Modded Diplomat: Or How I Learned to Love the Cob

jessicac · Dec 16, 2014

So I have a couple of cobs, and never seemed to like them as the stem protrudes into the bowl and it leaves me with a bottom layer of unsmokable tobacco.
I also had a Peterson 314 which shattered with an overzealous reamer, leaving me with a spare stem.
Now after I reamed off the protruding bit, I decided to try to fit the old stem in.
Now besides looking a little too long, I have a good smoker. Yes, I prefer the p-lip, and I think I've finally found my ideal cob. (Although I still am a Peterson girl).

*EDIT* -fixed the link for you. You only need to put the image URL within the IMG bookends (Theses guys->

) Copy the image URL, click the IMG button up top and Voilá! -Jason */EDIT*

toby67 · Dec 16, 2014

Pity the picture didn't come through, sounds like an interesting pipe you modded

lordnoble · Dec 16, 2014

I like it. Personally, I'd heat that stem up and straighten it out a little, but other wise it is an awesome example of ingenuity in the face of adversity. How does it smoke with the new stem? Any better or worse?
-Jason

newbroom · Dec 16, 2014

I've been thinking about cob modification lately too. One idea is to fill the shank of a 'filter' type with plaster of paris (or something) and then drill it out to say, 5/32"....

Anybody ever try anything like that? I wonder if it would make the draw a tad more effective?

darwin · Dec 16, 2014

Interesting approach. It looks like the bowl would be almost horizontal while smoking.

darwin · Dec 16, 2014

"Anybody ever try anything like that? I wonder if it would make the draw a tad more effective? "
I've found with filtered cob stems that using a Savinelli triangular balsa filter tightens up the draw very nicely without affecting flavor. It's not a permanent solution but it is a cheap one especially if you can source balsa triangle stock from a hobby store.

warren · Dec 16, 2014

jessicac: Well done! Mother, invention, necessity and all that. Very nice.

newbroom · Dec 16, 2014

My reason for considering a 5/32 modification of a typical MM filter pipe derived from having read of someone who makes custom cobs with that particular feature as integral to its upgrade. I can't remember if it was that Canadian guy, or someone else..

I'm a frustrated condo resident and wish I had my old workshop to doodle around in.

I guess I just want to DO something with a pipe other than ream it and clean it and smoke it.

I expect to get with the kit pipe thing murmuring in the conversation, but I still wish I was back where my freedom of 'expression' was better enhanced by my surroundings.

phil67 · Dec 16, 2014

The stem protrusion that you are referring to will eventually burn off. I have eight MM cobs and the four that I smoke most often no longer have that protrusion.
Nice looking pipe, but wouldn't that stem be better suited for a bent cob rather than a straight one? Just a thought, but hey... whatever works for ya. :wink:

jessicac · Dec 16, 2014

Thanks for the image fix.

Correction, it was a 313, not a 314.
And the Diplomat was a bent stem, I tend to prefer them as I hardly have the time to just sit and smoke without having to do anything else, when I'm clenching, the bowl hangs at a 45 degree angle so the wind cover is a necessity if I don't want to have ash on my carpet.
As for the new (old stem), well, I don't have the issues with a mouthful of ash that I did with the original, which is not an issue here.
As fr the Forever stem, hat was what gave me the idea. I was considering ordering one and say that they had a p-lip version.

jessicac · Dec 17, 2014

Hmm, I'm either amish or the image thing doesn't like me.
Anyway, I rotated the stem above a zippo and bent it. now its one mean cob...

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