New Savinelli... With A Few Differences ?

[STP]

I just purchased this new Savinelli Trevi 607. I have/had other Trevi’s, but always liked the size of the 607 w/the saddle stem. Two things I noticed when opening the box: 1) the bowl wasn’t coated, and 2) there were no Balsa wood filters. Neither matter to me, but was curious as it’s the first Savinelli I purchased in over 10 years that had a clean chamber, which I kinda like. An explaination was provided for the latter in pic#2.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Nice pipe. Yeh, no bowl coating would be am A+ from me.
I hope she squeezes every last drop of flavor out for you.

 

[danimalia]

Beautiful pipe. The Trevi line is very attractive, IMO

 

[mso489]

No bowl coating always scores extra points with me. Coatings are okay, but no coating means the pipe is perfect for experienced smokers.

 

[ofafeather]

Nice! Thanks for sharing the info.

 

[instymp]

Beautiful pipe!
Probably no bowl coating because of all the bitching about coating.
Coating never affected mine.

 

[STP]

Beautiful pipe!
Probably no bowl coating because of all the bitching about coating.
Coating never affected mine.

Thanks. Same w/me... I could take or leave the coating, but it was cool to see the natural briar, which looked flawless.

 

[Casual]

I’m sitting on a thousand balsa filters. When the worldwide shortage pushes the price up to $20/filter, I’m going to cash in!

 

[Gus]

beauty, enjoy it with health

 

[kgs]

An uncoated bowl is nice. You will taste burning briar for a few bowls. Soon enough the bowl will become black and the taste of briar will fade. They say to smoke slowly while you break-in an uncoated bowl, but I am skeptical about whether it makes that much of a difference.

A few weeks ago I read a rumor on these forums about the balsa shortage. I quickly purchased a large number of the filters. I think I have enough to last me until the shortage ends, but maybe I will start to reuse and ration them. The balsa filters make smoking much more enjoyable for me and I recommend them.

 

[STP]

An uncoated bowl is nice. You will taste burning briar for a few bowls. Soon enough the bowl will become black and the taste of briar will fade. They say to smoke slowly while you break-in an uncoated bowl, but I am skeptical about whether it makes that much of a difference.

A few weeks ago I read a rumor on these forums about the balsa shortage. I quickly purchased a large number of the filters. I think I have enough to last me until the shortage ends, but maybe I will start to reuse and ration them. The balsa filters make smoking much more enjoyable for me and I recommend them.

I ultimately coated the bowel shortly after purchasing... No real reason aside from waiting to see how it’d work. I used activated charcoal capsules mixed w/organic sour cream. A technique that I saw on YouTube. I thought the ingredients were odd, particularly the latter, but it worked perfectly without any lingering funky taste. As far as the balsa filters... I also have a stock pile, but actually prefer using the adapter, or nothing. While they might actually serve a purpose, I found them to be kinda gimmicky. Not a fan of disassembling my pipes after every smoke, and it’s hard running a pipe cleaner through them with a filter ?

 

[STP]

... for anyone interested in the coating, here’s the vid. Starts @ 7:00: