Thank you all for your time and priceless advice.
So the pipe arrived and it is really nice. It looks and feels pricey, no surprise here. It is like new in excellent condition inside and outside.
It has a great feeling in the hand, actually it fills the hand. The bowl is big but the pipe looks and feels just right. Is has the shape of the Savinelli 122.
As a novice I am not in the position to make reviews but I can still make some observations.
The pipe cleaner goes easily all the way to the bowl but the mouthpiece hole is small.
I filled with Nightcap nice and light with gravity and only minimal tamping at the end. I had the tobacco dried nicely and naturally before filling the pipe. Long story short I followed all the advice given here.
It has a terrific draw and smoking feeling. No gurgles at all.
I needed to relight just a fistful of times and that only because I let it go. I used plain matches.
And here comes the problem.
As a European I buy only pipes which accept filters.
This is my first filterless pipe.
The taste of the Nightcap was different but certainly better. Full of flavor and not muted. An intense smoking experience and a substantial smoke. Maybe because of the absence of a filter maybe because of the bowl shape who knows.
But it let an intense sour feeling in the mouth after each draw. Not tongue bite not leather tongue not ashtray mouth, just sour like after eating a lemon. As a result I was progressively losing the nice taste. The sourness certainly faded over time while smoking. Maybe my mouth got used to that. It was an hour’s smoke, slow and calm and I let just a little tobacco at the bottom of the bowl before quitting. Several minutes after the end of the session that strange feeling went completely away.
I cannot figure out the cause. Maybe the absence of a filter or maybe it was the chemicals they used to clean the pipe.
I will see if it goes away after several bowls.
PS. I don’t know how to upload a picture but I can post the link of the actual pipe for sale if I am allowed to do so. I bought it from the European partner site of a sponsor.
So the pipe arrived and it is really nice. It looks and feels pricey, no surprise here. It is like new in excellent condition inside and outside.
It has a great feeling in the hand, actually it fills the hand. The bowl is big but the pipe looks and feels just right. Is has the shape of the Savinelli 122.
As a novice I am not in the position to make reviews but I can still make some observations.
The pipe cleaner goes easily all the way to the bowl but the mouthpiece hole is small.
I filled with Nightcap nice and light with gravity and only minimal tamping at the end. I had the tobacco dried nicely and naturally before filling the pipe. Long story short I followed all the advice given here.
It has a terrific draw and smoking feeling. No gurgles at all.
I needed to relight just a fistful of times and that only because I let it go. I used plain matches.
And here comes the problem.
As a European I buy only pipes which accept filters.
This is my first filterless pipe.
The taste of the Nightcap was different but certainly better. Full of flavor and not muted. An intense smoking experience and a substantial smoke. Maybe because of the absence of a filter maybe because of the bowl shape who knows.
But it let an intense sour feeling in the mouth after each draw. Not tongue bite not leather tongue not ashtray mouth, just sour like after eating a lemon. As a result I was progressively losing the nice taste. The sourness certainly faded over time while smoking. Maybe my mouth got used to that. It was an hour’s smoke, slow and calm and I let just a little tobacco at the bottom of the bowl before quitting. Several minutes after the end of the session that strange feeling went completely away.
I cannot figure out the cause. Maybe the absence of a filter or maybe it was the chemicals they used to clean the pipe.
I will see if it goes away after several bowls.
PS. I don’t know how to upload a picture but I can post the link of the actual pipe for sale if I am allowed to do so. I bought it from the European partner site of a sponsor.
