Now THIS is interesting: Peterson Has a New Blasting Process

[BROBS]

I agree that rustication has gotten better. That strange pattern they had before were rather puzzling.

it's easier to accomplish with less training/skill.

 

[bullet08]

The world will vote with its wallet, of course.

Me? I like the time machine feel of what they're doing. The 20's and 30's era Shells were generally available in first 10-15 years of the Estate Era, but had been mostly Hoovered up by the late 90's.

Today, they bring a high price when they do become available, and hunting them in the wild is the only economical option. (the board's Beefeater33 has had notable success doing this)

Having a source for new pipes that push the same aesthetic buttons is a welcome development, imo.

A lot of things become expensive as time goes by. That doesn't mean I have to like it. Personal taste and all. Somethings I can understand as to the value it's demanding. Others, I couldn't careless. Dead man's pipe being called for $1-2k are few of those things I couldn't careless.

 

[georged]

You seem to care enough to take the time to tell us how much you don't care, though...

Wait. I'm confused...

 

[bullet08]

You seem to care enough to take the time to tell us how much you don't care, though...

Wait. I'm confused...

I have a lot of time on my hand

 

[mingc]

I don't see any with vulcanite.. where?

Smokingpipes.com. Filter your searches by stem material.

 

[BROBS]

Smokingpipes.com. Filter your searches by stem material.

I did. None. What are you looking at? Every system is acrylic stem.

 

[mingc]

I did. None. What are you looking at? Every system is acrylic stem.

Oy vay! ? The ones I mentioned in my post, the Deluxe and Spigot Systems! I'm NOT going to post links! ?

 

[kola]

The new and improved (cough) Petersons? They still cant get it right. IMO of course.

 

[irishearl]

You understand that that's EXACTLY why the first couple decades' of Dunhill Shell production are held in the highest esteem by collectors the world over, yes? The craggy "Mother Nature morphed shape" is one school of blasting's gold standard.

Try and buy one on eBay sometime for less than 1.5/2.0X what the shape usually sells for, and watch what happens.



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I like them

 

[elpfeife]

I think they're groovy!

 

[BROBS]

Oy vay! ? The ones I mentioned in my post, the Deluxe and Spigot Systems! I'm NOT going to post links! ?

The deluxe are all acrylic. Sorry but SPc is wrong. Look at the pic. It’s acrylic. Someone doesn’t know wtf they are doing there. There are zero new deluxe systems with vulcanite.

a spigot “system” is just a system stummel with a spigot stem. It’s not a system pipe.

 

[BROBS]

The deluxe are all acrylic. Sorry but SPc is wrong. Look at the pic. It’s acrylic. Someone doesn’t know wtf they are doing there. There are zero new deluxe systems with vulcanite.

a spigot “system” is just a system stummel with a spigot stem. It’s not a system pipe.

Or order one of these “vulcanite” system pipes and find out when it arrives that it’s acrylic.

 

[mingc]

Or order one of these “vulcanite” system pipes and find out when it arrives that it’s acrylic.

One of them "vuIcanite" stems that won't turn green? A miracle!

 

[BROBS]

One of them "vuIcanite" stems that won't turn green? A miracle!

But I have noticed this before that some of the systems they list as vulcanite. Apparently the person creating the listing doesn’t know the difference.

I bought one in the past listed as vulcanite but it was acrylic.

 

[georged]

Someone doesn’t know wtf they are doing there.

Or maybe the box was mis-marked by someone in Ireland, and the mistake got innocently passed on?

I'm sure that stem material isn't checked when multi-hundred-pipe shipments get loaded on SP's warehouse shelves.

Lots of ways the info ball could get dropped.

It's certainly worth correcting, but don't go off half-cocked. Everyone involved from the briar diggers and cutters to the people who deliver what ends up in your hand years later wants you to be happy. Truly.

 

[BROBS]

Or maybe the box was mis-marked by someone in Ireland, and the mistake got innocently passed on.

I'm sure that stem material isn't checked when multi-hundred-pipe shipments get loaded on SP's warehouse shelves.

It's certainly worth correcting, but don't go off half-cocked. Everyone involved from the briar diggers and cutters to delivering what ends up in your hand years later wants you to be happy. Truly.

You’re right I’m a little tough on them. But they are the company that owns Peterson and since before Laudisi acquired it all system pipes have had acrylic stems. So I feel like they should know that... but I know I am assuming a lot about the knowledge or info provided to reps or whoever lists the pipes.

I also was a little irritated to receive an acrylic stem pipe that was listed as vulcanite. But it wasn’t so bad to return it. However had the listing been correct I probably wouldn’t have purchased it.

 

[sasquatch]

I'm glad they've realized there's a niche to fill, these more "classic" textures and colors, but I find it a little odd - Peterson has always had the ability to make excellent sandblasts, detailed and uniform, but you only found them on expensive pipes (of course - because it takes time and effort). I'm not in love with what I'm seeing there, I feel like the blasting on most Rosslares etc has been at least that good for years.

 

[yaddy306]

I prefer the sandblast on my Christmas 2015 to the sandblast on the "premier sandblast" posted by BROBS.

 

[ssjones]

I'm patiently waiting for the new 9BC to be released.

 

[craig61a]

They supposedly used the new blasting on the 2020 St. Patrick’s pipes. The two that I bought look nice...