I've smoked a couple different style clays, and I will say that after the first couple smokes on the one piece clays, they do get a lot more comfortable(no sticking). The glaze tipped ones don't have that problem at all.Bruyere_Royale wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 4:30 pmYeah, I'm not a fan of the one piece clays either.Thelonious monkfish wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 4:04 pmThat looks really good, should finally get a clay but I'm too picky. Tried for a Peterson soo many times and am always outbid, it's not the 1700's so given the option I prefer a real stem to keep the skin on my lips and prevent grinding notches into my teeth.Bruyere_Royale wrote: ↑Tue Jan 01, 2019 3:45 pm I just tossed a London Broil on the grill and I'm smoking Old Ted's clay chock full of Condor.
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I think they still sell just the clay bowls and you can have a stem put on, I've done that with a few others and they turned out great, I gave them away to forum friends and just have the Old Ted and one other. They burn really clean and dry.
One thing I will say, is they are the driest smoking pipe I've ever encountered. It's my personal opinion that they even outperform meerschaum by a significant margin, in dryness, and especially in being flavor neutral. I don't know if it's just me or what, but every Meer I've ever smoked adds a weird sulphur-ey sort of aroma, sort of like the way a spent shell casing smells. I've been meaning to buy one of those German made ebonite stemmed jobbies from Penn Valley Pipes for a while, but I keep getting distracted.