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Long smokes uncomfortable. What's a better pipe shape?
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<blockquote data-quote="Briar Spirit" data-source="post: 253110" data-attributes="member: 2669"><p>Until recently I used to have my favoured 'go to pipe' which was a Peterson 317 system pipe (my youngest daughter threw it and it split the bowl, a lamentable loss I must say for I no longer have a 'go-to' pipe).</p><p></p><p>Why was it such a favoured pipe for me you might wonder, well, it was a very light weight pipe and the curvature from the shank through the stem to the button was 'perfect' in every sense of the word. Like yourself I find clenching very uncomfortable and given time I find some facial muscles around the jawbone socket become uncomfortably painful, on occasion even cramping causing quite considerable discomfort. I learnt however that if I allowed the bottom of the button ridge to rest against the back of my lower teeth and the top of the stem to gently make contact with my upper teeth it sat perfectly without any clenching at all.</p><p></p><p>If you can budget for a more expensive pipe then that is fabulous, but in the price range the Peterson 317 system pipe is pretty damn hard to beat, I can fully recommend this pipe to you. Should you choose to purchase one and for some truly bizarre reason find you don't like it there are a huge amount of Peterson lovers abound, you will find no problems moving it on, but I doubt very much you will not be totally satisfied with this pipe.</p><p></p><p>Should you prefer a slightly larger bowl then the Peterson 312 System pipe might suit you better, should I find myself in a position to be able to replace my own 317 I will consider the 312 as I found the bowl on the 317 a little too small .</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Briar Spirit, post: 253110, member: 2669"] Until recently I used to have my favoured 'go to pipe' which was a Peterson 317 system pipe (my youngest daughter threw it and it split the bowl, a lamentable loss I must say for I no longer have a 'go-to' pipe). Why was it such a favoured pipe for me you might wonder, well, it was a very light weight pipe and the curvature from the shank through the stem to the button was 'perfect' in every sense of the word. Like yourself I find clenching very uncomfortable and given time I find some facial muscles around the jawbone socket become uncomfortably painful, on occasion even cramping causing quite considerable discomfort. I learnt however that if I allowed the bottom of the button ridge to rest against the back of my lower teeth and the top of the stem to gently make contact with my upper teeth it sat perfectly without any clenching at all. If you can budget for a more expensive pipe then that is fabulous, but in the price range the Peterson 317 system pipe is pretty damn hard to beat, I can fully recommend this pipe to you. Should you choose to purchase one and for some truly bizarre reason find you don't like it there are a huge amount of Peterson lovers abound, you will find no problems moving it on, but I doubt very much you will not be totally satisfied with this pipe. Should you prefer a slightly larger bowl then the Peterson 312 System pipe might suit you better, should I find myself in a position to be able to replace my own 317 I will consider the 312 as I found the bowl on the 317 a little too small . [/QUOTE]
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