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Post by lenticula on Mar 28, 2018 11:05:20 GMT -5
Recently I have been reading several books on the subject of pipe smoking.
One author said he had increased the size of the hole from the chamber to 3/16ths of an inch and it had made a great improvement to his smoking pleasure and actual ease of smoking.
Have any of you got any experience or views on doing this?
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Post by Darin on Mar 28, 2018 11:17:01 GMT -5
Yes ... I definitely prefer a more open, unrestricted draw. Cobs are perfect in this aspect. Most of my Italian pipes also have a nice draw.
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Post by Dramatwist on Mar 28, 2018 12:39:29 GMT -5
Yes ... I definitely prefer a more open, unrestricted draw. Cobs are perfect in this aspect. Most of my Italian pipes also have a nice draw. ...I have found this as well. |
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Post by cigrmaster on Mar 28, 2018 12:46:48 GMT -5
I like my pipes to be drilled at 4.0-4.5 mm. My largest is on my Castello which I believe is around the 4.5 mm range. All of my artisan pipes are at the 4.0 or larger. An open draw just smokes better for me.
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Post by briarblues on Mar 28, 2018 16:07:43 GMT -5
lenticula, I'd be very careful about "opening" any pipe. Before re drilling or altering anything one needs to ascertain why said pipe "needs" to be opened. If you pack the chamber too tightly, then opening a stem and shank will not help. Better to work on your packing technique before doing surgery on any pipe. One must be very aware that once opened, you can't go back. Open too much ...... airy tasteless smoke.
IF indeed a pipe might benefit from being "opened" have it done by someone that knows what they are doing. Plus it may take several adjustments. Slowly in small amounts.
Regards
Michael J. Glukler
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Post by slowroll on Mar 28, 2018 18:26:26 GMT -5
I make pipes, have restored a bunch, and IMO, 3/16 is too wide. Too free a draw contributes to tasteless smoke and can get hot. I use 5/32 or 11/64, tops. You then must taper the airway in the stem to match or it'll gurgle. Briarblues makes good points.
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Post by Darin on Mar 28, 2018 18:46:58 GMT -5
IIRC, Cobs are around a 7/32??
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Post by Matthew on Mar 28, 2018 20:02:28 GMT -5
I have opened a couple up to 3/16 and it has worked fine for those pipes.
But I have other that are 5/32 and smoke just as well.I will first go thru
the bits size by size to find out just how small of an opening I'm starting
with.Then using a variable speed rotor tool (Dremel) I slowly open the draft
one small step at a time until it feels right.Some pipes didn't need any
adjustment and for those a small shank brush in the dremel and they get
squeaky clean.
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 29, 2018 6:11:27 GMT -5
I find the draw of mm cobs very free... Could these be too free? I'm I missing out on a more tasty smoke if I restrict it slightly?
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Post by Dramatwist on Mar 29, 2018 9:20:06 GMT -5
I find the draw of mm cobs very free... Could these be too free? I'm I missing out on a more tasty smoke if I restrict it slightly? ...leave them as they are... |
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Post by Legend Lover on Mar 29, 2018 10:16:29 GMT -5
I find the draw of mm cobs very free... Could these be too free? I'm I missing out on a more tasty smoke if I restrict it slightly? ...leave them as they are... ok. |
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Post by Sorringowl on Mar 29, 2018 13:29:22 GMT -5
Depends on the pipe and what you smoke in it. If you look at old, Danish pipes, many of them have smaller draught hole openings. Back in the day, many Danes smoked a lot of aromatics. With aromatics, you don't want too much of a draw, which will give you too much flavor (which is the reason, I think, many people are turned off by aromatics). If you smoke a lot of ribbon cuts, a larger opening might do well, but, flakes, being more densely packed, might have the opposite effect.
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