I'm a real penny pincher as anyone who has been on Forums knows, but fifty bucks for a MM cob with some extra features hardly seems pricey to me. I've bought two of their special ad>/dition pipes, the Dagner and the Charles Townes, at about $24, with acrylic stems and distinct design, and I think this double calabash at $50 would be worth it. Cobs can last for decades or more. I no longer think of them as disposable per se. I've refitted several regular MM's with Forever stems. It just depends on your sense of what an MM cob is. If you still think of it as a sort of cheap and temporary, I wouldn't spend fifty bucks on one either. If you spend years with cobs that have done well and better than some briars, that makes a difference.
