What do You all Think of the Peterson Halloween Pipes?

[mikethompson]

Just cap important words in title, please, Mike.

Kind of surprised there wasn't already a thread, given the polarizing nature of both special holiday pipes and Peterson pipes in general.

Any fans? Detractors?

Personally I won't be adding one to the collection.

 

[Brendan]

Meh.

Re-badged Dracula’s.


But wait..

Its the first acrylic P lip stem apparently.



Maybe I’m not a fan of a Peterson.

 

[Latakia Dave]

Ordered a B42 this morning! I am a Peterson fan myself and I have a Dracula 221 pipe, but I am looking forward to this one with the P-lip stem.

 

[seanv]

If I didn't just pickup a 1975 Peterson Sterling Silver, I would have considered one. They are nice pipes. I have always liked the Dracula line and may prefer it to these, only because I have 3 system pipes already and that is probably enough.

 

[Casual]

I like a sprinkling of Peterson, but not a deluge.

 

[ray47]

Not a fan of P-Lip pipes, but otherwise their good looking pipes

 

[verporchting]

Meh.

 

[lawdawg]

They are okay.

As much as I like traditional English shapes. some of the Danish shapes are appealing as well, and Neerup's harvest moon pipes they made a few years ago were to my taste very cool seasonal autumn pipes. They're somewhat reminiscent of a pumpkin on a vine, and the Danish shapes lend a little more fantasy to the design. It's like a magic pumpkin pipe, perfect for a mild latakia blend in the fall.

Not that the Neerup harvest moon pipes are relevant to the issue, but I think of them every time fall / Halloween pipes come up, and kind of regret not getting one.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Why did no one post a pic.
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...and out of respect for our sponsor, I will not say anything else about these atrocities pipes.

 

[tschiraldi]

Just... yuck.

 

[lawdawg]

Just... yuck.

Yeah... I have to revise my "they are okay" opinion. I googled "Peterson Halloween pipes" and found some more understated designs that must be from a previous year.

 

[JOHN72]

They are beautiful pipes. I do not know the quality of them. But aesthetically very beautiful..............

 

[LotusEater]

Not my cup o teas and (as someone else said) they look like a rebranded Dracula to me.

 

[STP]

On the fence. Still debating their Christmas edition, and now this?

 

[wolflarsen]

?

 

[sablebrush52]

Honestly, I never think of them.

 

[ashdigger]

I just bought one. I like them.

If you don’t, I don’t give a shit.

 

[mso489]

I was kind of attracted to the Dracula series, but I also thought it was too much of a theme. I liked the color contrast but wanted something more classic. My solution was the BC Caprice 1304 rusticated bent billiard, with black stain, a silver-colored band, and a raspberry stem. It has all that contrast and pizzazz, with a little more sophistication and cool. I love my many Petes, but the French do have a way with design and colors.

 

[Chasing Embers]

After seeing the shoddy quality of their Christmas pipes, hard pass.

 

[kcghost]

I prefer Trevor Talbert's but that is at a different price point.