The P-Lip: Love em or Hate em

[jayski]

I own 2 Petersons a bulldog "Aran" 150 and a Connemara 87s. They burn nice but I think they would be much better burners if they were not P-lips! I just dont like em. They for whatever reason love to make me produce way to much saliva and im always hitting them up with a cleaner half way through. thoughts and opinions on the P-lip stem?

 

[puffy]

I had one many years ago.I didn't like it so I had a regular stem put in the pipe.

 

[dread]

They don't bug me so much, though if given the choice I always choose a fishtail. There was a thread here (I think it was here) about modifying p-lips to remove them some time ago.

 

[drennan]

I'm not a fan, infact I had my only p-lip pipe restemmed. I found the p-lip prone to burning the roof of mouth as it direct the smoke upwards

 

[warren]

I love the "lip" for resting a pipe in the jaw as I work. Not really a clincher, the pipe rests between back molars with the jaw at rest. The "P-lip" works well for this style of smoking. For that matter, so do the rubber bits.

 

[davet]

Given a choice I always choose a P Lip, I find them comfortable ::

 

[mso489]

I have one P-Lip, a Pete Killarney Rhodesian 999, I'm smoking right now. I like it, but one is sufficient for my purposes.

 

[wyfbane]

I like P-Lips. One of my first 3 pipes was a P-lip. I have learned to smoke with one, so I find it perfectly comfortable.

 

[shaintiques]

Lots of guys hate them, but they are super easy to clench. I love them for hiking around outside. And if my tongue is a little raw for some reason I can give it a break.

 

[tschiraldi]

Hate 'em.

 

[mortonbriar]

What Warren said. They are amazing for the way they hold in mouth, and the little 317 I have curls up tight to the chin making it no more or less cumbersome than any other facial appendage...

 

[jpmcwjr]

P-lips are fine, but if you don't like 'em, change the stem.

 

[philobeddoe]

I find them very pleasant to smoke and like my Petes to have them if poss. and would buy more if they also came as an option on non-Petersons as well.

 

[jkrug]

I had the same Aran Bulldog that I didn't care for the p-lip stem. I had georged make me a replacement stem and now I love the pipe. I also have a Killarney shape 69 with a p-lip and on this pipe I quite like it. Just the way the pipe hangs on the bent stem I guess. ::

 

[jensen]

About 30-35 years ago I bought a straight Peterson de Luxe medium size billiard with a p-lip stem,my first.

I could not do with that stem so I had an ordinary made by a local pipemaker.

Now,many p-lip pipes later I regret that.

 

[voorhees]

Not a fan.

 

[curl]

I bought a p-lip stem for my corn cob pipes. I'm glad I did. It was a cheap way to try that type of stem. The test results are in: I hardly ever use it cause it doesn't clench well.
But this thread inspires me to try it again.

 

[bigpond]

I picked up a Pete Deluxe recently with a plip (my first) and find it to be extraordinarily comfortable. I was fully prepared to count the lip and the system as a gimmick but kept an open mind and was quite surprised. So, put me in the like camp.
From what I've seen, the plips on the deluxe pipes are cut differently from the other lines and are always thinner and often wider. I may not care for a plip on a standard, I don't really know.
I think plips belong on system pipes which give the saliva a place to go and eliminate the need for a pipe cleaner during smoking.

 

[ray47]

Here's the tally so far:
Likes: 8
Dislikes: 9
I've never smoked a P-Lip pipe so I don't have an opinion, but I thought you all would like a tally so far.

 

[ssjones]

Early on, I hated the P-lip on my lower end, acrylic stemmed pipes.
Then, I purchased a few pre-Republic era pipes with Vulcanite stems. Since then, I've added some higher end Petersons, all with vulcanite, P-lip stems.
I now love these stems, in fact I just got done smoking a new to me, 1974 Sterling Shape 69.
The P-lip is easy to clench of even mouth hold. I do use two-hands when lighting.
I fine the P-lip very kind to my mouth, when smoking multiple pipes at an event, club meeting, etc.
I'm starting to prefer them vs. the standard bit.
Choose the pipe carefully, and you will be rewarded.