I agree 100%.Third, but most importantly, smokability. Never had Peterson that smokes like a shit.
I currently have about 70 Petes in my collection and nary a bad smoker among them.
I agree 100%.Third, but most importantly, smokability. Never had Peterson that smokes like a shit.
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This my only Pete and I rank it in smoking quality with a Dr. Grabow. I love the look and the feel in my hand but only so-so in smoking quality.
Nice collection. I spot a Phoenix, an Atlantic and a Dracula. I really like my Phoenix and Atlantic. I don't own a Dracula yet.I was in the study cleaning so I decided to count. I had 59 Petersons in my office. I know for a fact I've got two in my truck and at least one upstairs. So, I've got 60ish Petes I suppose.
There's about 10 artisan pipes, a dozen or so MM cobs, 8 from my grandad and a dozen or so miscellaneous pipes laying around too.
Below are 95% of my Petes.
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I like my 9s’. If you’re 80 or older, or born after 1969 then you can find a hallmarked pipe for the proper year, hothead hallmark doesn’t necessarily correspond to the year of manufacture, it can be off by a few years.Just got my first, a deluxe 9s. I want to eventually find a birth year Pete.
I like that spigot Rhodesian ... thanks for the pic ...I have two spigots, a 6 and 999. Wouldn’t mind adding a couple more smaller billards 102, 104, 6 or 15s or 999/80s shapes
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Been a cob smoker mostly but trying to add briar in. KW, Grabow, Petes and Savs. Basics
I have more Petes than any other brand for precisely the reasons you’ve mentioned. A variety of classic shapes and most are an absolute “tank” of a pipe. Built to last, one has the feeling you could smoke the same pipe everyday for the rest of your life and it wouldn’t wear out. I have a couple in the Sherlock Holmes line that fit that description. The XL02 shape in all their lines that I’ve tried are particularly great smokers imho.I think I have a dozen or more Petes, and I've never had a problem with any of them. I like the heft and the assertive shapes. They're not the only brand I like, but I like them right well.
Far from an expert here, but I believe the current Peterson rustication is a direct influence and outcome from the Donegal rocky series mentioned.I don’t own any Peterson pipes. When I started smoking I looked at some and didn’t like the aesthetics. Many seemed heavy.
Because of this thread, I am reconsidering. One that draws me is the Lovat #53. I’m thinking of finding one in a very classic finish that could be never be mistaken for another brand. So maybe a Donegal Rocky rusticated fishtail.
But, It seems that rustication has changed over the years, and I don’t really like the current version. Is that true?
I’d take any advice or recommendation you have.
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I was in the study cleaning so I decided to count. I had 59 Petersons in my office. I know for a fact I've got two in my truck and at least one upstairs. So, I've got 60ish Petes I suppose.
There's about 10 artisan pipes, a dozen or so MM cobs, 8 from my grandad and a dozen or so miscellaneous pipes laying around too.
Below are 95% of my Petes.
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You smoke your son’s pipe? That’s like using someone else’s toothbrush.Now, to put little water on the fire. I have been smoking a pipe since about 1970.
Most have been "basket" pipes with an occasional higher grade. Recently , I lost a basket pipe marked "Baracinni" that I think I bought when in graduate school in the early eighties. It was one of the best smoking pipes I have ever known.
To get too Petersons. Bought my first one about ten years ago, and a second about. five years ago. The first one, a Sherlock Holmes: it was, and is the most consistently wet smoking pipe I have ever owned. I still smoke it occasionally, and it is still a wet pipe. My second Pete, a straight billiard also smoked wet. I gave it away. My son has a Peterson Bulldog that I have smoked several times with no problems. I am not a beginner by any means, but I doubt I will ever buy another Peterson pipe.
These days I trend toward Stanwell pipes and own about a dozen, from inexpensive to higher grade models. All have been fine smoking pipes. Given that I am 71 years old, my pipe buying days are numbered, but if I buy any more pipes I will begin my search with Stanwell or other brands, not Peterson.
I’ve chimed in on this subject on other threads recently, as the whole ‘when can you break your pipe down’ question is still very much a riddle to me, and the army mounts eliminate this element of confusion lol!I've come to really love their army mounts and more so their spigots. Nobody else does these types of pipes as well in that same mid-range factory pipe space.
Very interesting commentGiven that I am 71 years old, my pipe buying days are numbered, but if I buy any more pipes I will begin my search with Stanwell or other brands, not Peterson.
Yes, I probably have around 20 Stanwell pipes. Even split between Danish era and post. Exceptional pipes. Excellent fit, finish and drilling. Even the $20 brushed brown pipes that P&C was selling several years back.Very interesting comment
I have a fairly wide selection of pipes including some Petes which I love
But if I were to start afresh, I’d concentrate on Danish era Stanwells
As someone who has bought many estate pipes, I would disagree with that statement.You smoke your son’s pipe? That’s like using someone else’s toothbrush.