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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2021 19:32:03 GMT -5
Today's surprise pipe was really a surprise. I knew I was buying a Peterson 'Straight Grain'-stamped 80S, but it arrived unsmoked - perfectly clean bowl. I took off the stem and found a pure white bone chimney. Pipe is from the 1950's and looks like it just came off the shelf.
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Post by trailboss on Mar 11, 2021 20:47:29 GMT -5
Today's surprise pipe was really a surprise. I knew I was buying a Peterson 'Straight Grain'-stamped 80S, but it arrived unsmoked - perfectly clean bowl. I took off the stem and found a pure white bone chimney. Pipe is from the 1950's and looks like it just came off the shelf. That is nice when that happens. Someone from a long time back was thoughtful enough to be the responsible conservator for the Meercat estate! |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2021 23:11:24 GMT -5
Today's surprise pipe was really a surprise. I knew I was buying a Peterson 'Straight Grain'-stamped 80S, but it arrived unsmoked - perfectly clean bowl. I took off the stem and found a pure white bone chimney. Pipe is from the 1950's and looks like it just came off the shelf. That is nice when that happens. Someone from a long time back was thoughtful enough to be the responsible conservator for the Meercat estate! What I've found with ebay is that if a pipe is described as 'unsmoked', it usually was smoked and heavily sanded and polished by the seller. On the other hand, I've bought many old pipes described as 'good condition' that were unsmoked. I just contacted the seller of this one and asked him how a 1950's pipe could survive this long in perfect condition without a box, and he said that all of the pipes from that estate were unsmoked and perfect, and he has no idea how that happened. I won't be looking a gift horse in the mouth. I'm loading up my website in the next few weeks and will have a separate page for all my old unsmoked Petersons. It will basically be a Peterson 'esoteric' history and anomalies website (my friend Mark Irwin has Peterson history covered just fine!). I've got about 15 topics lined up already - it's just a matter of getting off my butt and getting to work. I started posting more here, as opposed to other places, hoping I might find a few people who are interested in history. So far, I think I already know all such people, but who knows? |
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Post by Ronv69 on Mar 11, 2021 23:14:31 GMT -5
That is nice when that happens. Someone from a long time back was thoughtful enough to be the responsible conservator for the Meercat estate! What I've found with ebay is that if a pipe is described as 'unsmoked', it usually was smoked and heavily sanded and polished by the seller. On the other hand, I've bought many old pipes described as 'good condition' that were unsmoked. I just contacted the seller of this one and asked him how a 1950's pipe could survive this long in perfect condition without a box, and he said that all of the pipes from that estate were unsmoked and perfect, and he has no idea how that happened. I won't be looking a gift horse in the mouth. I'm loading up my website in the next few weeks and will have a separate page for all my old unsmoked Petersons. It will basically be a Peterson 'esoteric' history and anomalies website (my friend Mark Irwin has Peterson history covered just fine!). I've got about 15 topics lined up already - it's just a matter of getting off my butt and getting to work. I started posting more here, as opposed to other places, hoping I might find a few people who are interested in history. So far, I think I already know all such people, but who knows? I have bought a bunch of clearly unsmoked pipes on eBay. Of course, I look at the pictures closely. I did get one that had been smoked a little, slight enough that someone not really familiar with pipes would notice. But it was enough of a bargain that I didn't care, especially after the plans I had for it. |
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2021 23:22:45 GMT -5
What I've found with ebay is that if a pipe is described as 'unsmoked', it usually was smoked and heavily sanded and polished by the seller. On the other hand, I've bought many old pipes described as 'good condition' that were unsmoked. I just contacted the seller of this one and asked him how a 1950's pipe could survive this long in perfect condition without a box, and he said that all of the pipes from that estate were unsmoked and perfect, and he has no idea how that happened. I won't be looking a gift horse in the mouth. I'm loading up my website in the next few weeks and will have a separate page for all my old unsmoked Petersons. It will basically be a Peterson 'esoteric' history and anomalies website (my friend Mark Irwin has Peterson history covered just fine!). I've got about 15 topics lined up already - it's just a matter of getting off my butt and getting to work. I started posting more here, as opposed to other places, hoping I might find a few people who are interested in history. So far, I think I already know all such people, but who knows? I have bought a bunch of clearly unsmoked pipes on eBay. Of course, I look at the pictures closely. I did get one that had been smoked a little, slight enough that someone not really familiar with pipes would notice. But it was enough of a bargain that I didn't care, especially after the plans I had for it. It's clear as night and day whether or not an old (pre-bowl treatment) Peterson is 'unsmoked' - there was a period in the '80s and '90s where you would find stain inside the bowl, but the older ones look like bare wood with lathe marks. Once a pipe has been smoked once, there's no going back - I've tried to clean out once-smoked pipes, and they still look smoked. Try it just for grins, next time you get a new pipe with a bare wood bowl. Smoke it once, then try to scrub out the bowl with an alcohol-soaked wad of paper towel. When I buy a valuable unsmoked pipe, I know up front it's 'collection only' and I'll never smoke it. If I don't think I can survive the temptation, I don't buy the pipe, no matter how good the deal is. But often after the pipe arrives it's still very tempting - I have a couple of ~1990 Peterson House Pipes that I'm dying to smoke. (The above is just stream-of-consciousness stuff - I could be wrong  |
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Post by trailboss on Mar 11, 2021 23:40:14 GMT -5
“I've got about 15 topics lined up already - it's just a matter of getting off my butt and getting to work.”
I am always interested in posts like that.
Get off your butt!
I was pleased to get a Boomemerang stemmed Pete. The draft hole on the 1940’s pipe make it a smokers dream, larger than the one on my 80’s system.
I have thought about contacting Laudisi to see if they would like to check it out to re-introduce.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2021 0:10:08 GMT -5
“I've got about 15 topics lined up already - it's just a matter of getting off my butt and getting to work.” I am always interested in posts like that. Get off your butt! I was pleased to get a Boomemerang stemmed Pete. The draft hole on the 1940’s pipe make it a smokers dream, larger than the one on my 80’s system. I have thought about contacting Laudisi to see if they would like to check it out to re-introduce. I'm a poster child for internet esoteric history. I had a website on pre-wwii Brunswick pool cue history, and another website dedicated entirely to T206 baseball card origins. And I've had even more esoteric ideas that I've mercifully not inflicted on anyone yet. I'm the guy who tells a horrible joke, but considers it a success because I laughed. |
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