Okay, I admit I was at the pipe show, with a dental problem distracting me, such that I had to cut short my browsing, and curtail my spending in favor of dentistry. But on my way past the accessory table, I grabbed two packages for five bucks of pipe cleaners. Later I tumbled to the fact that these were tapered. Not only that, but the thin end seems to be slightly bent or burred, such that it does not feed easily into many bits that usually take pipe cleaners easily. I may just leave these with my local pipe shop for the smoking table in case anyone can use them, at the same time I go to buy some regular, non-tapered pipe cleaners. Just a heads up to notice this in selecting pipe cleaners and perhaps avoid the tapered ones. Does anyone use these with satisfaction? Maybe this is a bad lot. When I started with them, they worked, somewhat, but as times goes on, I've run into trouble with more different pipes. Don't want to be scratching up the airways or irritating myself after nice relaxing smokes. (Just to clarify, tapered pipe cleaners have one end that is thin and then gradually increases in fluffiness to the other end.)
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