Peterson’s Chamber Coating - What A Mess!

[beefeater33]

All new Petersons suck...............
If you want a good Pete, buy one that is pre-republic, old school, good pipes...........

 

[irishearl]

All new Petersons suck...............
If you want a good Pete, buy one that is pre-republic, old school, good pipes...........

I have Petes that span the spectrum from the 20's to the 70's to the 90's to the 2000's to the 20(teens). Absolutely no difference in quality. It's a myth that older is better.

 

[PipeIT]

Sykes Wilford, whose company bought Peterson's, a while ago, is often a thoughtful contributor to the forum.

What SmokingPipes bought Peterson? ?

 

[PipeIT]

@beefeater33 my Newgrange Spigot (124) Fishtail turned out to be a great smoker, once I cleaned the coating out and sanded the chamber clean.
Hopefully Peterson will turn things around, considering their rich history they’ve contributed.

I don’t know if you’re aware, maybe many here aren’t, but Peterson told me in an email, that they are moving in a new direction now, to start offering some really nice blast finishes, so this will be interesting to see moving forward.

My pipe they told me is the new blast styles they are now working on.

The blast on this pipe is absolutely insane.

Here’s some pics again of the pipe, for those that might not of seen it before.






Here’s some closeups of the blast.

 

[North Pole piper]

In regards to my new Peterson I posted here;

My New Peterson ?? :: Pipe Talk

Just bought a Bay Denmark I posted, I received last week, opened today, and I wasn’t expecting also my Pete today, when it rains it pours, oh I feel like a kid in a candy store. LOL ? ? ? The SPC Newsletter that came last week, showing the new Newgrange Spigots that came in stock, when I saw...

pipesmagazine.com

The chamber coating for me turned out to be a mess the first time I smoked it. It greatly effected/altered the profile of C&D Carolina Red Flake as my first bowl, turned it more into a regular Virginia VaPer, that was extremely spicy, not at all like Red Flake tastes, also with odd background notes, which came from the chamber coating, like some floral charcoal.

I should of never tried smoking with this coating, because if the taste wasn’t bad enough, it turned everything, ash and some un burned leaf attached to the chamber like a glue, and it couldn’t simply be wiped out with a paper towel.

Not even the pick of my Czech tool could dig this mess out.

So after smoking, which ended up at 12am, I wasn’t about to leave this cement in my chamber any longer then I had to.

So I went at it for about 30 minutes with q-tips, paper towels with some 80 proof vodka.

I also let some vodka sit in the chamber for a few minutes, but when I tried to carefully dump it out a little got on the top of the finish, and the exterior of the bowl. So as a brave lad, remembering the words of @jpmcwjr talking the other day about water flushing, I dove right in cranked up the faucet pretty warm and started rinsing the outside and flushing the chamber.

Well it ends up, SPC tells me they’ve heard a lot of issues with these coatings, that Peterson is looking into doing something different.

Here’s my cleaned out chamber now, back to the drawing board, or is that the smoking board! LOL ?

I hope none of you find yourself in pipe madness in the wee hours of the morning.


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That exact same thing happened to me when I lit my first bowl in a Peterson Rua last year. I smoked an English blend in it and when I was done, it was like it was coated in black sticky tar. Like you I scraped it out and removed the coating. But WTF kind of bowl coating is Peterson using?

 

[PipeIT]

That exact same thing happened to me when I lit my first bowl in a Peterson Rua last year. I smoked an English blend in it and when I was done, it was like it was coated in black sticky tar. Like you I scraped it out and removed the coating. But WTF kind of bowl coating is Peterson using?

They told me last year that in all their pipes that have black bowls, this coating is a wax mixture of gum arabic, charcoal and water.

 

[North Pole piper]

They told me last year that in all their pipes that have black bowls, this coating is a wax mixture of gum arabic, charcoal and water.

Gum is right for sure, lol. I bought a couple of the Peterson Sherlock pipes for Christmas and the first thing I did was wash out the bowls. Nice wood underneath too, not even sure why they needed a bowl coating.

 

[craig61a]

What SmokingPipes bought Peterson? ?

Yeah, like 4 years ago...

 

[craig61a]

I don't have an issue with the bowl coating. It does end up rough after the first few bowls, but it burns smooth after several bowls.

I've had issues with inconsistent drilling, fit and finish, and the aesthetic quality of the briar lately.

And they seem to either rusticate, sandblast and stain everything dark.

As an example, flame grain spigots... how the hell do I know it's a flame grain when the stain is so dark you can't even see any flame grain.


I won't buy them anymore... Certainly not unless I can see it in person.

 

[lvacgar]

I purchased a 2021 Christmas pipe. The bowl coating looked a mess. I sanded it out, except for a tiny bit about the draft hole.

 

[lvacgar]

I purchased a 2021 Christmas pipe. The bowl coating looked a mess. I sanded it out, except for a tiny bit about the draft hole.

 

[Jimmy_Jack]

Yeah bare bowl is the way to go. I think so anyway.

 

[warren]

I won't buy them anymore... Certainly not unless I can see it in person.

I've never purchased a pipe I didn't fondle and inspect. Never would.

Buys, if you don't like the pipes for some reason, don't purchase them! Peterson satisfies an awful lot of pipe smokers.

 

[PipeIT]

Yeah, like 4 years ago...

Hmm, well they have an EU location in Ireland. Is the ownership under the Irish flag or American?

Americans owning Peterson, just comes across to weird for me.

 

[HawkeyeLinus]

Hmm, well they have an EU location in Ireland. Is the ownership under the Irish flag or American?

Americans owning Peterson, just comes across to weird for me.

Here's what was said about how it would work when it happened.

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