Got my rusticated one today.I think Peterson did a phenomenal job with this year's POTY. It's such a great shape. The tweed pipe sock is quite nice, too, though almost never use pipe socks. They even threw in a little silver polishing cloth.
Sorry to hear that. I've had stain bleed issues with two or three Petersons but it has been awhile. The rusticated with the reddish/pinkish stain was the culprit twice and some stain bleed on the outside of the bowl with one of my SPD Terracottas, but it was minor. Part of the issue I think was the water I was using in that instance to clean out the bowl coating was too hot. On the two rusticated, stain would transfer to my hand when the bowl warmed up, and some transfer from some stain inside the chamber when wiping out the coating and wet paper towel on the outside of the bowl, but in all instances it stabilized quickly and no continuing issues. I guess I wouldn't say the staining is to conceal the defect, with few exceptions all their pipes get stained in some fashion, but the pit/fill should have been caught before staining I would think. Hope you get a resolution.
The last three POY I bought were smooth, bled stain and revealed defects that were not visible before smoking. The only one I have which did not bleed has no defects.
Yeah, I hear ya. I bought over 80 Peterson over the last 10 years.
Not until either they don't respond to my last or they reply something as cavalier.
Have never had an issue with stain bleed, though have heard a number of folks complaining of some degree of it with the heritage finish with other pipe lines which i've never owned. I got the rusticated POTY primarily due to cost considerations. But, it is an advantage if one doesn't want to be surprised by a pit or fill suddenly becoming obvious.The last three POY I bought were smooth, bled stain and revealed defects that were not visible before smoking. The only one I have which did not bleed has no defects.
It's hard not to come to this conclusion, however much I don't want to.
Yeah, I hear ya. I bought over 80 Peterson over the last 10 years.
The stain bleeding issue is fairly recent. As for the defects, that's not recent at all. When I pointed this out on Peterson PIpe Notes, a POY 2021 Heritage with a price tag of $225 to have bleeding stain and fills, Mark Irwin told me it's not part of Peterson's ethos to avoid the fills, in other words as you say, it's 'normal' practice for the brand. However he did say the bleeding was not normal, which it isn't, of course.
Yet it stands to reason, as Russ Ouellette wrote once in an article for this forum, than any defects such as fills on a pipe exceeding $100 - 125 should not be. I agree with this.
Fills on a $240 is, simply put, disappointing.
These stain bleeding issues should not be happening. I know of no other companies that have this issue.
Yes, I know, it's all a work in progress. They sorted out a lot of issues at Peterson over the last few years for sure.
I sure hope Peterson will be able to resolve these issue in the near future.
If you intend to call someone 'silly', have the decency to quote the post you consider as such. So the person is aware of your opinion.
It seems like terracotta just slotted into the dark smooth slot for this release. Were the darks smooths know to have fills?
I meant that in last year’s release they had something called Dark Smooth which I think was above Heritage and Ebony. It seems like the Terracotta stain was made instead of the Dark Smooth.
