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What's the Trick to Savinelli Balsa Filters?
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<blockquote data-quote="Brewdude" data-source="post: 449245" data-attributes="member: 1723"><p>My second pipe, a Sav 316 Roma, came equipped with a balsa filter. Back then I was just getting into pipes so figured that was how it had to be smoked.</p><p></p><p>Came time to change out the filter, the replacement wouldn't quite fit. Couldn't get the stem to seal against the shank. So I lopped off a little of the length with a box knife. That worked fine.</p><p></p><p>Next time I went to replace it the points of the triangle wouldn't fit into the shank. So shaved them down a little with a sharp knife scraping rather than slicing. And that worked fine.</p><p></p><p>Finally got so fed up that I stopped using them altogether. I took the view that the filters were not manufactured to exacting standards, and found the pipe smoked just fine without one. And has been for going on about 20 years. </p><p></p><p>Frankly, I never found any advantage to the filters. They restricted the draw a little and did collect a bunch of gunk. But then again so does the entire airway all the way from the draft hole in the bowl to the end of the stem. And that can be cleaned. With the filter in, no way.</p><p></p><p>All to say, no filter for me.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Cheers,</p><p></p><p>RR</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brewdude, post: 449245, member: 1723"] My second pipe, a Sav 316 Roma, came equipped with a balsa filter. Back then I was just getting into pipes so figured that was how it had to be smoked. Came time to change out the filter, the replacement wouldn't quite fit. Couldn't get the stem to seal against the shank. So I lopped off a little of the length with a box knife. That worked fine. Next time I went to replace it the points of the triangle wouldn't fit into the shank. So shaved them down a little with a sharp knife scraping rather than slicing. And that worked fine. Finally got so fed up that I stopped using them altogether. I took the view that the filters were not manufactured to exacting standards, and found the pipe smoked just fine without one. And has been for going on about 20 years. Frankly, I never found any advantage to the filters. They restricted the draw a little and did collect a bunch of gunk. But then again so does the entire airway all the way from the draft hole in the bowl to the end of the stem. And that can be cleaned. With the filter in, no way. All to say, no filter for me. Cheers, RR [/QUOTE]
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