PIPE CLEANER AS A FILTER !!

egyptian · Feb 27, 2014

Hi Pipesmagazine
i used to smoke unfiltered pipes, 6mm filtered pipes, 9mm filtered pipes

i was messing around and found this great filtering method..
i always preferred 9mm filter pipes because they offered the least moisture and tongue bite/burn, but the downside was that 9mm activated charcoal filters always restricted the draw ,decrease the flavor and make the pipe go out a lot during the smoke

.. i know that some of you may rush and say "it's your wrong technique that gives you bite" and "what the hell is a filter"
but try this one and you won't regret it
i fold astandard cotton pipe cleaner twice and put it in the tennon like so but not all the way in.. hust leave a 1 mm distance between the folded pipe cleaner and the draught hole..

it does a hell of a difference:

-no restriction of the draw

-no gurgle whatsoever

-no bits of tobacco/ash in your mouth

-no or 90% less tongue bite
let me know what you think
best regards

woodsroad · Feb 27, 2014

let me know what you think

I think that your photos didn't link.

egyptian · Feb 27, 2014

woodsroad · Feb 27, 2014

That's a curious idea. Have you tried it? How does it effect things?

olewaylon · Feb 27, 2014

Thats a curious idea. I just received a Stanwell with 9mm filter, and tossed it aside. Maybe Ill give it a try. seems like it may be effective on certain blends i like to smoke less dry.

fadingdaylight · Feb 27, 2014

Hmm, guess I'll bite. I will give this a try.

tanless1 · Feb 27, 2014

Smoke master pipes.....ive got a lunch sack full of them ready to be restored.

andrew · Feb 27, 2014

This sounds like the best thing since sliced bread. Charcoal filters do have a wierd taste it ads. I'll give this a go with my Peterson.

egyptian · Feb 27, 2014

Yes it does affect things... It absorbs like 90 % of the moisture without restricting the draw or robbing the flavor like charcoal does... Also this is a bit different than smokemasters... Sorry about the 1st pictures

evo03 · Feb 27, 2014

Thanks for posting. I normally use balsa filters in my 9mm pipes, but I'll give this a try.

anthonyrosenthal74 · Feb 27, 2014

I don't use filters, personally. But I can see how this would be good for a pipe that might have a gurgle issue. My issue is having to remove the stem after every smoke if you do this. You wouldn't just be able to run a pipe cleaner through after you smoke.

mso489 · Feb 28, 2014

Seems like it might work as well as rolled paper, balsa wood, or charcoal particles. I don't see any

reason it wouldn't. Filtering is a somewhat inexact concept in terms of what's being filtered in or out.

I might give it a try, though I don't use filters much in any case. If I feel smoked-out, I go to a milder

tobacco, smoke fewer bowls a week, or give the pipes a rest.

lurch76 · Feb 28, 2014

Smokemaster pipes used this system. Here is an ad for it on an old Dills Pipe Cleaner pack.

foggymountain · Feb 28, 2014

Ithink I don't want a filter. Good idea though.

peter70 · Feb 28, 2014

You know, what is funny, despite most pipe smokers dismissing filters, the pipe industry since ages has put high amounts of money and energy in the development of filter systems, condensation systems, stingers,.. Some are quite successful, so there must be a market for this kind of things.

northernneil · Feb 28, 2014

I have found filters to be useful when smoking outside in cold weather. Just the heat from the burning tobacco mixed the the cold ambient temperature is a recipe for extra condensation. That being said, 95% of the time I will not use a filted pipe.

woodsroad · Feb 28, 2014

the pipe industry since ages has put high amounts of money and energy in the development of filter systems, condensation systems, stingers

I'm thinking that they never spent much time or money on this, because they always seem more like a marketing gimmick than anything else. It doesn' take much R&D to make the tenon a little wider and have someone make some cheezy "filters" out of rolled up paper or charcoal. That seems to have been motivated more by the idea of being able to get pipe customers to buy more stuff.

andrew · Mar 1, 2014

Wow, I just tried it tonight on my 9mm peterson charcoal filter pipe, and had probably the best Va smoke of my life. I tried BBF by Gwaith Hoggart from a most generous sample from 4noggins.com, it was a nice dry smoke without sacrificing any of the flavor. You really have to bend the pipe cleaner as shown in the pics or the draw becomes too constricted. This is definitely an awesome old school trick.

shaintiques · Mar 1, 2014

I don't see how this would really filter the smoke but would be more of a sponge for juices. Falcon makes a ring that is basically made of a pipe cleaner that sits down in the well below the bowl for basically the same purpose, absorbing moisture. And the 9mm pipes have a very large space for the filter, so I don't see the pipe cleaner affecting the draw. Interesting idea thanks for sharing Egyptian.

12pups · Mar 2, 2014

i like these new Chinese pipes I got that have a bizarre stinger in them. Work wonders! My first instinct was to get rid of them, but I'm glad I tried them. They are removable, easy to clean, are slotted so the flow isn't restricted, attract crap to them, and make a cool, dry smoke even out of moist aromatics.
When the OP mentioned using folded over pipe cleaners, I thought, PERFECT! Maybe I can get my other pipes with filter chambers to smoke as well as these others.
Side note of agreement: I don't believe, either, that the pipe companies put all that much money into filter design because it works, but because it's an escape route if they are held responsible for respiratory diseases or whatever.
Sort of like table saw guards. It's the first thing woodworkers toss, but if you get hurt after tossing it, you're on your own.

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