What is the purpose of these? What do they actually do??
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They are for weed pipes.
The idea is that it filters out 'bits' from the stem.
The idea is that it filters out 'bits' from the stem.
Just found this on James Fox Website
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For over a hundred years this clever little wire basket has enhanced the experience of pipe smokers. The design, first registered on 30th November 1910, is still hand-made to the original specification at Sharrow Mills, Sheffield.
Designed to combat the build-up of soggy waste in your pipe bowl, they can ultimately help to improve the taste of your tobacco. By keeping the tobacco in the pipe away from any moisture, they can also help it to burn better."
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For over a hundred years this clever little wire basket has enhanced the experience of pipe smokers. The design, first registered on 30th November 1910, is still hand-made to the original specification at Sharrow Mills, Sheffield.
Designed to combat the build-up of soggy waste in your pipe bowl, they can ultimately help to improve the taste of your tobacco. By keeping the tobacco in the pipe away from any moisture, they can also help it to burn better."
For over a hundred years this clever little wire basket has enhanced the experience of pipe smokers. The design, first registered on 30th November 1910, is still hand-made to the original specification at Sharrow Mills, Sheffield.
Designed to combat the build-up of soggy waste in your pipe bowl, they can ultimately help to improve the taste of your tobacco. By keeping the tobacco in the pipe away from any moisture, they can also help it to burn better.
Drawing heated air and smoke down through the packed tobacco creates moisture. The only thing cool metal mesh is going to do is cause even more condensation like a stinger. Drying out tobacco and packing it lighter makes gimmicks like that obsolete.
I remember reading in an old (like from the 40s) Pipe Magazine that they suggested using steel wool as a filter. This looks to be much the same idea. But there's no need for that stuff anymore. Pipe smokers have enough kit to deal with as it is.
Some people still get all sensitive about selling paraphernalia on their websites so they link it with historical tobacciana. Nothing more.
It's for smoking weed dude, not tobacco. We promise. No foolin.
Some more popular merchants have ran into some backlash for introducing it.
A pipe, tobacco, pipe tool, lighter/matches, pipe cleaners, pouch, etc. Etc.
Ah.
I hat never heard the word kit used singularly like that without an "a" except for certain animal species babies. All I ever have on me is a full pipe and a lighter.
When refurbishing a well loved patent Dunhill I digged one out of the bowl. It got stuck firmly in the grime and
did not give in easily : )
To my relief I found the chamber bottom to be utterly clean and showing bare briar.
did not give in easily : )
To my relief I found the chamber bottom to be utterly clean and showing bare briar.
For a bit I was thinking it was being used as a euphemism for crap.