Chuckus
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Post by Chuckus on Jul 1, 2018 12:44:34 GMT -5
I have been reading and also shopping pipes tobacco's and accessories. I recently ordered a pipe kit I have 5 pipes now... this one came with stainless steel screen. Do people use these? And if so how to clean it? I admit I had it and wanted to try. It seems to be helpful as far as not clogging the pipe in mid to last third of bowl. I have also seen brass/ copper types. The so one I have is like a small basket and makes for better combustion. In general I avoid conventional wisdom at all costs because imho groupthink is usually quite dangerous however in this case I'd like to hear,what why or why not about screens. I initially had a cob with a filter in stem because it came that way, but I have thrown it out and not replaced without dire consequences.
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Post by Dramatwist on Jul 1, 2018 12:56:21 GMT -5
...I wouldn't bother... only time I ever used screens was back in my pot-smoking days... LONG time ago...
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Post by roadsdiverged on Jul 1, 2018 13:01:50 GMT -5
I have never used a screen or a filter in any of my pipes. I'm sure they have their place, but it's just not for me.
I would imagine a screen would stop up fairly quick due to moisture mixed with ash and dottle. Just something extra for me to clean. In 2 1/2 months I've had 2 small pieces of tobacco go into my stem and it wasn't enough to stop it up.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Jul 1, 2018 13:05:13 GMT -5
I have never used a screen or a filter in any of my pipes. I'm sure they have their place, but it's just not for me. I would imagine a screen would stop up fairly quick due to moisture mixed with ash and dottle. Just something extra for me to clean. In 2 1/2 months I've had 2 small pieces of tobacco go into my stem and it wasn't enough to stop it up. Can't imagine them sending you a screen...what for? At first I thought you were talking about a windscreen which is helpful on breezy days but in the bowl...nah |
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Post by william on Jul 1, 2018 13:17:15 GMT -5
...I wouldn't bother... only time I ever used screens was back in my pot-smoking days... LONG time ago... So I assume you have switched to billiards, apples, and dublins?  |
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Post by Dramatwist on Jul 1, 2018 13:18:34 GMT -5
...I wouldn't bother... only time I ever used screens was back in my pot-smoking days... LONG time ago... So I assume you have switched to billiards, apples, and dublins? ...you're just about right... |
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Post by roadsdiverged on Jul 1, 2018 13:22:13 GMT -5
I like those better than the former options of acrylic, ceramic or glass. 😝
I dont recall using screens in those either. However, I do remember small pieces of what felt like magma hitting the back of my throat at times.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2018 14:06:32 GMT -5
I have seen them used in pipes whose airway was seriously overbored, as a precaution to inhaling hot coals.
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Post by jeffd on Jul 1, 2018 14:16:01 GMT -5
You are talking about the little basket screens, not the little half inch pipe screens you buy at headshops.
I use the basket screens in a couple of ash pipes I have that I over smoked and did damage to the bottom of the bowl. My thought is just to keep the ember off the bottom.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2018 14:30:27 GMT -5
I used screens back in my green leaf days in the dorm but don't have much use for them now. A well made pipe shouldn't require one. I have gravitated towards 9mm pipes but I'm particular about the draw. Savinelli 320 KS is my favorite. Meerschaum filters work well.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 1, 2018 16:30:53 GMT -5
I use screens in the cobs. Keeps me from burning wood and also keeps small bits of nasty off my tongue. I have had any clog up a couple of years. The tobacco always smokes down to ash in the screened pipes, and a simple puff of air cleans them. In briars that are too open I use other methods.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 1, 2018 17:03:33 GMT -5
I've never tried these myself. They sound interesting.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2018 17:10:02 GMT -5
...I wouldn't bother... only time I ever used screens was back in my pot-smoking days... LONG time ago...
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I’ve never smoked a pipe with a screen in almost 50 years. Okay, I had in the past and still do from time to time have religious shirts....some more Holy than others...lol. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 1, 2018 17:11:53 GMT -5
I have seen them used in pipes whose airway was seriously overbored, as a precaution to inhaling hot coals. |
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Post by Baboo on Jul 1, 2018 18:44:02 GMT -5
Yes, I often use screens and have done so for years... copper, stainless, titanium... I shape them to match the bottom curvature of the bowl, and sometimes invert them curvature side up to add distance, and to cool n dry the smoke when called for. Makes for easier cleaning through and through. And for cobs especially because of the fragile bowl-paper bottoms!
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Post by Darin on Jul 1, 2018 18:51:00 GMT -5
You guys are making me want to go around the house unscrewing the faucet heads to get at the aerators. Ahhh ... memories! |
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Post by trailboss on Jul 2, 2018 2:57:15 GMT -5
Oftimes, there is a caveat...To not use a screen in my Victorian era pipe would make no sense. Notice the deep shank from the side picture, and the five holes in the bowl...to not use a screen would be silly.    |
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Post by trailboss on Jul 2, 2018 3:15:57 GMT -5
I hadn't considered this. It makes sense, the way the stem comes into the bowl of a cob, it bugs me that you cannot do a clean sweep in the heel of the bowl as a in a briar.
I will have to give this a shot.
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Post by Wolfman on Jul 2, 2018 6:02:53 GMT -5
You guys are making me want to go around the house unscrewing the faucet heads to get at the aerators. Ahhh ... memories! 😂 |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 2, 2018 6:59:50 GMT -5
Definitely with a pipe you pictured, otherwise you’d be sucking ash👍 Makes perfect sense with a Cob as well. Once I get back home later I’ll give it a try, your never to old too also learn something new!
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 2, 2018 9:11:14 GMT -5
Oftimes, there is a caveat...To not use a screen in my Victorian era pipe would make no sense. Notice the deep shank from the side picture, and the five holes in the bowl...to not use a screen would be silly. I have a couple of ceramic pipes with the holes in the same place. Considering. |
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Post by jeffd on Jul 2, 2018 9:24:54 GMT -5
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 2, 2018 11:43:12 GMT -5
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Chuckus
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First Name: Chuck
Favorite Pipe: Falcon
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Post by Chuckus on Jul 2, 2018 13:00:19 GMT -5
Very similar to your link to Amazon. The ones I have are contoured round on the bottom and flat on the top.
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Post by Ronv69 on Jul 2, 2018 18:00:58 GMT -5
I have tried the hemispherical ones, but I prefer the flat ones.
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Post by jeffd on Jul 3, 2018 10:41:13 GMT -5
I burned out the bottom of a couple of old churchwardens, because i was foolish and held them by the stem like a dope. So I had no feedback as to how hot the bowl was getting. I damaged them pretty good. The hemispherical "basket" filters allow me to enjoy those pipes again.
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