Recent content by mtvernon

Just wait until you try a burger with PB&J. It’s so strange and delicious. Sort of like melted cheddar on pie. Seems wrong, but it’s so right.

Brother Mainer, I think I’ve bought about 8-10 Petersons this year, a record for me. Three in this month alone! They’ve just got to stop making beautiful pipes. Miss seeing you out on the old tenting grounds!

Welcome - I understand about the “state of mind” part. I’m like that as well. Pipe smoking is the result of having peace of mind, not the cause of it unfortunately. If I’m unsettled or need to get something done, I don’t feel like smoking.

On it!

Is there somewhere where I can find out the explanation for why the stem is so difficult to make? My layman‘s eyes are insufficient to understand it from what I’ve seen. Also, now that they’ve tackled that challenge, is it also a continued difficult process to continue producing, or was the R&D...

100% agreed. And if they don’t participate, they get left behind. Or something.

I’m on board with all of this. I haven’t historically been all that excited about Peterson special editions. They often seem gimmicky. This year, and I could be wrong, but it seems like they came out with a very limited, very special edition every couple of months. I don’t quite understand the...

Yeah…not a fan. There’s something about it that seems to really go against the spirit of the whole thing.

I think I pretty much agree with you. UPS is the most cumbersome company to deal with when it comes to shipping with their requirements for signatures on everything. FedEx and the post office, not to mention Amazon, all seem fairly straightforward and easy to deal with. In fact, I kind of prefer...

Not a problem per se, but they automatically shipped via UPS, which made me sign for the package in person - a pain in the neck that took three attempts. What can brown do for me? End this policy that only seems to exist with them.

I only realized after reading this that I missed the entire first page of this conversation. What a great amount of satisfaction you must have, realizing as you do that you truly championed this idea and that it actually came to fruition. That doesn’t happen too often, and we all thank you and...

Between you two and the sales numbers, I hope it’s an easy job.

I’m sort of happy that the one I liked the most (but not by much) was also the least expensive. It helps sell the whole idea to my wife much easier.

I didn’t know until I read it what role you had in this lovely resurrection. We all owe you a debt of gratitude. Just as a billiard seems to me to be the archetypal straight pipe, this has always been for me the same for bents. It’s so nice to have it back, and I hope the swiftness of the...

That’s…impressive. I love that even though these are factory pipes, you still can see the handmade aspects in the bend of the stems.