Like many things pipe related, complete myth.
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In a pressure vessel @1200 psi... or boil the hell out of it for two days.
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Well, yeah. Definitely not from smoking it though.
This one is brand new and will be a pain to break in, will probably be worthless for Virginias. I was looking for a super cure for bitter new briar. First time I've run into one this bad from Peterson (I have several Rossi pipes this bitter, though). I'll use it for sweeter burley blends like the Sutliff copy of Edgeworth, see if it gets better over time. It'll also cut the sweetness of the blend. Suggestions welcome from anyone. Thanks!
Oh, I don't know about that. Obviously over time the materials will wear to some degree. However I probably wouldn't make fixtures and set up instrumentation to do extensive HALT and HASS testing to determine exactly when the gap would close. I guess the point I was trying to make was that the distance of the gap, and whatever future century it is the gap finally closes, is pretty much irrelevant in the grand scheme of things.Like many things pipe related, complete myth.
25. Closing the Gap: The Mythos of Peterson’s Space-Fitting System Stem (Revised)
I received a Peterson Centenary 4s (my beloved 309 Dutch Billiard shape) from Mike Glukler of Briar Blues this week. I’d thought about the pipe for a long time, even had it on hold for several mont…
Ah, but did Peterson start it, or pipe salesmen. It's a bit like original Dunhills having an ivory dot.?
I would imagine if the briar was not properly processed/cured there would be some residual plant resins/oils that are making it smoke bitter. Baking the stummel in an oven with the chamber filled with activated charcoal might reduce the bitterness by driving out the remaining resins/oils.
OK you win... I'm taking my beer and going home...
Do you know what oven temp would work for the charcoal?
Smoke it out. It's what some describe as breaking in and what some really despise about a new pipe.
I've been smoking pipes 40 years and never run into a new one as unpleasant as this, so I know what I'm in for. I don't want to waste good tobacco breaking it in that I won't be able to savor if there's an easier way. Or I'll just sell it. Bummer it's a Peterson, been very happy with them until now.
Scroll down to the activated charcoal treatment.
wooow ..congatulations...Post its photo here..
I remember a Mark Irwin blog comment that, though the Peterson house pipes are stamped hand made, they actually aren't. It was simply tradition to stamp them that way. if I recall correctly, no one seemed to remember why the tradition started.
I can see why @BROBS made his comment earlier re: the size of the gap. There’s a huge difference between the gap in my 2019 Pub and some of the newer examples shown in this thread.
terra cotta finish is beautiful in person....Hope you will enjoy it!!
my 2018 or 2019 House pipe got about the same gap..as soon I bought it they started showing up pipes with. lot bigger gap...No idea why they changed it...
