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jbfrady

Part of the Furniture Now
Jul 27, 2023
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2,683
South Carolina
I just bought my first tankard from Tsuge a month or two ago. You can disassemble the whole pipe, from the bowl to the stem to the wind cap. Pretty fucking nifty. However, due to its construction - with the bowl attaching to a metal chamber which funnels the smoke downwards, the whole smoking experience is different.

What I like is... the chamber catches plenty of tar. Anything which it captures, by default, didn't enter my body. And that's pretty cool.

What I don't like is... all the moisture. It's great that the smoke funnels tar out by default, but smoking this pipe means you need to have a pipe cleaner or two on hand out of necessity; once you've passed half a bowl, there's so much moisture contained that if you tip the pipe forward at a 45° angle, several drops patter into the ground below. The sight is  not endearing.

All that being said, I don't know whether I'm a tankie (my word for a tankard fan). Is my experience usual with this design, or is it the construction of this particular pipe which causes the moisture fiasco? And... are you a tankie? All relevant comments welcome.
 
Put your fingers over the bowl and flick it with a quick snap of the wrist stem pointed outward to sling out the water.
A forum member posted about this when I first got here. I remember reading the directions, and going though the motion and a steam of black water just streamed out. Then a shoe cogged me upside my head with my wife telling me to do that shit outside, “just look at the goddamn carpet!”
 

bullet08

Lifer
Nov 26, 2018
9,969
40,823
RTP, NC. USA
When I started smoking, I thought tankard was pretty neat. But after the first one, decided it's not for me. Although I do have a few MM cobs in tankard.
 
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damacene

Starting to Get Obsessed
Jul 31, 2022
121
493
Los Angeles, CA
Completely different kind of tankie then I'm used to seeing on the internet... As for a the tankard pipes, I don't know, the moisture buildup you describe sounds pretty.... gross.
 
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