Are Any of These Actual MM Cobs?
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Someone else can confirm but it just looks like one has an older label.
I think they have more then one sticker they put on their pipes. I think it means there is something different about them. On closer inspection just from different time periods. I've seen both stickers before.
Gotcha, one of the pipes was labeled as there Legend Corn Cob so maybe they just used the old style sticker for that one.
Well the founder of the company started producing cobs in the late 1800's and changed the name to Missouri Meerschaum in something like 1906 or 1907 (I don't remember) so they've probably changed labels a few times over the years. The changing of labels is just a guess on my part.
I think the yellow stickers are used on cobs with a hardwood insert and the other type of stickers are used on cobs without the hardwood insert.
The red sticker doesn’t have the hardwood insert. Thank you for the knowledge! For $10 it’s worth trying both but curious what is the difference of having the hardwood plug vs not having one? I could only guess lifespan.
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No problem. I think it is supposed to increase the lifespan by reducing the potential for burnouts.
Taken care of, a cob can last a lifetime. I have a legend that is 25 years old and going strong with no insert.
They have number of different stickers. I'm not familiar with them, but handful I have are all different.
According to aristocob, the hardwood plugs are used, when during manufacture, it's discovered that an otherwise perfectly good cob, is a little bit too pithy in the core.
Skip to about 3:50 for the explanation