I really like my 9mm pipes with balsa filters. Charcoal seems to wash out more delicate flavors.
Filter Pipes?
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My Mr. Brog Morta is a 9mm, though I don't use a traditional filter, I use a Tsuge Kulu Cool "filter", which is actually more like an insert?
That's the one that looks like a drill right? How is it?
Yeah. I originally bought it just as a novelty, but it actually works pretty well. A nice, cool, dry, smoke.
I've got a few Tsuge Kulu Cool gizmos I've experimented with in a couple of pipes. They seem decent enough.
As I posted in the other Filter thread, I stumbled upon the joy of filtered pipe smoking by accident.
It may be necessary to describe WHY I pipe smoke at all, especially since I just spent a day shoveling clay onto the corpse of a woman who chain-smoked Benson & Hedges for most of her life and died of brain cancer while I sat by her side. (look up Green Burial if you’re curious about the process)
I pipe smoke for the same reason I sip Islay scotch, Sonoran bacanora, Guatemalan rhum, and Kyushu shochu. I pipe smoke for the same reason I explore both nihoncha and fine Chinese tea. I pipe smoke for the reason I love being in the piano factory or the vintage car workshop. I pipe smoke for the same reason I am a cook and for the same reason that I spend days in the forest stalking other animals. Aroma , flavor , life .
I do not pipe smoke for bravado nor for whining about complexity nor whining about costs. I do not pipe smoke to look down my nose at others nor identify myself as a douchebag. Nope.
Those would not be goals.
Just as I am thrilled to have a modified hand brake for drifting the primitive roads in northern Arizona, also thrilled to have found a part of pipe smoking that assists in the pleasure, the aroma, the flavor, and the cleanliness of the session. I’m stoked to hear how using a filter is delivering more nuance of flavor in your sessions.
It may be necessary to describe WHY I pipe smoke at all, especially since I just spent a day shoveling clay onto the corpse of a woman who chain-smoked Benson & Hedges for most of her life and died of brain cancer while I sat by her side. (look up Green Burial if you’re curious about the process)
I pipe smoke for the same reason I sip Islay scotch, Sonoran bacanora, Guatemalan rhum, and Kyushu shochu. I pipe smoke for the same reason I explore both nihoncha and fine Chinese tea. I pipe smoke for the reason I love being in the piano factory or the vintage car workshop. I pipe smoke for the same reason I am a cook and for the same reason that I spend days in the forest stalking other animals. Aroma , flavor , life .
I do not pipe smoke for bravado nor for whining about complexity nor whining about costs. I do not pipe smoke to look down my nose at others nor identify myself as a douchebag. Nope.
Those would not be goals.
Just as I am thrilled to have a modified hand brake for drifting the primitive roads in northern Arizona, also thrilled to have found a part of pipe smoking that assists in the pleasure, the aroma, the flavor, and the cleanliness of the session. I’m stoked to hear how using a filter is delivering more nuance of flavor in your sessions.
I have both filtered and non-filtered pipes. I'm using 9mm and 6mm charcoal filters. I've not quite come to a conclusion as to which one I like better yet. Mostly because I've not noticed a real difference between them. I thought that the non-filtered would give a harsher taste, but I don't think they do, really. Of course I'm new and I haven't tried any strong tobaccos yet, I guess.
The journey continues.
The journey continues.
I like and use the Dr. Grabow paper filters. IMO they give a better flavor. Your taste may not be the same as mine LOL.
For those that say they are a waste of time or money, If my goal was to save time or money, I wouldn't smoke a pipe.
For those that say they are a waste of time or money, If my goal was to save time or money, I wouldn't smoke a pipe.
