What is the Most Classic Peterson Pipe?
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I’ll post a picture when it is done.
i wondered if i would not like the p-lip, too. then i tried it. no problem at all and i just may prefer it for a hanger/bent pipe, especially if a system. No longer concerned about trying it on a straight pipe if they pipe you want doesn't offer fishtail (are there any like that anymore?).
To me any of the calabash pipes. And I associate Peterson with the uniquely rusticated versions.
I haven't spent tons of time researching which Peterson models come with (at least option of) fishtail versus p-lip. I have several Peterson Shorts that I bought because I generally prefer smaller pipes and those only come in fishtails. A few of the larger and/or more expensive Petersons I've looked at from time to time always seem to be p-lips, and I don't recall seeing fishtail stems as an alternative ordering option for most of the pipes on Peterson's website. I could always get a replacement stem made for any pipe after-market, of course, but just doesn't seem worth the time and expense to do that for a brand new pipe (maybe for an estate pipe, though).
If the lining looks too thick I will knock it down smooth with some sandpaper and paper towels. I always moisten the inside of the bowl with a pipe cleaner tip dipped in dark rum and load it up 1/3 and smoke it to the bottom. Rinse & Repeat until I've built up cake in the heel and bottom 1/3 of the pipe. I never swab out the bowl until I've built up cake. The sugars in the rum will help cake stick, I've found this works best with VAs.
Deluxe Systems, Sherlock Series, House/Pub, and a few others are still only offered with P-Lip stems.
sherlock holmes pipes are available in fishtail
To me, 307 would be the quintessential shape.
Yeah, it looks like of the few FT Sherlock’s the majority are 9mm pipes. Seems the production is really low though.
On the 9mm I never use the filters when I had FT’s. But I’m not a huge fan of Peterson FT’s
Yeah, I have a few 9mm filter pipes but I don't use the filters either. I have a lot of fishtail Petes but none from the P-lip ranges.
Harder to find and SP EU a good source. I got a Lestrade in an Xmas Sherlock a year or two ago from them and have since sold it, it was a “whale tail”, lol - so technically a mammal tail, haha. Just too darn wide. The fishtail on the SPD 999 and the SPD B42 I got are just on the edge for me, the 68 is perfect, but once they are hanging the weird feeling goes right away. I don’t mind their fishtails on their slimmer shapes at all and have fishatails on all my shorts but not sure Plip is even an option on the shorts I have (all bent). Love the Plip, though.
my smoking shop has a couple of fishtail non 9mm filter,the stock comes and goes.
Maybe worth a look every so often,they do ship to the US but not tobacco
GQ has a couple
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P-Lip doesn't bother me, I was just interested seeing them. I just ordered a blasted Milverton from GQ two days ago.my smoking shop has a couple of fishtail non 9mm filter,the stock comes and goes.
Maybe worth a look every so often,they do ship to the US but not tobacco
GQ has a couple
GQ Tobaccos
GQ Tobaccos specialising in Artisan & Factory Tobacco Pipes, Boutique Tobaccos, Snuffs and other smokers accessories
christmas 21 sherlocks
Christmas 2021
Milverton is one heck of a pipe. It’s a very old-world aesthetic - to me. I want one some day.
I think the 999 is pretty quintessentially Peterson, but lately, if I see a sandblasted 408 with a big silver band on it, I think "that's what an Irish pipe looks like." Don't know why. I'm not very bright.