Pipe Filters

[Ljutic]

I did a search and didn't come up with much.

I've never used filters in my limited time enjoying pipes. Happened to see a picture of a Missouri Meerschaum recently that had a transparent stem with a filter installed. It got me thinking......

What do you all think about using filters? Are there certain types of pipes, or pipe smokers, that need them?

When I first tried pipes in college, I remember turning drug store cob pipes and heavily cased tobacco into a bubble pipe almost instantly because I didn't know any better. I imagine a filer may have helped me at that time.