Too true. I’ve just put a hold on some of his classics that I want to re-read. I remember when I was a kid and late at nite I was awakened by uproarious laughter. I went downstairs to find my great old Dad reading “Roughing It.” What a great book. I still remember the bit about the Washoe Zephyr. Just lovely.
All this talk of Twain has got me re-reading The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, and like Twain I love my Petersons, IMHO their system pipes are the most ingenious pipe design, and you got to love their push in stems no fiddling around trying to untwist a tight stem without breaking it, just push it in and out doesn’t get any simplier than that.
how is that diffrent then other stems???
@bob: You clearly don’t own a Peterson System pipe or you won’t be asking that question. With a regular pipe you have to use two hands to remove the stem, one hand on the bowl and the other hand on the stem and then you twist and pull them apart. With a Peterson System pipe you can remove the stem with one hand in a split second!
@n9inchnails I’m confused too. Does that mean it just isn’t as tight of a fit? Or is it lubricated? I put a tiny dab of beeswax on stem where it goes into the pipe and I can get my stems out in a split second as well. However, when I took up pipe smoking I wasn’t aiming to do anything as fast as possible.
I suggest you go to Petersons website or better yet go to your local tobacconist and ask to see a Peterson System pipe, we’re drifting a little too far off topic here.