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pitchfork

Lifer
May 25, 2012
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Wow, that's ugly. To be fair, Peterson has been making fill-ridden pipes since at least 1900. I've seen many antique Petersons with fills. What Peterson has going for it, though, is a unique aesthetic and really cool shapes. I'd return it in a heartbeat, though.

 

newbroom

Lifer
Jul 11, 2014
6,401
10,434
North Central Florida
It seems to me that 'perfect' briar is extremely rare and that there's pretty much always something that could cause the resultant pipe to be less than the producer's top grade.

Some artisans only find one or two in a year if they're lucky, from what I've read.

What seems to me to be quixotic, is that the fills are not blended better. They always seem to shout.

An artist should be able to do better. Even on smooths.

I've been reading and listening to the likes of Cooke, Case, Erck, and Eltang and what strikes me about these acknowledged masters is that they've put in thousands of hours dedicated to making the best pipes that they can, and that it takes a toll. Hell, time itself takes a toll, so, I guess they're doing what they want to do...those blasts by J.T. are laborious, time consuming and painstaking. He's got carpal tunnel syndrome in both wrists from all the hand work he's done over the years.

 

pylorns

Lifer
Aug 20, 2013
2,208
683
Austin, Texas
www.thepipetool.com
newbroom, I agree. If it had been done better, I wouldn't have even noticed or cared, its just glaringly obvious. If it was on the bottom of the pipe I prob would care less. The kicker is, there is no "exchange" because this is their limited edition - smokingpipes can't exchange it... they can only give me credit (or refund).

 

layinpipe

Lifer
Feb 28, 2014
1,025
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IMO concerning Peterson's, you pay for what you get. They are hit or miss for me and i have 2 that are fantastic smokers (one with many fills and one with a few) and one that smokes like shit and is drilled 1/4 inch above the bottom of the bowl (also has fills). That said, none of them were over ~$130 and were overall worth what i paid for them.
I would return that pipe though, as it is supposed to be a "limited edition" and I'm sure cost you accordingly. I'm sure they will happily oblige your request and send another one..which will probably have fill(s) in it as well, lol.

 

pylorns

Lifer
Aug 20, 2013
2,208
683
Austin, Texas
www.thepipetool.com
Looks like through a combination of smokingpipes and the peterson store they are going to take care of me:

FYiP9EJ.jpg


 

newbroom

Lifer
Jul 11, 2014
6,401
10,434
North Central Florida
pylorns, I would bet a lot of money (ha ha, there's an open concept) that your pipe could be "restored"...even before you smoke it for its first time.

I've seen too many miracles to think otherwise.

I know. You bought a limited edition anniversary special super duper company be proud pipe and by gawd it should not have a fill that looks like Cindy Crawford had her mole replaced with a huge zit, but.

THEN I saw the resolution was in progress. Well! Isn't THAT special?

 

darwin

Part of the Furniture Now
Apr 9, 2014
820
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I've seriously lucked out I suppose. I have three smooth Petes with not a hint of fill on any of them.

 

layinpipe

Lifer
Feb 28, 2014
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That is awesome news, James. If Glen is checking it himself i'm fairly certain you won't have to worry about any fills rearing their ugly head at you, lol. As others have said and i myself have echoed many many times, SPC has the best customer service out there, hands down, bar none. I have 100% confidence in them 100% of the time when ordering that everything will be as expected but if not, it will get fixed with no hassle.
Please post a pic(s) of the new pipe they send you when you get it.

 

pylorns

Lifer
Aug 20, 2013
2,208
683
Austin, Texas
www.thepipetool.com
There were some of you who mentioned that I should expect fills from Peterson.. sure, I have fills in some of my system standard pipes, but as you go up the price scale that diminishes. Now expectations have been set higher because of what the Peterson shop Manager Glenn said on the forums:

https://btheinternationalpetersonpipeclub.runboard.com/t2201,offset=20

I can guarantee all of you will receive flawless pieces of briar. I will also (At CopyPats suggestion) give a free Sherlock Holmes Tamper to each pre-order (One per person) as a further sweetener to the deal emoticon
Yeah. He said flawless. So can you blame me? Luckily Peterson and smokingpipes.com will resolve this. Albeit not without some teeth pulling.

 

pipefish

Can't Leave
Aug 25, 2013
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This thread had been very informative for me on two levels; first, I now know more about fills--they don't affect the smoking quality but aren't very pretty either. Second, I will make sure to put SmokingPipes on the top of my list the next time I shop for a pipe or pipe tobacco. That is some fantastic customer service on their part. Also impressed with Peterson's handling of this as well. SP also ships overseas which is an added bonus for us across the pond--wish others would do the same (yes, I'm looking at you, P&C). Glad to see everything worked out for you, Pylorns!

 

chalbach72

Starting to Get Obsessed
Nov 27, 2014
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I'm not a fan of people knocking every smooth Peterson. I have a Killarney 221 that, from what I can tell has no fills. Sorry to hear about your pipe, but I'm glad Peterson is willing to help with the issue!

 
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