I have never cared for the filters, but it is really a matter of taste. Some people like them.
This is one of those "try it and see" things. Either the benefit for you justifies the cost/bother/whatever, or it does not.
MM, need filters or no?
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Thank you for the input folk, useful all.
The cost of the Medico 6mm filters is minimal though. Even using a fresh one each day as they are 99p for ten.
It'll probably be a moot point once my other pipes start arriving as I'm not after all a fan of this MM.
True or not I can't get the thought I'm smoking wood
out of my mind due to the way the shank protrudes into the chamber like a gantry.
The cost of the Medico 6mm filters is minimal though. Even using a fresh one each day as they are 99p for ten.
It'll probably be a moot point once my other pipes start arriving as I'm not after all a fan of this MM.
True or not I can't get the thought I'm smoking wood
out of my mind due to the way the shank protrudes into the chamber like a gantry.
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Smoke a briar pipe, and the entire bowl is wood...AndreRitter wrote: ↑Fri Jan 24, 2020 8:09 pm Thank you for the input folk, useful all.
The cost of the Medico 6mm filters is minimal though. Even using a fresh one each day as they are 99p for ten.
It'll probably be a moot point once my other pipes start arriving as I'm not after all a fan of this MM.
True or not I can't get the thought I'm smoking wood
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Enjoy my cobs immensely . . . I I do not use filters with any of them.
I have modified all by boring the chambers and changing stems. Excellent pipes for a modest investment.
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I guess boring the chamber gets rid of the sticky in bit.
Not a bad shout.
Not a bad shout.
It is that bit of shank protruding into the chamber which gives a new cob that awful taste during break in. If you can get the cob past that stage (5-6 bowls for me) then it doesn't taste that way at all anymore.AndreRitter wrote: ↑Sat Jan 25, 2020 7:05 am I guess boring the chamber gets rid of the sticky in bit.
Not a bad shout.
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I'm a tad mad 
and can't get the burnt woody taste out of my mind.
Where are my damn briars Mr Postman?
and can't get the burnt woody taste out of my mind.Where are my damn briars Mr Postman?
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I use a rotary "burr" to bore my new cobs. The shank that protrudes into the chamber becomes part of the "floor" of the chamber. I take a small amount of diluted honey and coat the inside of the chamber totally. Let it dry and a few smokes later you have a wonderfully "broken in" pipe.
I have some wonderful Briars as well and enjoy my cobs equally . . .
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I have some wonderful Briars as well and enjoy my cobs equally . . .
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Nice.
I'd need to raise the floor in mine as it is a good five mm below the draught hole.
I had thought on having a fiddle, I'm pretty handy, but I'll just wait for wood.
I'd need to raise the floor in mine as it is a good five mm below the draught hole.
I had thought on having a fiddle, I'm pretty handy, but I'll just wait for wood.