Last night, no matter how I packed my MM Country Gentleman, I could not get the air/smoke stream to come easily into the airway. Aeration and repacking did not help. Finally, I dumped out all the tobacco and the air still would not flow easily. So I pulled it all apart and saw that the Grabow filter had scrunched up and wouldn't let the air through. I tried and tried with other filters but they would not would not fit properly in the shank or in the stem. It was like the filters were too thick. I tried to force feed a filter into the shank or stem, but the filter would always collapse under the pressure. The thing is, the filters used to fit well in the not too distant past. And it is not moisture that is doing it. I am in a dry place.
Guess I could just smoke it without a filter, no? (Though I do like a filter.) I'll have to experiment more.
Guess I could just smoke it without a filter, no? (Though I do like a filter.) I'll have to experiment more.