How to use the adapter ...

Most French pipes are now delivered with an adapter.

This one allows to smoke the pipe with 9mm filter, metal filter or without filter...

If the pipes are delivered with an adapter, you can use it in the following ways:

filter adapter

With a fiter :

Fiter adapter

filter adapter

With the "zigouigoui" ! (metal filter)

Le zigouigoui

Without "zigouigoui" (metal filter)

sans zigouigoui

Some smokers remove the adapter completely to have a mini calabash system (smoke cooling).

without adapter

Sweet smoke