Hello Everyone! I was looking for some advice on Peder Jeppesen pipes. I really like some of the shapes of these pipes, but I am wondering about the quality. Some of them are listed at $300-400. Does anyone here strongly recommend them? I'm particularly interested in some of his more unusual shapes like the Ida cut or the "coral reef" type pipes. I'm just wondering if they are worth it. Thanks! Any pics anyone would like to share would be appreciated as well!
Peder Jeppesen Pipe Quality
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I only have one P. Jeppesen—it's considered a High Grade—the overall finish is quite nice, a very high gloss, but, there are some tiny dimples on the underside, maybe due to air bubbles that popped and left a depression. I'm glad to have the pipe, but, it was a little disappointing to find these "flaws." Mind you, they're small, almost like pin pricks, but I was expecting no blemishes. But, I'm more particular than the average bear; I returned a Savinelli Giubileo d'Oro recently, but, more on that next week.
That's actually very helpful and what I was wondering about. I know he is a respected pipe maker, but there seems to be so many coming out I am wondering about overall quality. Thanks! Do you have a picture?
I have become a big fan of Peder's work, from the Neerup line to his namesakes. I have four now, and smoke them frequently. I was not a fan of bent pipes, till I was given my first by him for Christmas. I loved the balance and "hang" of the pipe. They all clench like a champ. Plus, they are very affordable.
I have one of his Harvest Moon pipes and the finish on the rim of the bowl reacted to heat (perhaps bubbled) and discolored even though I didn't scorch it. I've read other comments on here of similar things happening. I have an older Neerup in dark brown that is fine and a great smoker. YMMV
I posted this in one of the "***What Are You Smoking?***" threads, but I'm not home, so, I can't show you any pictures of the pin sized dimples in the finish. But, I love this particular pipe because of the plateau being on the side instead of the top, almost as if the chamber was drilled on the wrong side.
I got 2 jepessen pipes..Finish is beautifull..drilling is great.One is fantastic smoker another one is ok smoker..mine are Ida models...The only thing wrong with one pipe is that smoking it about maybe 20-30 times it burned out through on one side closer to the shank..It is a freehand model and a design flaw-they took way too much material out in order to make the design look fine but not enough wood left to hold the fire inside the bowl...Pipe is so beautifull need to have it fixed somehow to backfill the bowl from the inside...The briar on both pipes is great quality it never gets wet ...
thanks! That is an awesome pipe!
That's unfortunate about the burn out, I had something similar happen with a Nording where it wore out where they put in the rustication. If you catch it fast enough, maybe you can use some pup mud from cigar ash? If it's all the way through I know some people send them off and pipe smiths will take some briar plug and affix it somehow. Hope that works!
I love crosscut pipes. I have a blowfish with plateau remnants on the side of the bowl.
I have seven Jeppesen pipes, which I enjoy regularly. The dimply heat reaction mentioned above is noticeable on two of them, especially just below the chamber of my otherwise flawless coral-reef pipe. (I have also a sandblasted coral reef, on which the reaction is scarcely noticeable.) I was bothered enough that I tried hand-buffing, but to no avail. In any case, I suspect that the only way to prevent recurrence would be to shelve the pipe, or to smoke it only until the bowl felt warm to the touch.
My first Jeppeson has a bright-orange sandblast finish, and a big round bowl bearing a conspicuous dark gash on its front--and this on a new pipe! So why did I buy it? Rippling sideways across its very broad, sandblasted rim are deep, evenly-spaced concentric ridges. They captivated me. I bought the pipe.
I have several Savinellis and Nordings and none of them has flaws to compare either with the dimples or the gash. I have two Chacoms with striking smooth, glossy, unmarred finishes; and, in a higher price range, I would recommend pipes by Moretti and Cavicci. Great, careful attention to detail!
Jeppesen's esthetic has been aptly described as "geological," epitomized, I would say, by the coral reefs. It is this, not perfection, that makes us his fans.
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My first Jeppeson has a bright-orange sandblast finish, and a big round bowl bearing a conspicuous dark gash on its front--and this on a new pipe! So why did I buy it? Rippling sideways across its very broad, sandblasted rim are deep, evenly-spaced concentric ridges. They captivated me. I bought the pipe.
I have several Savinellis and Nordings and none of them has flaws to compare either with the dimples or the gash. I have two Chacoms with striking smooth, glossy, unmarred finishes; and, in a higher price range, I would recommend pipes by Moretti and Cavicci. Great, careful attention to detail!
Jeppesen's esthetic has been aptly described as "geological," epitomized, I would say, by the coral reefs. It is this, not perfection, that makes us his fans.
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Ive got a couple I like. They are under the Neerup mark which is less expensive. The quality is good and they smoke well. The ones I bought have bigger chambers than I typically smoke so they dont get used much. That is why one of them is on sale in the marketplace here. I cant speak for the high dollar versions but the Neerup line is usually a good bang for the buck.
I have 5 Neerups; 4 are “base models” classic line, cheapest he offers, and not one has had any issues with the finish, wood, stem, paint or smoking, and I smoke them a lot.
Another word on Jeppesen pipes: One of my seven cracked the very first time I smoked it. I did not return it, however, because it sports a unique broad, wrinkled-plateau rim that looks for all the world like a Martian landscape of windswept red dust, beautifully exemplifying Peder's "geological" esthetic. The cracks, on either side of the rim, have remained very thin; and with a few years of smoking, the rim has darkened so as to make the cracks nearly imperceptible. I'm glad I kept this remarkable piece!
So I assume you mean outside the bowl on the top rim?
I smoke hot and have cracked a number of bowls inside the chamber with a few small cracks, a Neerup, a Sav, this is pretty common, and has never effected smoking, plus like you the cake plugs them up. Wood with temperature can do this.
Altogether, I probably have about ten Jeppesen pipes.
They are fantastic pipes. Smoke very well, look great. I would not hesitate to buy another.
They are fantastic pipes. Smoke very well, look great. I would not hesitate to buy another.
The front half of the bowl split from the back, leaving thin but visible cracks inside the bowl that extend out across the rim, but not reaching all the way to the outside of the bowl. As you say, the cake pretty much takes care of the cracks in the chamber; and rim darkening obscures them where they cross the rim. Thanks!
I have two Neerup Rhodesians, which he doesn't seem to make anymore,; I haven't seen any at least, but the two I have smoke great, look good and pass a pipe cleaner easily.