Worst Peterson sandblast ever

[Richard Burley]

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[Kyle Weiss]

ale: :no:

 

[Briar Spirit]

Odd there is no shot of the nomenclature!!!!

 

[RealtorFrank]

Someone at the factory must have gotten lazy that day.

 

[George Kaplan]

Eeww! :silent: I think that's from their failed Corned Beef line.

 

[greasemunki85]

thats a monday or friday pipe..
...meaning..we have a sayin in the auto industry...its a mon or fri' car... most of the early 90 models Lumina vans are prime example of mon. or fri car.

 

[lowflyingpenguin]

WTF!!!!

It looks like somebody tried to rusticated this on their own with a wire brush on a dremel or something! AFAIK, they sandblast the briar to rusticate a bowl.

 

[flytyer]

Yea that looks like a major do it yourself fail.

 

[SPUD 15]

I do not think it came from Peterson like that. No way. MIKE

 

[lowflyingpenguin]

I do not think it came from Peterson like that. No way. MIKE

Roger that brother.

 

[WarmGlow63]

Looks like the sandblaster was running a little low on sand..

 

[Puff Daddy]

Fell in the garbage disposal.

 

[kingcobradude]

definately an aftermarket job.

 

[Harlock999]

I keep looking at it, and...
I don't know, I don't think it's a sandblast.
Rather, just a FUNKY piece of briar...
Maybe?

 

[Briar Spirit]

I keep looking at it, and...
I don't know, I don't think it's a sandblast.
Rather, just a FUNKY piece of briar...
Maybe?

Some Parker pipes with that horrid black coating have a very similar surface, when it is extreme it actually looks pretty cool,

(This is an extreme version in the Parker pipes)

(when the black is removed you are left with a very extreme rugged look which seems quite natural!)

but I cannot for one moment imagine Peterson letting this goes out the door, stranger things have happened though.

 

[i.keenum]

I like it a lot. See straight grain and it's resistant to scratch. Funky and kinda cool.

 

[dshpipes]

Peterson tumble blasts, right? This looks like a pipe that stayed buried in the mass of pipes being blasted and only got hit once or twice by the blasting media. Quality control should've put the stummel back in for another pass. Oh well!

Could also mean very dense briar that just wouldn't take a blast at all in a tumble blast setting. ::shrug::

 

[Anonymous]

Somebody took sandpaper to it, I expect.

Barling came out with a finish similar to that on their budget "Challenger" line back in the '70s. Smoothed after blasting.

FWIW

:face:

 

[monbla256]

Somebody took sandpaper to it, I expect.

Barling came out with a finish similar to that on their budget "Challenger" line back in the '70s. Smoothed after blasting.

FWIW

:face:

I'd have to agree as I can't ever recall seeing THAT sort of blast/finish on a Pete that came straight from the factory. Looks like someone altered it to suit their likes. Should'nt effect it's smoking, just how it looks

 

[Richard Burley]

The more I look at it, the more I think it may have begun life as an ordinary smooth Peterson, then through an unfortunate circumstance passed through the digestive system of an animal, perhaps a large ruminant like a bison or camel. In which case the taste of the smoke might be a bit earthy. Or extra mellow--who knows?