Quality Bits for Corncob Pipes
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How? I didn’t want to break it. I was turning and pulling but nothing.
Sometimes they are a tight fit, and you want to have a good grip on the shank while twisting the stem so the former doesn't crack. Ask me how I know...
I got it. Thanks. I also found that stupid paper filter inside.
Damn ! I smoked twice with it in.
Some use folded up pipe cleaners for filters so I suppose that tube will absorb a bit of moisture.
Others have mentioned forever stems which are now sold by Vermont Freehand. I’ve got a couple made by them and one made by Walker Briar Works who offered them originally. They get the job done and are super durable but their bite zones are very thick, the thickest of any pipe I own. I don’t reach for these cobs much and I suspect the thickness is why. I eventually want to get at least one shaved down to be narrower to find out if that’s really what bugs me about the pipes or if it’s just that I don’t love cobs.
I was today years old when I learned this.
Same! Did it a few times when I started until I realized the stem could be removed. It was nasty at that point so I threw it out and never bothered to get a new filter.
I've always reckoned they were filters, just really cheap ones. If a triangular piece of wood is a filter, then a paper tube is, too.
If a new pipe comes with one, I like to leave it in for the first bowl or two, then throw it away.
If a new pipe comes with one, I like to leave it in for the first bowl or two, then throw it away.
Balsa is extremely absorbent.
Paper is, too. My point was that we're not needing the smoke to pass through the medium to be considered a filter, it just needs to catch some of what's flowing by it.
Once upon a time they came with a Medico filter at some point they just started using a hollow paper tube. Probably similar to a Savinelli adapter but replacements aren't available. You just use filters from that point or not.
I keep Savinelli 9mm balsa filters around and I cut to size. I can get two filters for 6mm opening from one 9mm filter. Then I have a couple of pipes that just take a 9mm whole.
It should remove. While turning the stem, pull backward. Hold the pipe from the shank, not the bowl. Removing the stem while holding the bowl, may cause the shank to become loose at the bowl attachment over time.
You may have a pipe that has a tighter than normal fit. Hope that helps.
You may have a pipe that has a tighter than normal fit. Hope that helps.
Many won’t, but the Bracken pipe is a filter pipe from MM that uses a filter and has an acrylic stem. There are probably more.
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