Nah, MRB041, I don't mind harshness whatsoever. Hey, I started smoking cigaretts after I started smoking weed, and I did that cos I actually liked scratchy feeling in my throat - I know - weird.

Yo, marinesf22, just check out "opium pipe" search at e-bay - apparently they got tons of them (the sellers are mostly from asia) - so i figured they're dumping tons of these things - so they lower the price. Besides, it's not REALLY antiques (most are early 1900's). My point was - that the design is kinda cool, it's kinda antique, it's cheaper than in those on-line bong/pipe stores, and I'm sure it can work for weed so why not - I'm getting me one

Oh and back to my question - so I figured you can just put the seath (the filter net thiny) into the bowl of any pipe (tobacco, opium whatever) and smoke it - I don't see a problem with that? Am I right, or am I missing something? Let me know whatcha think.