What?? It's not German-like engineering!!?? ?
That's it! No more smoking this thing! I'm gonna use it to grow cilantro!
‘Forever Stems’ On My Cobs
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That's it! No more smoking this thing! I'm gonna use it to grow cilantro!
This. I use beeswax on all of my pipe tenons. Make sure you get food or cosmetic grade if you go that route.
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Can you please explain the steps, how you create the blackened rims? I didn’t really understand, I really like that look! ?
Thanks
I just hope we are not smoking GMO Cobs and contributing to the GMO delinquency LOL
Can you please explain the steps, how you create the blackened rims? I didn’t really understand, I really like that look! ?
Thanks
I just hope we are not smoking GMO Cobs and contributing to the GMO delinquency LOL
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Smoke it. The wood will loosen (expand) from the moisture and the heat.
I bought one and it wouldn’t budge, so I scraped the inside of the cob shaft, only enough to insert the Forever Stem far enough to create an airtight seat, then smoked it. As I smoked, I found I could twist to insert it fully. Don’t remove it! As the pipe cools it will seat itself to the diameter of the new stem. Leave it! Smoke it a couple times more, then it’ll be fine.
I bought one and it wouldn’t budge, so I scraped the inside of the cob shaft, only enough to insert the Forever Stem far enough to create an airtight seat, then smoked it. As I smoked, I found I could twist to insert it fully. Don’t remove it! As the pipe cools it will seat itself to the diameter of the new stem. Leave it! Smoke it a couple times more, then it’ll be fine.
Take some chocolate syrup, dilute with water until it is very thin, rub it on the rim of the pipe, let it dry completely, then using a soft flame lighter slowly burn the dried syrup. That's how I understood it.
Think I’ll try that to one of my cobs. Thanks for the tinkering idea ?
Where did you order yours?
I was very upset to find out that they've closed their business.
Was jut about to buy a "Filtered Style Nose Warmer".
YES! I do this which each new cob I get too! I coat the inside of the bowl and the rim with a thin coat of honey or maple syrup; let dry for a day, then, create that beautiful black ring around the rim of the cob with a lighter applied. I love the way it makes the cob look!!! - and, of course, the coating inside the bowl cooks to a char as the cherry burns it's way down the inside of the bowl and binds with a thin layer of ash... ah, the non-sophostication of high-performance cob-technology! - Sherm Natman
I never apply anything to the chamber as I wipe them out with unscented baby wipes after each smoke like a meerschaum.
Vermont Freehand makes them now.
Forever Stems - Vermont Freehand
Forever Stems Stems will fit these Missouri Meerschaum filtered pipe models; Country Gentleman Diplomat Diplomat 5th Ave. Freehand General Great Dane Spool Legend MacArthur Maple Hardwood Mark Twain Ozark Mountain Missouri Pride Washington Stems will fit these...
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You might consider giving it a try. The 'hands-down, number one, best smoking, best tasting pipe' I have is a MM smooth bent stem Diplomat apple; which was given the Vermont Maple Syrup treatment inside the bowl and on the rim, pre-smoking. This pipe has a ton and tons of miles on it, and has tons and tons more to go - with no appreciable 'wear' observable. It seems to me, that carbonizing the interior bowl and the rim with the thin honey/syrup coating, gives the cob some sort of steel-plated armor effect.
For what... less than $10.00 and a few drops of honey or maple syrup, why not give it a try? You might just end up with a most incredible smoker in your collection. - Sherm Natman
Smoking them and carbonizing the chamber like a briar has the same effect. Some of mine have got 10-15 years of age on them with no sign of slowing down and a buildup of cake can be detrimental to a cob.
The one pictured greatly exceeded $10. ?
When drilled well, all pipes smoke exactly the same way.
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