Peterson Silver Spigots Update?

[Ebarber]

Edited title to include capitals. Rule 9.

So apparently Peterson spigots are now sporting a newly sized/ very small stem. I'll keep this one but I'm not very happy about it. I don't think I'll be buying any more of them. It just looks funny to me. What say you?

 

[AroEnglish]

I was going to say that I think it’s just the Barley line but it’s the same on the terracotta line:

https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/peterson/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=598573

It seems like some lines are getting the skinny spigot exclusively (barley, terracotta) while others are staying the same:

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I agree that it looks odd on such a beefy shape. I think it works for shapes like the 127, 701, 65, etc. but doesn’t match the 80s or the other beefy shapes:

 

[ssjones]

I agree, that weird thing at the opposite end of the silver work looks out of place on a Peterson

 

[Sigmund]

The proportions are not great. I concur. It makes the pipes look really front heavy.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I have a Ferndown spigot that is also front heavy. I really like the look. To me, with a collection of spigots that I've bought and some I've made, if the stem were beefy, it would look weird to my eye. The stems are reinforced with silver, so there's no need to have a heavy looking stem.

All of those bulldog spigots in the OP's post look perfect to me. I guess it's a matter of aesthetics. To m e they look great, but to someone who is attracted to Peterson's fat leg look, they don't. Ehhh,. maybe this line of pipes is designed to bring folks like me to their table. If you don't like them, don't buy them. I already have two of their spigots.... and keep in mind that I am repulsed by the fatter stockier looking Petes, and would never own one of them. So... at least they make something that attracts the rest of us.

Smoke what you like, like what you smoke, right?

 

[bluegrassbrian]

Think it's pipe/sub-line dependent. Could even depend on specific shapes too..
This is a new Newgrange Spigot..

 

[mingc]

So apparently Peterson spigots are now sporting a newly sized/ very small stem. I'll keep this one but I'm not very happy about it. I don't think I'll be buying any more of them. It just looks funny to me. What say you?
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I was going to say that I think it’s just the Barley line but it’s the same on the terracotta line:

https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/peterson/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=598573

It seems like some lines are getting the skinny spigot exclusively (barley, terracotta) while others are staying the same:

New Tobacco Pipes: Peterson Red Spigot (80s) Fishtail || Smokingpipes.eu

Smokingpipes.eu is your one stop shop for Peterson Red Spigot (80s) Fishtail Tobacco Pipes and all your tobacco smoking needs. From new and used tobacco pipes to tobacco pipe accessories, we have everything you need.

www.smokingpipes.eu

New Tobacco Pipes: Peterson Newgrange Spigot (80s) Fishtail || Smokingpipes.eu

Smokingpipes.eu is your one stop shop for Peterson Newgrange Spigot (80s) Fishtail Tobacco Pipes and all your tobacco smoking needs. From new and used tobacco pipes to tobacco pipe accessories, we have everything you need.

www.smokingpipes.eu

New Tobacco Pipes: Peterson Ebony Spigot (80s) Fishtail || Smokingpipes.eu

Smokingpipes.eu is your one stop shop for Peterson Ebony Spigot (80s) Fishtail Tobacco Pipes and all your tobacco smoking needs. From new and used tobacco pipes to tobacco pipe accessories, we have everything you need.

www.smokingpipes.eu

I agree that it looks odd on such a beefy shape. I think it works for shapes like the 127, 701, 65, etc. but doesn’t match the 80s or the other beefy shapes:

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Could the difference be that the fat ones are all acrylic and perhaps older model vulcanite, while the thin ones are all new vulcanite?

 

[AroEnglish]

Maybe @swilford or @shaneireland can chime in on this.

 

[kcghost]

It doesn't look an improvement to me, but what do I know.

 

[sablebrush52]

I was going to say that I think it’s just the Barley line but it’s the same on the terracotta line:

https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/peterson/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=598573

It seems like some lines are getting the skinny spigot exclusively (barley, terracotta) while others are staying the same:

New Tobacco Pipes: Peterson Red Spigot (80s) Fishtail || Smokingpipes.eu

Smokingpipes.eu is your one stop shop for Peterson Red Spigot (80s) Fishtail Tobacco Pipes and all your tobacco smoking needs. From new and used tobacco pipes to tobacco pipe accessories, we have everything you need.

www.smokingpipes.eu

New Tobacco Pipes: Peterson Newgrange Spigot (80s) Fishtail || Smokingpipes.eu

Smokingpipes.eu is your one stop shop for Peterson Newgrange Spigot (80s) Fishtail Tobacco Pipes and all your tobacco smoking needs. From new and used tobacco pipes to tobacco pipe accessories, we have everything you need.

www.smokingpipes.eu

New Tobacco Pipes: Peterson Ebony Spigot (80s) Fishtail || Smokingpipes.eu

Smokingpipes.eu is your one stop shop for Peterson Ebony Spigot (80s) Fishtail Tobacco Pipes and all your tobacco smoking needs. From new and used tobacco pipes to tobacco pipe accessories, we have everything you need.

www.smokingpipes.eu

I agree that it looks odd on such a beefy shape. I think it works for shapes like the 127, 701, 65, etc. but doesn’t match the 80s or the other beefy shapes:

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You're right. That's not good design. It looks like a thalidomide pipe.

 

[burleybreath]

I just barely like the fat ones; the skinny ones look downright odd. (YMMV, other disclaimers, et cetera, mea culpa, and the usual stuff.)

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Remember these? I don't think the examples posted by the OP are nearly as bad as these.

 

[mingc]

You're right. That's not good design. It looks like a thalidomide pipe.

That's a really sad analogy.

 

[Sigmund]

Those look like someone was missing a pipe stem and went through a box and found one that fit!

 

[AroEnglish]

Remember these? I don't think the examples posted by the OP are nearly as bad as these.
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I think what the OP is saying are the stems are great when they’re fat (like the majority of the ones in his photos) but the new Barley (light finish one) has a skinny stem which looks bad.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Ebarber's picture... So, the one on the bottom looks terrible to everyone? Just to make sure I understand.

 

[anotherbob]

I agree, that weird thing at the opposite end of the silver work looks out of place on a Peterson

you mean the pipe smoker? Yeah what an oddball

 

[deleon]

Doesn't look balanced.... Almost as if someone put two extra pieces together that were just laying around....

 

[OzPiper]

Doesn't look balanced.... Almost as if someone put two extra pieces together that were just laying around....

That’s what they did with those amber stems someone found sitting in a drawer somewhere

 

[dunnyboy]

Both stems look fine to me but I prefer the smaller diameter mortise of the new version (the one on the left in Ebarber's second photo). With less of the shank drilled out, it just seems more robust and secure.