Cobs.......

Nice cobs.... I have several in my collection, but none very old. The oldest one is from

about 1974 or so....

Welcome to the forum

Thanks for taking the time and effort to post those pix for us. :clap:
Do you think the earlier cobs were better in any way, compared to what we can buy today?

That's a nice collection you have there. They are always a great smoke and a good way for new pipe smokers to dip their toe in the water. I was guess that old cobs are hard to find? After all they are often used on building sites, out camping and other places where it would be easy to damage an expensive pipe.
Also - has the diameter of the stems got bigger over the years? What look like the oldest seem to have a much thinker shank and stem

I have a pile of both filtered and non filtered, straight & bent stems if you have the need for more donors. All are new and unused.

I don't like the stems, that's why I got a forever stem. It makes it look better, and it will last pretty much forever. Plus you can get them in basically any style.

I don't like the stems, that's why I got a forever stem. It makes it look better, and it will last pretty much forever. Plus you can get them in basically any style.

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I don't like them either, so I ended up getting about a dozen stems from the seller on ebay who sells cob stems. Contrary to semi-popular belief, the quality of those stems are nice.
fishnbanjo, I'll send you a PM of what I have left shortly.

Filtered stems on the left, non-filtered on the right. Bents are on the sides so you can see it, straights...are straight. 8)

I didn't want to hijack your post, but wanted to show you how I like Cobs.... These are some of mine

:worship: WOW!

I enjoy my cobs too and just salvaged one of them today hopefully. A couple months back I noticed that the bottom of my Country Gent was getting soft so I stopped smoking it and set it aside. I got sick of seeing it out of commission on the shelf, so I put a hardwood plug in the bottom of it today and tried a new (to me anyway) recipe of pipe mud for contouring the bottom. I took some ash from my charcoal grill and mixed it up with Everclear, it seems to have worked great so far and is drying fast. If it holds up I think I'll treat the pipe to a new Forever Stem. It was my first pipe so it'll be nice to keep around!

Posted these a while back eventually I'll get around to posting them all.
Big straight and Big bent


Extra large and long


Miniatures


Square shank or corn dog the second one is my favorite as it is actually cut like a bulldog


Old display board being filled with random pipes


Just some unique ones


Older pipes from when they were a bit nicer


Some hard woods that you just seem to pick up as you go along


Really old and fairly unique


Bamboo shanks


Current or modern cobs


Cool bents some old some new


Three different freehands


Complete unsmoked custom grade presentation set from the 50s


Reed stems some redone by yours truly


Whit I like to call the 44 cobnum it had a crack in the shank that I banded with a piece of 44 mag brass I fit the stem from my box of spares and gave it a hard wood plug bottom


A custom piece made by a fellow called smoking dragon


A santas pipe not sure how old but Marylin over at MM guesses from the 30s or 40s


A MKII nylon pipe with replaceable corncob bowls, I have 3 white, black and brown.




Well those are the highlights hope you like them.

Nice cobs. I have to say I only have one but it's always given a good smoke.