Don’t laugh. The gin hurts your back to get it off the shelf at the liquor store. I love the taste though. Fusiliers ration in my Stanwell Black Diamond.
@utilityworker101 I usually reach about shoulder level. I’m too short to reach the top shelf. I don’t have a problem stooping to get some off the lower shelves though, I’m built closer to the ground so it doesn’t hurt my back🙂
Had a little Tinderbox Peach Melba and Covington's Peach Rhine Rag (a private blend). So I combined them together. Tended to have a little bite, so I blended 50% Lane BCA in the mix... mellowed it into an enjoyable experience. Doing it in a MM Emerald...
One bowl of "Espresso" in my new MM Tiberius, one bowl of "Espresso" in my MM Dagner poker, and a second bowl of "Espresso" in my MM Tiberius this evening.
Okay all. So I've completed my initial assessment of Savinelli charcoal filters.
The bottom line is this, if you are looking for something that filters tar better than a Grabow-type filter or balsa, then you will be willing to tolerate the more restricted air flow, but if all you want is moisture control, then you should stick with balsa and replace it more frequently.
Run down:
I have gone through about ten filters so far out of three pipes--a straight billiard Grabow, the same but a Sav Professor, and a Sav bent apple. Altogether I've probably smoked about 25 bowls across about 9 blends...several of which are lightly topped aromatics, but most were straight or only lightly case.
As I mentioned before, flavor is different, but to some extent better with the Sav charcoal filter than it is with balsa, etc., since for the most part, much of the bitter tar flavor is gone. "Sweetness" is slightly less, but not a huge difference.
The restricted airflow does seem to be a function of the pipe...the straight billiards were more restrictive than the bent apple--why that is? I don't know; The two Sav's have the same diameter draft hole, but were quite different in how they performed with the filter.
Moisture control after 3 bowls is about the same as a balsa after 2 bowls.
Summary:
Will I continue to use them? Most definitely. The restrictive airflow is easy to get used to, and since I occasionally inhale, the benefit outweighs this issue. The flavor, although different, to me at least, is different in a good way overall. Moisture control, again, is about the same as a balsa if you change the balsa out more often--i.e., the Sav filter lasts a little longer in that department.
Just my two cents as I know all of you were waiting with bated breath for this assessment
@Beetleman Thought so. My half sister and her husband were sole proprietors of an aviation mechanic company out of Suffolk, VA and many of their customers were crop dusters from northeast North Carolina. Many were AgCats in fact that the owners couldn't give up because they performed so well, and a few were converted to air show use. Anyway, good luck--dusting isn't for the faint of heart!
@Beetleman; Beautiful, except for the snow. We got 11-1/2" this week. If I understood the report correctly, the most since 2009. That's a lot of shoveling for an old guy.
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Say that 10 times as fast as you can!🥴
I usually reach about shoulder level. I’m too short to reach the top shelf. I don’t have a problem stooping to get some off the lower shelves though, I’m built closer to the ground so it doesn’t hurt my back🙂
Nothing more aggravating than buying a pipe and finding out its not a great smoker.
Doing it in a MM Emerald...
Do you spray the sinus stuff on the tobacco or mix it into the blend? Glad you are feeling better!
The bottom line is this, if you are looking for something that filters tar better than a Grabow-type filter or balsa, then you will be willing to tolerate the more restricted air flow, but if all you want is moisture control, then you should stick with balsa and replace it more frequently.
Run down:
I have gone through about ten filters so far out of three pipes--a straight billiard Grabow, the same but a Sav Professor, and a Sav bent apple. Altogether I've probably smoked about 25 bowls across about 9 blends...several of which are lightly topped aromatics, but most were straight or only lightly case.
As I mentioned before, flavor is different, but to some extent better with the Sav charcoal filter than it is with balsa, etc., since for the most part, much of the bitter tar flavor is gone. "Sweetness" is slightly less, but not a huge difference.
The restricted airflow does seem to be a function of the pipe...the straight billiards were more restrictive than the bent apple--why that is? I don't know; The two Sav's have the same diameter draft hole, but were quite different in how they performed with the filter.
Moisture control after 3 bowls is about the same as a balsa after 2 bowls.
Summary:
Will I continue to use them? Most definitely. The restrictive airflow is easy to get used to, and since I occasionally inhale, the benefit outweighs this issue. The flavor, although different, to me at least, is different in a good way overall. Moisture control, again, is about the same as a balsa if you change the balsa out more often--i.e., the Sav filter lasts a little longer in that department.
Just my two cents as I know all of you were waiting with bated breath for this assessment
Thanks for the research.
Sounds as if you have a nice 03 after your rework. It is a good looking pipe...
Is that a crop duster on your jacket?
Yes, a Thrush 510. Was my dads company, he retired this year. I work somewhere else and fly an 802.
Thought so. My half sister and her husband were sole proprietors of an aviation mechanic company out of Suffolk, VA and many of their customers were crop dusters from northeast North Carolina. Many were AgCats in fact that the owners couldn't give up because they performed so well, and a few were converted to air show use. Anyway, good luck--dusting isn't for the faint of heart!
Beautiful, except for the snow. We got 11-1/2" this week. If I understood the report correctly, the most since 2009. That's a lot of shoveling for an old guy.