Savinelli 320 Pipe Filters?

[zfierstadt]

I recently bought a Savinelli 320 and standard pipe filters don't pass through the bit (filter removed).

How do you clean it? Ultra thin Falcon filters?

 

[Hillcrest]

I think you mean pipe cleaners not filters. They do make thinner ones.

 

[zfierstadt]

correct, I meant filters

 

[Chasing Embers]

Ultra thin Falcon filters?

Falcon filters only go down to 6mm like the Savinelli ones. If you're referring to cleaners, standard pipe cleaners easily fit into a Falcon.

 

[zfierstadt]

correct, I meant pipe cleaners

 

[zfierstadt]

I am saying I can't fit a standard pipe cleaner into a Savinelli 320

 

[burleybreath]

It's a bent pipe. You might have to bend the end of the cleaner slightly, so that it follows the contour of the bit. If you mean you can't get it started (I have a pipe like this) try burning half an inch of the floss off the end of the cleaner, then insert.

 

[OzPiper]

It's a bent pipe. You might have to bend the end of the cleaner slightly, so that it follows the contour of the bit.

I have old pipes with narrow airways or small bone tenons
I use the thin Falcon cleaners or in the case of very narrow airways, then I use the coloured cleaners found in craft supply shops.

If the stem is bent, putting a small bend in the end of the cleaner may help.
You may have to wiggle the cleaner to get it through the mortise and shank.

Not all bent pipes will pass a cleaner despite your best efforts.
You may have to dissemble the pipe to clean out the mortise and shank.

 

[Hillcrest]

I sometimes have this problem with P-Lip stems and Savinelli Dry System stems. You have to hold the cleaner close to the stem opening and try to inch it in. It usually starts to bend about an inch in and you can't go any further so I then clean the rest of the stem from the other end. Run water through the stem first it seems to clean better for me. just 2 cents.

 

[Hutch Piper]

It’s strange - I have had this problem with some 320s, but not all. For some I have to use Dills. For others any standard pipe filter will work.

 

[Choatecav]

It’s strange - I have had this problem with some 320s, but not all. For some I have to use Dills. For others any standard pipe filter will work.

Not familiar with Dills. I will have to google and check this out.

 

[Hillcrest]

Not familiar with Dills. I will have to google and check this out.

Since possibly 1848 now owned by Lane Limited ... History of Dill's Best and Dill's Pipe Cleaners | BrandlandUSA - https://www.brandlandusa.com/2010/01/07/history-of-dills-best-and-dills-pipe-cleaners/

 

[Choatecav]

Since possibly 1848 now owned by Lane Limited ... History of Dill's Best and Dill's Pipe Cleaners | BrandlandUSA - https://www.brandlandusa.com/2010/01/07/history-of-dills-best-and-dills-pipe-cleaners/

Will order some and see if they are that much better on some of my more stubborn pipes.
thanks,

 

[sfduke]

Use the 6mm plastic adapter. This will make it easier for a pipe cleaner to pass.