I am a newbie pipe smoker, I have two pipes. One is supposed to have the paper tube filter, I have them but don't have one installed and it works fine.

The other pipe is giving me problems, instead of a space for a filter, it has a metal tit in the mouthpiece end that pokes into the bowl tube. This pipe gets wet inside when I smoke it. I think the smoke hitting the metal causes condensation.

Am I right? If so, can I remove the metal tit?