisture from tobacco can be avoided. but still less water, meaning longer smoke. just one of the reasons i love my peterson pipes.

Agreed. I’ll clipoff the head of a Q-Tip & place it in the moisture well. At the end of the smoke, dump out the wet qtip.

 

[anthonyrosenthal74]

I've been pleased with all of my Peterson pipes. Great smokers.

 

[elasmo]

hehe can't wait for my new St. Patrick's Day to show up...grab em every year.

 

[Dissident_Mantis]

I own a Peterson Darwin. It's a lovely pipe but i hate the P-lip. I am going to send it in so that i can get it replaced with a fish tail.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Love what you smoke, smoke what you love. I'm not particularly attracted to them, nor do I like p-lips... but some of their higher end straight pipes look pretty cool to me.

If you really love something (or even someone) you forgive their little quirks... until they stop putting out, then trade them in on a younger model.

 

[shanez]

taking a look at the mortice of peterson pipes, there is room for moisture to get trapped. the draught hole is on the top so condensation does not enter the chamber.

I'm a little confused here. The draught hole is on top of what? Or probably better, the smoke channel is where in relation to what?

 

[BROBS]

He’s talking about looking down in the mortise.. that the draft is drilled towards the top.

Yet is centered in the stem.

 

[Gecko]

I've often thought of Peterson as the pipe world equivalent to old school Volvos;
The fit and finnish isn't always top notch but a quality product and great tool for getting the job done well.

Really like my Petersons and love my little 317 work horse.

P.s. P-lips are great ?

 

[shanez]

He’s talking about looking down in the mortise.. that the draft is drilled towards the top.

Yet is centered in the stem.

Wouldn't this affect the ability to run a pipe cleaner through with the stem on?

 

[bullet08]

Wouldn't this affect the ability to run a pipe cleaner through with the stem on?

why would you want to do that? system pipes are like army mount. take the stem out and clean it. here is a pix of what system internal looks like.

 

[BROBS]

Wouldn't this affect the ability to run a pipe cleaner through with the stem on?

Yes. But no issues if it doesn’t gurgle.

 

[shanez]

Ah. Makes sense now. Almost like a reverse calabash then?

I've never owned a Pete. Are all of their pipes like this or just certain ones?

 

[bullet08]

Ah. Makes sense now. Almost like a reverse calabash then?

I've never owned a Pete. Are all of their pipes like this or just certain ones?

the diagram is for system pipes. their other lines are not exactly like that. but most of them are drilled similar to that, but the draft in the shank is lower than bottom tip of the stem. this allows the pipe cleaner to "go through" to chamber. it's tricky, getting pipe cleaners to the chamber, but one gets used to it.

 

[hauntedmyst]

Peterson makes a great pipe. Almost every table leg I shove them under makes the table stop wobbling.

 

[BROBS]

Ah. Makes sense now. Almost like a reverse calabash then?

I've never owned a Pete. Are all of their pipes like this or just certain ones?

Bents will be drilled this way... especially ones that have corresponding system shapes, because they just don’t drill the reservoir in the non-systems.

but yes in a way like a tiny reverse calabash.

 

[danimalia]

Only have a singe Pete, but the one I have is a very fine pipe, especially considering it was an entry level Shannon 150 bulldog that cost less than a hundo. A real workhorse and exactly the kind of shaping I like with bulldogs

 

[BROBS]

If you like bulldogs the Sherlock Holmes (SH) line has some really nice ones. The Baker Street has cool traditional beading between the lines and all the SH bulldogs have great proportions and feel. Not to mention generous chambers.