Open Draw: Cob vs. Briar?

[GothPiper]

I love, love, love the wide open draw on cobs (with the filter removed).

I want to find a briar with with a similarly open draw. Are there any briar brands that are especially known for having a more open draw?

Naturally, I thought of just getting a filtered briar and removing it; like I did with the cobs. But a couple of threads on here say that doing so could lead to an... explosion (?!). Why is this the case with briars, but cobs are immune? Or are they?!

 

[Bowlsmoker67]

I always remove the filter from all my briars that are filtered and never had a problem , and I'm a heavy smoker

 

[Merton]

A 9mm briar with no filter will have a firehose open draw. A Castello is expensive but is famous for the open draw. Radice costs less but has a nicely open draw.

 

[sandollars]

What Merton said. Castello's airways are big enough to to fly a Cessna through.

Personally, I like a little "manifold back-pressure".

 

[STP]

I have several Savinelli filtered pipes that I smoke without a filter, and they have an open draw.

 

[Morrison Jeremiah]

I have an Ardor Urano that has a very open draw. Almost as much as a cob.
I don't use cobs these days, but that Ardor has the most open draw of all my briars.

 

[Grangerous]

Are you referring to a tobacconite explosion in a filterless briar? I have a buddy who lost three fingers on his left hand.

 

[kcghost]

A briar will blow up?? That's a new one on me but then again I've only been smoking for 50+ years.

 

[Chasing Embers]

But a couple of threads on here say that doing so could lead to an... explosion (?!).

Tobaccanite accumulation, dangerous stuff.?

 

[hoosierpipeguy]

Most Americsn Artisan pipes have open drills. Brian Ruthenburg really filed large. As mentioned, Castello have open draws.

 

[GothPiper]

Tobaccanite accumulation, dangerous stuff.?

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That's it, alright. I'd already have a filterless Dr. Grabow in my hand were it not for having seen this pic before...

How come this doesn't happen with cobs?

 

[Ahi Ka]

That's it, alright. I'd already have a filterless Dr. Grabow in my hand were it not for having seen this pic before...

How come this doesn't happen with cobs?

Cobs are more permeable so there is less risk of buildup. It’s one reason why I only have ebonite stems on my filterless briars too, it cracks rather than shatters like lucite. Took me a whole evening removing small shards of acrylic from my gums once

 

[Searock Fan]

I love, love, love the wide open draw on cobs (with the filter removed).

I want to find a briar with with a similarly open draw. Are there any briar brands that are especially known for having a more open draw?

Naturally, I thought of just getting a filtered briar and removing it; like I did with the cobs. But a couple of threads on here say that doing so could lead to an... explosion (?!). Why is this the case with briars, but cobs are immune? Or are they?!

"explosion"! What nonsense. A filter, or in the case of the balsa insert, an absorber if you will, is sometimes a good idea with a moist blend such as some aromatics. With naturals or English blends a high quality briar should absorb what moisture there is. If it doesn't you might have the blend too moist. And finally, those pipes with a "well" in the bottom... I've always considered that a selling gimmick more than a real asset. If there is so much juice that it needs to run down in a hole, then the tobacco is way too wet.

 

[Chasing Embers]

How come this doesn't happen with cobs?

Lignin in the hardwood shanks of cobs alters the chemical make up of the tobacconite to a point of rendering in inert.

 

[Chasing Embers]

a high quality briar should absorb what moisture there is.

The density of briar makes it nearly completely non absorbent. Proven many times here by those that water rinse their pipes. Just another smoking myth.

 

[Ahi Ka]

@GothPiper i really like the older grabow grand dukes with the blue spades. Also I have a Peterson Royal Irish B10 that I smoke without a filter (9mm) and it sings

 

[weezell]

Y'all full of horse ! So sayeth the Honey Badger King...

 

[Ahi Ka]

Y'all full of horse ! So sayeth the Honey Badger King...

Weez, how would you know what a filterless briar smokes like?

 

[weezell]

Weez, how would you know what a filterless briar smokes like?

In the weakness of my early years, I smoked them before the enlightenment...

 

[Ahi Ka]

Proverbs 22:6 brah. There’s still hope for me yet