Okay To Use a Filter Pipe Without a Filter?

[jpmcwjr]

I. Am. Scrwed.... Can I say Scrwed or is Scr*wed too vulgar?

That's fine. You just can't say you're fu**ed.

And all my filter takers smoke fine without, no insert or adapter used. Just a matter of preference.

 

[brooklynpiper]

I really enjoy my 9mm Vauen without a filter or adapter. Each time I smoke it I wonder why I don't just start buying 9mm pipes and always going no filter.

Edit: Adding to the discussion something that might be tillable ground-that the Vauen I only smoke Virginias in.

 

[Swampdragon69]

Unlike cigarette filters, pipe filters are primarily for removing moisture from the smoke to prevent steam burns.

So it is about tongue bite.

 

[Swampdragon69]

So it is about tongue bite.

I have asked some of the BIGGIE pipe smokers and they all do not know or have never used a filter. The only two times I got tongue bite was from smoking too fast and tobacco was too dry. The vessel almost burst into flame. The benefit of using old estate pipes. Well seasoned and hard as iron.

 

[Chasing Embers]

BIGGIE pipe smokers

Define BIGGIE. I've had a pipe in my jaw for thirty years and can't find need of a filter. Dry tobacco and smoking slowly will produce a cooler smoke than any filter can provide.

 

[Swampdragon69]

Define BIGGIE. I've had a pipe in my jaw for thirty years and can't find need of a filter. Dry tobacco and smoking slowly will produce a cooler smoke than any filter can provide.

Think Youtube biggie.

 

[bogfire]

I have a Husky Medico pipe that is made for a filter. My father was also of the opinion that filters were not worth using, so grew up with that. However recently tried Brigham's Rock Maple Distillator for the fun of it. What a smooth smoke. I think your safe with or without, but enjoyed this brand.

 

[Swampdragon69]

Think Youtube biggie.

This was before I found this place. You could say that they are the reason for me to be here.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Think Youtube biggie.

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I can't take any of them seriously.

 

[Chasing Embers]

This was before I found this place. You could say that they are the reason for me to be here.

The collective knowledge here is immeasurable.?

 

[Swampdragon69]

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I can't take any of them seriously.

I don’t but wanted to know anyways. My curious nature is bottomless.

 

[Chasing Embers]

My curious nature is bottomless.

And that is a great quality to have.?

 

[Casual]

My curious nature is bottomless.

And my nature is to be curious about the topless.

I find it interesting that many here find no real difference with or without filter. Considering the changes it makes in the airflow, it is curious that there are few detectable changes.

It makes me further convinced that really small airway differences (like the tenon chamfer that Cosmic started a thread about) would have effects so small as to be all but undetectable.

 

[fightnhampster]

Yup?

 

[craig61a]

I fill the filter chamber with tobacco, then smoke that later for the awesome nicotine buzz... ?

 

[Chasing Embers]

I fill the filter chamber with tobacco, then smoke that later for the awesome nicotine buzz... ?

Holy hell, that's like drinking the bottle of tequila and then eating the worm!?

 

[Chasing Embers]

I find it interesting that many here find no real difference with or without filter. Considering the changes it makes in the airflow, it is curious that there are few detectable changes.

The difference in airflow can be compensated with the tightness of the pack.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Think Youtube biggie.

A perfect example of a pipe smoker on YouTube that should never be taken seriously. Who would wear a hat like that?

 

[vates]

Tongue bite is sometimes a chemical reaction, not thermal. So no matter how slow you smoke, if your mouth doesn't accept certain acids in the smoke (which are usually in Virginia tobaccos), you'd get the TB. Charcoal neutralize some of these elements, so you'd get a softer smoke (depending on the filter).
Or you may build up a tolerance, which shall take time.

 

[luigi]

I'm using filters almost every time. Being a "wet smoker" I produce more moisture than any tobacco so filters help a lot but the activated charcoal ones do affect the taste. A no filtered pipe imo has a smoother draw than a filtered one, smoked without a filter.
A thought that often crosses my mind: isn't a filtered pipe without a filter the same as reverse calabash?