Just got my first two pipes, a Cara X105 and a Sherlock Holmes Original
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Very nice choices. I dig the black Pete's. Enjoy.
My new 2021 St. Patrick’s Day Pete. It my first B10...
I resisted buying Petes for some years because of the criticisms of their quality control and other issues. I finally succumbed and these have come in the past few months :-
1st pic : Short 03; SH Lestrade; XL90
2nd pic: Short 80s: SH Squire; SH Hudson: X155
I have no complaints re: quality. The sandblasting on the Lestrade is phenomenal.
Some of the drilling is not centred and some won't pass a cleaner, but these factors are not game-breakers for me.
I'm more than happy with them.
1st pic : Short 03; SH Lestrade; XL90
2nd pic: Short 80s: SH Squire; SH Hudson: X155
I have no complaints re: quality. The sandblasting on the Lestrade is phenomenal.
Some of the drilling is not centred and some won't pass a cleaner, but these factors are not game-breakers for me.
I'm more than happy with them.
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The 1 and only Peterson I have...305. Some day there will be others....maybe another 305
One of my favorite shapes. Star Spangled Banner in the background?
Agree. I’m a fan of Peterson, and have several purchased over many years. It continues to baffle me that most of their draft holes are not centered and will not provide passage of a pipe cleaner unless dissembled, including the two recent ones I posted above (Cara XL90 & St. Patrick’s Days B10). This has not deterred me from the brand, and I will continue to buy them as they are great smoking pipes... BUT, it makes little sense that a company in business for over 150 years can’t master the drilling of the shank and the proper alignment of a draft hole. Conversely, I can pass a pipe cleaner through most of my Savinelli and Rossi pipes that are similar in shape and size?
I can only think that that drilling high in the mortise is a deliberate attempt to create a pseudo "well" as a moisture trap.
I have a Karl Erik brandy with the same drilling and I've been puzzling over this since getting that pipe.
Equally at home with my black leather top hat or a mohawk...IMOA very Irish shape !
I can see this hanging from the jaw is a leprechaun
This makes the third Peterson I've bought this year-a smooth dark stain SH professor,Peterson Sherlock Holmes Dark Smooth Professor Tobacco Pipe PLIP - https://www.tobaccopipes.com/peterson-sherlock-holmes-dark-smooth-professor-tobacco-pipe-plip/ I really hadn't planned to buy any more pipes, but every time they come up with more covid stimulus money, I get sucked back in again. I admit that, soon as I heard the bill passed, went to the site and hit the order button as I've long been attracted to the shape.
Very nice pipe @Greenmage, suits the beard! An impressive pairing.?
The Premiers come with the chimneys (or stingers, whatever you want to call them) too? It's a very nice pipe.
Damn straight. Gotta do your civic duty to keep the economy humming along.
Apparently... I didn't think that it would, but it's a nice addition.
New additions to my collection.
Three new Irish Made Armys (408, 120, 86), a Newgrange Spigot 606, and a Sherlock Holmes Dark Smooth Baker Street.
Three new Irish Made Armys (408, 120, 86), a Newgrange Spigot 606, and a Sherlock Holmes Dark Smooth Baker Street.
