New Pipes On The Way and A Rare Shape

[troyniss]

I've been digging Peterson lately. I've come to the liking of the X105 Billiard Shape recently and have purchased quite a few within the last month.

I have ordered a Dracula, Short, Aran and for my birthday my wife's cousin bought me a Burren. I'm leaving my 20's finally. 30 Here I COME








Today I came across a relatively rare shape, that I have only seen through pictures, but never in stock on any website for the last few years. I finally found this Peterson 31 System Straight. Not very expensive either.

 

[mikethompson]

Looks like a nice couple of pipes! I have never seen a Peterson with that kind of stem before (the last one).

 

[Elric]

I've been eyeing the Dracula for a number of months. I'll pull the trigger on it eventually, LOL. Great acquisitions!

 

[petes03]

I just sold one of those to a friend of mine this week. Well, actually traded it to him.

 

[BROBS]

The chamber is pretty small, eh?

 

[petes03]

The chamber is pretty small, eh?

Yes, it is. It makes a good pipe for a quick smoke, or a rubbed or cubed flake.

 

[lukasstrifeson]

Wonder if it functions like a reverse calabash?

 

[BROBS]

It’s a system.. so it has a long reservoir under the chamber and the chamber is drilled directly downward rather than back. The tenon has a long metal chimney condenser. See the diagram he posted above ?
@lukasstrifeson

 

[dquisenberry]

Looks like a nice couple of pipes! I have never seen a Peterson with that kind of stem before (the last one).

It’s interesting how conservative companies are starting to add variety. Ashton is another example with all their stem options.

 

[petes03]

It’s interesting how conservative companies are starting to add variety. Ashton is another example with all their stem options.

That’s actually a very old Peterson stem design. It dates to the late 1890’s to the very early 1900’s.

 

[troyniss]

Correct me if I'm wrong but the straight system shape is hard to come by, at least in my experience. I never see them explicitly marketed. Did they stop producing them and it's NOS?

 

[petes03]

Correct me if I'm wrong but the straight system shape is hard to come by, at least in my experience. I never see them explicitly marketed. Did they stop producing them and it's NOS?

I don’t think they stopped making them. They’ve always been a small production shape/style for Peterson.

 

[ssjones]

Does the 31 still have the metal chimney?

 

[petes03]

Does the 31 still have the metal chimney?

Mine did.

 

[mso489]

I'm a sucker for billiards and Petersons as well, though in various shapes. They had some rocky quality control issues a few years ago, but despite my eight or ten Petes, they've always come through just fine for me, at various price levels (low to mid-, no high end). If you like that chunky, sturdy look, they are irresistible. I love variety in shapes, but smoking a billiard is always a special kind of treat, like a homecoming.