New Pipe Smoker With A Question? Ask an Old Fart

[Mister Moo]

Originally Posted by Neuromancer

It's supposed to absorb tar and nicotine and to some degree it does...

Too bad it doesn't absorb the taste from the first five bowls! Hey! I love a cob - smoke one all the time - but that wood thingie sticking in the chamber needs to char out over several smokes. Don't be alarmed if the second half of your first several smokes tastes like your old Pinewood Derby car.