I put this post in the beginner section as I hope it might be a good general intro to the Falcon line of pipes for other "beginners". I recently bought an Alco (not compatible with Falcon) pipe on ebay and packed it and started to smoke. I gotta say I was more than pleasantly surprised. A cool smoke and very tasty. I was experiencing tastes from Nightcap I had not in my previous month of smoking It in my small briar and meerschaum collection. I am an inexperienced smoker and maybe a more experienced pipe smoker would be easily able to coax these flavours from a briar or meerschaum pipe. To my mind though, it would be an excellent incentive for a beginner to experience such a smoke for to motivate them to improve their smoking technique and gain, maybe even further, finer flavours from briar and meerschaum.
As I continued to smoke I had no issues with tongue bite and the bowl stayed relatively cool in my hand throughout. The tobacco burned pretty much to the bottom of the bowl and then when finished, the cleanup was a breeze (due to the easy dismantling of the pipe).
All in all, a very enjoyable smoke from start to finish, and quite effortless.
So here is the questions I have: Are all Falcons stems and bowls interchangeable? I know that Falcon and Alco are not, but I mean rather the 'Falcon International', 'Falcon Classic', 'Falcon Extra'... these are the only ones I know of so far.
What's the catch here? Some people reportedly taste a metallic taste (personally I didn't, but I was smoking an estate so maybe my stem and other metal parts have been coated?)
Yeah, just any info on Falcon would be appreciated. As a beginner, for what it's worth, I would highly recommend you try out these types of pipes.
Thanks.
As I continued to smoke I had no issues with tongue bite and the bowl stayed relatively cool in my hand throughout. The tobacco burned pretty much to the bottom of the bowl and then when finished, the cleanup was a breeze (due to the easy dismantling of the pipe).
All in all, a very enjoyable smoke from start to finish, and quite effortless.
So here is the questions I have: Are all Falcons stems and bowls interchangeable? I know that Falcon and Alco are not, but I mean rather the 'Falcon International', 'Falcon Classic', 'Falcon Extra'... these are the only ones I know of so far.
What's the catch here? Some people reportedly taste a metallic taste (personally I didn't, but I was smoking an estate so maybe my stem and other metal parts have been coated?)
Yeah, just any info on Falcon would be appreciated. As a beginner, for what it's worth, I would highly recommend you try out these types of pipes.
Thanks.
