Smoking Filter Pipes Without a Filter - why the adapters ?

[Chasing Embers]

did someone switch embers mountain dew with old 4 loko

No sense of déjà vu?

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[Grangerous]

We’d fashion and use tobacconite to clear trees up to four inches diameter when we ran out of det cord. Of course, in those days most everyone had tobacco….

 

[Ahi Ka]

I have a Peterson b10 drilled for a 9mm filter. I smoke it without a filter or adapter and it’s one of the best burners I own

 

[Bowlsmoker67]

I’ve only had 3 or 4 pipes explode in my face, I lost a few teeth along the way but damn, it’s worth that open draw! Smoke filter pipes without an adapter/filter at your own risk.

Tobacconite >= Dynomite

I've never had a pipe explode and I been smoking pipes for about 20 years , maybe I just been lucky

 

[Chasing Embers]

I've never had a pipe explode and I been smoking pipes for about 20 years , maybe I just been lucky

I was close to thirty years in when it happened.?

 

[marconi]

Well thats another very good reason for smoking 9mm filter pipes with a 9mm filter as intended.
That's a top marketing point Vaun should use it.

 

[hawky454]

I've never had a pipe explode and I been smoking pipes for about 20 years , maybe I just been lucky

Oh… I was hoping it was clear that I was joking. I’ve never had a pipe explode, haha and I have all my adult teeth in place... I thought Embers was joking too.

On some of my pipes I’ve gone months without cleaning the filter chamber because I’m lazy. I’ve never had a pipe explode and I will never worry about it.

I guess anything is possible but rather than being lucky, I feel like the person who’s pipe exploded is unlucky, more of an anomaly than anything.

 

[TheIronMonkey]

I would think an adapter would help guide a pipe cleaner into the shank if you needed to soak up some moisture.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Oh… I was hoping it was clear that I was joking. I’ve never had a pipe explode, haha and I have all my adult teeth in place... I thought Embers was joking too.

On some of my pipes I’ve gone months without cleaning the filter chamber because I’m lazy. I’ve never had a pipe explode and I will never worry about it.

I guess anything is possible but rather than being lucky, I feel like the person who’s pipe exploded is unlucky, more of an anomaly than anything.

I've pulled the tobaccanite prank a few times over the years.?

The no teeth and glass eye are true though, and both were caused by an industrial explosion.

 

[Chasing Embers]

I would think an adapter would help guide a pipe cleaner into the shank if you needed to soak up some moisture.

They do but they also build up moisture around then inside of the tenon.

 

[JKoD]

The wide open filter chamber allows for more of the tobaccanite compound found in the smoke to soak into the briar. Easily removed with a pipe cleaner when the adapter is in place or a filterless pipe but in an empty filter chamber, can build to hazardous levels after just one smoke. Being and unstable compound when dry, tobaccanite can explode when exposed to heat or an open flame effectively destroying the pipe and causing possible injury to the smoker and those around them.

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It’s similar to creosote that forms in chimney’s and is a very dangerous situation if not properly cleaned. But, you have to be a heavy smoker and enjoy sub-par tobacco, much like burning sub-par firewood. It’s like smoking American Club or OHM pipe tobacco…perhaps some of the peach or cherry flavors (cherry bombs…coincidence? No.)

my lack of experience compared to others on filters may be the difference maker - but, depends on the pipe. I don’t buy filters. And usually remove them from pipes if they have them. I have not minded the Brigham filters as much because they do not impede the flow as much as other filters, IMO. But - at end of day - doesn’t matter and is only personal preference. But - watch out for the explosive materials you keep close to your face…beware, be careful and enjoy.

 

[hawky454]

I've pulled the tobaccanite prank a few times over the years.?

The no teeth and glass eye are true though, and both were caused by an industrial explosion.

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Haha, okay good, I was beginning to worry about you. I will admit to looking “tobacconite” up and found nothing but again, ya just never know. Good prank!

When I worked in a warehouse (my younger days) we always sent the new guy off looking for the ‘tote-stretcher’. We probably let that go on for way too long. The poor new guy would be looking all over the building for most of the day before we told him the truth.

 

[hawky454]

I would think an adapter would help guide a pipe cleaner into the shank if you needed to soak up some moisture.

If the holes line up properly, you have no problem. Every now and again you will get a slightly bent cleaner that takes a second or 2 to twirl around to find the chamber, I’ve never considered this an issue.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Haha, okay good, I was beginning to worry about you. I will admit to looking “tobacconite” up and found nothing but again, ya just never know. Good prank!

When I worked in a warehouse (my younger days) we always sent the new guy off looking for the ‘tote-stretcher’. We probably let that go on for way too long. The poor new guy would be looking all over the building for most of the day before we told him the truth.

I use a lot of digital calibration and measuring tools in my job. I once put an order in for a digital Henwaigh (hen weigh ??) scale. After a bit of back and forth communications, the plant president suggested that I outsource the job to Tyson's Chicken.? He knows me too well.?

 

[kilroyjune6]

I don't cause filters, and I normally don't use adapters, because I prefer the more open draw. But I've started using them on my cobs, just as a reinforcement for the tenon. Those stock bits are pretty soft, and after a few years the tenon can deform.

 

[seagullplayer]

Most of the time I don't use a filter. But I have had tobacco make its way to the bit.

 

[DanWil84]

I have 2 pipes that use 9mm filter. I've smoked one of them accidently without a filter and it smoked just as fine as with the filter. So the box with 200 filters will become tobacco remoisturerisers.

 

[Searock Fan]

I sold a lot of Savinellis in my day. Actually there are several thousand out there that are stamped with my store name... So much for bragging... The bottom line is, I never could see any use for the adapters.

 

[mso489]

Tobacconite may have been responsible for the Big Bang, or that's one theory in physics.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Tobacconite may have been responsible for the Big Bang, or that's one theory in physics.