I cant seem to get my peterson aran or donegal rocky to smoke cool!! both are at about the 20 smoke point which is where i have considered most of my pipes broken in. i smoke mostly english high latakia blends so its not reallluy a matter of smoking to fast or burning loads of sugar. any help would be great!!
Petersons smokes hot anyone?
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I have had some Peterson pipes take a bit longer to break in than I thought they should. After a bit though there was no problem.
My Pete's don't usually get too hot, but I never smoke English/Latakia blends. Just Virginia/Burley aromatics and a few with a bit of Cavendish added in. My Aran 268 did take a little while longer to break in than my 05 and B5 Arans did.
never had a problem with mine, but then again, I smoke mostly Penzance which is one of the coolest smokes known to man. :worship:
I smoke a lot of english blends as well in my Pete's, and agree with Arthur, they just take a little longer to break in than usual.
I'm an English smoker. All my pipes get hot. My boyz just take the heat because I don't take complaints. My pipes were made for smok'in and that's what they do for me. In return they get a brandy swab via pipe cleaner and the honor and opportunity to chill on my pipe rack. They feel my love.
I gave a friend an unsmoked Peterson bulldog with a military bit and it had nice thick walls, a great looking pipe. A Christmas present about 15 years ago. He later told me it was the toughest Peterson he ever had tried to break in for a good cool smoke. After about 20 or 25 bowls he finally remedied the situation by filling the bowl about 3/4 full and at 50 miles per hour held the pipe outside his truck window til the tobacco was about gone and the bowl probably cherry red. After that he said it smoked like a dream. True story.
Doc
Doc
That's awesome Doc, sounds like something I'd do if I were at my wits end with the pipe.
I only own two Petes so, I can't share any sage advice other than the advice given is sound to me, according to other pipes I have. Even after a restoration, it can take a few bowls before a pipe shows its true self.
I only own two Petes so, I can't share any sage advice other than the advice given is sound to me, according to other pipes I have. Even after a restoration, it can take a few bowls before a pipe shows its true self.
I've got over 100 Petes (I'm afraid to count 'em, SWMBO might figger out how many I've really got). I smoke Byzantium, Yale Mixture, Bayou Night, and Star Of The East almost exclusively. I've not found Petes any harder to break in than other brands over the past 50 years. On a new pipe I just start out with 1/2 of a bowlfull for the first two or three loads and then go to a full bowl. I do find that the lacquer finishes (especially the smooth Kinsales!!!!) do burn consistently hotter and are harder to break in (not so with rusticated Kinsales). I also discovered long ago that for me aromatic blends burn hotter than non-aromatics, regardless of the pipe brand.
For years, I've used a mix of honey disolved in Everclear as a bowl wipe/dressing (INSIDE THE TOBACCO CHAMBER ONLY, OK?) before the first smoke, and then following the next 3 or 4 bowlfuls. I dissolve the honey in the Everclear at a ratio of about 2 tablespoons of pure (no syrup/sugar added) honey to 750 ml of Everclear. When you have about 1/2 tateaspoon of honey in the bottle that won't dissolve the mix is right. Bear in mind that: a. this stuff is 95 per cent pure ETOH and will damage the exterior bowl finish; b. it is highly volatile and evaporates quickly so keep the bottle tightly closed when not in use; and c. IT IS HIGHLY FLAMMABLE!!! no open flames while mixing, or applying, and don't try to smoke the pipe for at least four hours after the ETOH has completely evaporated (you ambulance chasers can go back to sleep now, LOL!). To use: a. remove the stem; b. insert a wide pipe cleaner in the air hole; c. pour about 5 drops of the mix inside the bowl; d. swab the air hole (not the mortise; and (finally) e. use the pipe cleaner to spread the mix all around the tobacco chamber. The objective is to wet the entire tobacco chamber. I've never heard of anyone else using this method, but I'm sure that I'm not the only guy who has figured it out. By-the-bye, this works better than the salt and ETOH (aka: the Doctor's Method?)on pipes that have silver mounts and have become fouled with tar/gunk. In my experience the salt seems to vastly enhance silver oxidation. Oh, yeah, If no one else has ever used the honey/Everclear system I hereby claim it under the title of 10piper's method- can I patent it? LMAO!!!! Hope the above ramblings may help.....
For years, I've used a mix of honey disolved in Everclear as a bowl wipe/dressing (INSIDE THE TOBACCO CHAMBER ONLY, OK?) before the first smoke, and then following the next 3 or 4 bowlfuls. I dissolve the honey in the Everclear at a ratio of about 2 tablespoons of pure (no syrup/sugar added) honey to 750 ml of Everclear. When you have about 1/2 tateaspoon of honey in the bottle that won't dissolve the mix is right. Bear in mind that: a. this stuff is 95 per cent pure ETOH and will damage the exterior bowl finish; b. it is highly volatile and evaporates quickly so keep the bottle tightly closed when not in use; and c. IT IS HIGHLY FLAMMABLE!!! no open flames while mixing, or applying, and don't try to smoke the pipe for at least four hours after the ETOH has completely evaporated (you ambulance chasers can go back to sleep now, LOL!). To use: a. remove the stem; b. insert a wide pipe cleaner in the air hole; c. pour about 5 drops of the mix inside the bowl; d. swab the air hole (not the mortise; and (finally) e. use the pipe cleaner to spread the mix all around the tobacco chamber. The objective is to wet the entire tobacco chamber. I've never heard of anyone else using this method, but I'm sure that I'm not the only guy who has figured it out. By-the-bye, this works better than the salt and ETOH (aka: the Doctor's Method?)on pipes that have silver mounts and have become fouled with tar/gunk. In my experience the salt seems to vastly enhance silver oxidation. Oh, yeah, If no one else has ever used the honey/Everclear system I hereby claim it under the title of 10piper's method- can I patent it? LMAO!!!! Hope the above ramblings may help.....
I have already had to return my Christmas 2010 Pete because of the coating bubbling due to heat. Once I received a new one I have only smoked Penzance out of it and have zero issue. When I was talking to smokingpipes they said that a few others have had that issue and swapped it out no issues. I hope next years model is coated different the finish they used this year seems to be problematic.
So I guess the answer to heat issues is a yes.
So I guess the answer to heat issues is a yes.
I have also had a few Petes take longer than normal to break in. Keep after them, they will break in eventually.
One thing not mentioned here yet, I don't think, is that Peterson will dip the pipe bowl into the stain thereby coating the bowl interior with stain. if I buy a Pete with a stained bowl interior I always sand away that finish inside. This is definitely going to make the first and subsequent smokes better tasting and possibly cooler.
Doc
Doc
Doc. They claim to have gotten away form dip staining now. So in future that shouldn't be a problem.
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