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    Any Experience with These Petersons ?

    I am contemplating getting another Pete System Spigot 314, but in rusticated finish (to add some variety and also save some cash). I assume the grains on the rusticated ones weren't anything special (hence the rustication decision) but otherwise, should I expect the same briar quality as as the...
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    Any Experience with These Petersons ?

    So far that hasn't happened to me yet, and I've smoked a few Orlik GS bowls on my Pete, but that may have to do with the fact that I've been smoking cigars long before I picked up pipe (and I prefer the cigar smoke to hit my pallet). And also that I dry the Orlik (and any other straight VAs)...
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    Any Experience with These Petersons ?

    I guess every one of us is different. Or rather I should say, everyone has a different teeth conformation. I am a clencher and I find the wide flat stems (e.g., Savinelli) far more challenging to clench than Pete's P-lip stem. Since my teeth are more in a "hill and a valley" shape, I can clench...
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    Any Experience with These Petersons ?

    Thanks for the suggestion Jef ! Beside Orlik GS, what other brands are in the Virginia Golden category ? I plan on getting a tin of Capstan Blue, GL Union Square and Peterson Flake to experiment with. So far I tried OGS, Escudo and CD Opening Night (which I think is a red VA that indeed smoked...
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    Any Experience with These Petersons ?

    Here she is:
  6. R

    Any Experience with These Petersons ?

    Sure. Will snap one tomorrow in daylight.
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    Any Experience with These Petersons ?

    I thought I should post an update: received the Pete the other day and boy, she is the nicest pipe in my tinny collection (all under $200). Really like the way it feels in my hand and the weight is just right for me. Haven't had any problems with cleaning and I can pass a cleaner through the...
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    Jim's Sutliff The Old Boss 175th Anniversary Review.

    Since I have a sweet tooth (or maybe a couple), I guess this blend is not for me then.
  9. R

    Any Experience with These Petersons ?

    Understood 😄 ! Cheers !
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    Any Experience with These Petersons ?

    Have placed an order for a 314 ! Should arrive towards the end of the week. Some pipers claimed on other threads that System Spigot pipes are a whole day, every day pipe. Realistically, how many bowls can it take in a day without getting sour ? And if you smoke several bowls in a day, does it...
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    Any Experience with These Petersons ?

    Many thanks to all who replied - have read all posts. I'll get either a 312, or a 314 System Spigot - have yet to decide which one. The 312 has a nicer grain and stain, and slightly larger bowl, but is 0.5oz heavier. The 314 is lighter and has a slightly fatter/bulkier bowl shape which I like...
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    Any Experience with These Petersons ?

    My fist pipe was a MM Country Gentleman cob, and since I didn't know any better, I bought the MM 150 Anniversary as my first tobacco to smoke with it. An Aromatic and very wet out of the tin. You can imagine how my very first pipe smoke went :LOL: : it bit me horrendously. The only Aromatic I...
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    Any Experience with These Petersons ?

    I was not as brave as you were ha, ha :) - 4 cigars a day was usually my max (but they were typically toro or gordo vitolas, save for winter time when it was too cold for a 2-hours smoke, and had to settle for robustos). Just like yourself, I am down to one, maybe two a day, since I picked up...
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    Any Experience with These Petersons ?

    This is where I admit I still have a problem ... ;) I am a noob at pipe smoking, with a tinny 8 pipe collection, but I've been smoking cigars for years (I still do, and have a sizeable stock in my humi, although a lot less now as often I reach out for a pipe instead of a cigar). I like and...
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    Any Experience with These Petersons ?

    Noted ! Cheers !
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