Two filter questions

[jonucsb]

Greetings Brothers,
I am a recent pipe smoker and have two filter questions that need your expertise:
1. I recently purchased a Kaywoodie Super Grain Bent Billiard (#14) Estate Pipe. It looks to be from the 50s or 60s from what I can tell looking at old catalogs on the internet. It's a great pipe - smokes well - but when I try and clean it I can't for the life of me get the filter out and have tried as hard as I dare so that I don't damage it. Any advice. Is this an easy fix and I'm just missing it?
2. My wife got me a beautiful Meerschaum pipe for Christmas - it's beautiful but it has a flimsy plastic filter. Can that be replaced - it screws from both ends so the stem doesn't feel snug against the shank.
Those are my two. Let the wisdom commence!
Peace,

jonucsb

 

[ejames]

The only way to remove the "filter" on the Kaywoodie is to cut it off. It is an integral part of the tenon. Post a pic of the meer filter,maybe someone can tell you more.

Welcome to the forum!

 

[jonucsb]

Thanks, Rothnh. The picture was helpful and my vocabulary, thanks to you, has now improved. My sense then is that I should clean the "stinger" on the Kaywoodie as best as I can. It seems to take a pipe cleaner fairly well so I will just keep it. Good to know that it's not supposed to come out.
As for the Meerschaum - you're right. It is what connects stem and stummel. I will better trust it, particularly since it has not given me any reason to doubt so far. I fiddled with it a bit a got a snugger fit.
Because I'm new - can you recommend any reading material that might serve as a helpful primer, apart from the web. Any book that would be helpful? I'm bit partial to books.
Peace

 

[judcole]

Welcome to the forum. Looks like your initial questions have been answered! ::

 

[tbradsim1]

Jon, most stinger pipes are hard to pass a cleaner thru, what I do is wipe the stinger with paper towel and cleaner goes in stinger end easier towards button , because groove is narrow cleaner goes in better assbackwards, doing it that way is the wrong way but it works better, though you need 2 cleaners vs 1. The old cajun

 

[jonucsb]

Thanks, guys. I appreciate all the help.
jonucsb