Cob Replacement Stems

For anyone who missed the reference on another thread (supplied by pipe guru roth), permanent vulcanite and

lucite replacement stems for your Missouri Meerschaum corn cob pipes can be had at walkerbriarworks.com.

For people new to cobs, you may wonder why a replacement stem is needed. The plastic stems that come with

MM corn cob pipes are made of plastic, and though they work fine for a while, they do wear out and need to be

replaced. You can just get another plastic stem for less than a dollar. But if you look for a better experience from

your well-loved Missouri Meerschaum pipes, you definitely want to look at these replacement stems in standard

stem materials, vulcanite and lucite. What's more, they come in a selection of interesting well-designed shapes,

and a variety of colors. After you get to the Replacement Stem page, the first selection of stems will be for the

filtered pipes. Please note the replacement stem does not take a filter, it just has a larger size to fit the formerly

filter pipes. If you are replacing the stem on an unfiltered pipe, you will want to click to the second page, to see

the selection for unfiltered pipes. All the stems are hand finished and can had in various lengths, including

churchwarden, and in straight or bent versions. If you are a devoted cob smoker, do not go to this site unless

you are interested in investing in replacement stems. At least to me, they were irresistible, and I haven't even

taken delivery yet. I ordered two new stems for my filtered pipes, and I want to ruminate before I select a really

jazzy stem for my unfiltered American Patriot cob.

Good point, jgriff. Or another way to look at it is, if heaven forbid, one of your cobs burns out, you can move the

permanent stem to a new one or another one of the same type, filtered or unfiltered. I think your concept sounds great.

However, I do sort of like matching up a specific stem with a specific style of pipe, and using the matched bowl and stem

as a single identified tobacco pipe. This is a little inflexible of me, but each pipe has a sort of separate style and aura.

With a lot of cobs on hand, your system is the way to go. With a few, I'm going to indulge in "spoiling them" with a

stem each. Nutty, but pleasing to me. Ain't cobs great? Love my briars, but there is just something about making a

pipe out of a vegetable. And to make a great, lightweight, extra-good smoking pipe out of a vegetable seems magic.

metalmilitia, true, bad editing. Should have struck the first "plastic," but that's the way it goes. I try to

do a re-write, but don't always get it done. The stems, they is plastic.

Cortez, great alternative for people who want to upgrade their cob stems but want to keep the workingman's

price integrity of the pipes. I'll make a note on this, especially for having guest pipes on hand that I can afford

to give away. However, the Foreverstems at Walker Briar Works enhance the cob to a new level; any cob lover

should indulge themselves in one or two, at least.

sjfine, you have a specific gift or talent. Kids, don't try this at home, riding a motorcycle and smoking a pipe.