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FLDRD

Lifer
Oct 13, 2021
2,351
9,600
Arkansas
Fighting to get one of these left little (actually zero) time to evaluate; and one must rely on the judgement of the creators to produce a fine product...
Lost out on #13, thought I snagged #15, but per my order it looks like #14...
Not sure about the apparent blemish on the side of the 2nd picture but we'll see...
Also snagged a terracotta from another site that doesn't show individual pipes, so I hope that ones nice...

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gervais

gervais

Lifer
Sep 4, 2019
2,208
7,767
40
Ontario
FLDRD said:
Fighting to get one of these left little (actually zero) time to evaluate; and one must rely on the judgement of the creators to produce a fine product...
Lost out on #13, thought I snagged #15, but per my order it looks like #14...
Not sure about the apparent blemish on the side of the 2nd picture but we'll see...
Also snagged a terracotta from another site that doesn't show individual pipes, so I hope that ones nice...

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That's a solid Rua. I'd be very happy with that
 
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runscott

runscott

Lifer
Jun 3, 2020
1,294
2,842
Washington State
kcghost said:
I just can't abide a P-lip. For some reason it seems an abomination to me.
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I've never heard you mention that before - I thought you loved p-lips! :LOL:

My two arrived today. I LOVE THEM! But it's obvious that quality control is still an issue - one arrived with the 2024 POTY special 'Chat with the Smoker', while the other had the cheaper standard version. The Rua had tannish gunk in the stem opening, but I always clean the internals of these new stems - you never know what will be in them. I also clean out the chamber coating, but that's just personal preference.

Love the Rua's ring grain - Peterson has been good about consistently using great briar for the Ruas. Surprised that I like the ebony finish - I've owned matt black pipes before and didn't like the finish; however, Mark I has posted a few blogs recently about the ebony finish, and how its done...so I had to give it a shot.

The oddest thing was the difference in stem lengths, which clearly was not due to the bend. I don't mind, but it's odd.

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RL Bucktails

RL Bucktails

Starting to Get Obsessed
Apr 23, 2024
148
1,396
Pascack Valley
runscott said:
I've never heard you mention that before - I thought you loved p-lips! :LOL:

My two arrived today. I LOVE THEM! But it's obvious that quality control is still an issue - one arrived with the 2024 POTY special 'Chat with the Smoker', while the other had the cheaper standard version. The Rua had tannish gunk in the stem opening, but I always clean the internals of these new stems - you never know what will be in them. I also clean out the chamber coating, but that's just personal preference.

Love the Rua's ring grain - Peterson has been good about consistently using great briar for the Ruas. Surprised that I like the ebony finish - I've owned matt black pipes before and didn't like the finish; however, Mark I has posted a few blogs recently about the ebony finish, and how its done...so I had to give it a shot.

The oddest thing was the difference in stem lengths, which clearly was not due to the bend. I don't mind, but it's odd.

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That is odd.
 
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AroEnglish

AroEnglish

Rehabilitant
Jan 7, 2020
5,179
15,250
#62
runscott said:
I've never heard you mention that before - I thought you loved p-lips! :LOL:

My two arrived today. I LOVE THEM! But it's obvious that quality control is still an issue - one arrived with the 2024 POTY special 'Chat with the Smoker', while the other had the cheaper standard version. The Rua had tannish gunk in the stem opening, but I always clean the internals of these new stems - you never know what will be in them. I also clean out the chamber coating, but that's just personal preference.

Love the Rua's ring grain - Peterson has been good about consistently using great briar for the Ruas. Surprised that I like the ebony finish - I've owned matt black pipes before and didn't like the finish; however, Mark I has posted a few blogs recently about the ebony finish, and how its done...so I had to give it a shot.

The oddest thing was the difference in stem lengths, which clearly was not due to the bend. I don't mind, but it's odd.

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Yeah this shape looks pretty good in black.
 
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MBSD Pipes

MBSD Pipes

Lurker
May 18, 2023
23
91
Georgia, USA
www.mbsdpipes.com
BlueRidge said:
I"ve got a heritage coming from @MBSD Pipes. I have an shipping label for the silver cap but waiting on some more info before it goes away. Hopefully SP won't re-list it without confiming if it's a crack or just stain gone bad. anyway here's the heritage inbound, number 187


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Great choice! I love this year's POY. G Penzo has been on a roll recently with his designs.
 
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