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[thesandpiper]

Jason this is what the official Peterson take is on spigots:-

"The Peterson Spigot is characterised by a sterling silver covering on the tapered end of the mouthpiece which compliments the sterling silver band of the pipe. The Spigot style evolved from the practice of soldiers in earlier centuries who repaired broken pipes by sliding a used cartridge case over the shank and reinserting the mouthpiece. In this unique spigot finished pipe, Peterson craftsmanship perfect the union of finest quality briar and precious metals. The silver or gold is spun to shape and then fitted to the pipe".

The spigot allows the pipe to be taken apart while still hot and stored away quickly,there is little if any problems with expansion.

Rather than being useful to me on the battlefield,my take is purely its aesthetic appeal.
I hope you continue to ask newbie questions!

Regards

Jim

 

[chuckw]

It still is a secret Jim. They don't know what I/we do. ha haha ha hahaha!

 

[lordnoble]

Cool! Thanks sandpiper! That is very cool that you can take it apart while hot. I ruined a Yello Bole (I know. I'm not upset by it either) by doing just that. Now the tenon slides around in the mortise and since it's a metal tenon with a stinger and brylon, not actual wood, I doubt even beeswax could fix it. Again, I'm not upset. It was my first pipe, and I have much better pipes now (not anywhere close to your beauty, but good smokers nonetheless).
-Jason