Can a filtered pipe be properly smoked if you remove the filter. I find it difficult to get a decent draw when the filter is in my Savinelli.
Filtered Pipes
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Usually the draw will be extremely open without the filter.
The filtered Savs I have came with an adapter which reduces the draw back to “normal” for use without a filter. It’s a little plastic tube. Give that a try.
If you don’t have the adapter give it a try without the filter and see if the draw is too open. If it works, it works.
The filtered Savs I have came with an adapter which reduces the draw back to “normal” for use without a filter. It’s a little plastic tube. Give that a try.
If you don’t have the adapter give it a try without the filter and see if the draw is too open. If it works, it works.
I'm smoking a Rossi 8320 no filter no adapter right now. Works a treat with wide open draw.
With the adapter, I find that the Savinellis smoke the same as my other non-filtered pipes.
no need to use the filter or an adaptor. I find they work fine that way.
... also, if using the Balsa filters, do not push them all the way into the tenon. If so, it can affect the draw.
It's possible, yes. But it requires adapting the technique a little or a lot, it depends. Only you can really tell, since each one of us sips differently: someone's smooth draw might be too open for me. Let your tongue tell you.
I actually really love smoking pipes built for filters but I smoke them without the filter and the adapter. Makes for a lil extra cleaning but worth it in my opinion. So yes, smoke the pipe without the filter and don’t worry about an adapter either... unless you want to of course. They smoke great and have a nice open draw!
Toss the filter and slow down a bit after, until you adjust to the open draw. More tobacco flavor, less stank filter taste in my opinion.
Ive got a couple few 9mm pipes and 1 6mm pipes, I tend to smoke them filtered, but when I dont I just pack a little tighter, never have any complaints about the draw
Nothing to add, but the previous posts have it right. Some pipes designed for a filter do better than others without a filter, and this is based mostly on personal preference. An adapter will tighten up the draw just a bit, and/or make it a little smoother, but I think most pipes do well, with or without. I have an Austrian pipe, a Kemperling, with a 9 mm filter that smokes as well without the filter. With Savs I mostly use an adaptor.
weird thing about me my two easiest pipes to smoke are on the opposite sides of the open draw spectrum. My Rattray is very constricted in the draw my Vauen without a filter very open. I think it's a matter of being easy to read. That could just be me.
This has been my experience as well.
like people have said it can vary from pipe to pipe, but even without using filters a pipe being a filter pipe will have no effect on if I want it or not.
I have a Savinelli I smoke with the adapter (I don't like filters of any kind). It's fine with the adapter, and for me, too open of a draw without it. If you bought it new, your Savinelli should have come with an adaptor (just a little plastic tube that fits in). If you don't have one, you can find 'em on tobacco sites. I remember getting a 5 pack of 'em on smokingpipes. Search for "savinelli 6mm adapter"