I still love briar more but if you never tried a cob you have to. They're as good for smoking as any other pipe. Different but just as legit.
Clan Cob Unite!
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I qualify with my one cob courtesy of @Ahi Ka 
Loaded up with back-to-back bowls of W.O.Larsen Signature Blend today
Loaded up with back-to-back bowls of W.O.Larsen Signature Blend today
I love my briars, But my cobs are my go to pipes while fishing or plein air painting. I can smoke any type or kind of tobacco in them with no ghosting. They are just great. I'm at the beach for 2 months now and the only pipes I'm smoking are my three cobs.
The cobs are the ones that get smoked immediately after cleaning out a bunch of pipes once a week.
A Washington 5th Ave was my first pipe and I smoked it occasionally for a couple of years before purchasing a briar. I now prefer the way a good briar smokes over cobs. I will still smoke Cobbs from time to time, but I'm not a fan of the wide open draw. I have started to mess with modifying cobs and will smoke them for sentimental reasons. When I feel the need to smoke something inexpensive I tend to reach for a Morgan Bones over a cob. Once I gather them all in the same place I post a pic of my modifieds.
I love cob pipes and own many. If they were all I had access to I would have zero problems. I find myself at times smoking nothing but cobs. Now is one of those times. For some reason, Carolina Red Flake tastes sublime to me in a cob pipe.
I have a number of cobs i smoke on a regular basis. I prefer the MM Country Gentlemen, and take one regularly when I go trekking around outdoors in the woods or on my Harley.
Here is my favorite, bent Legend on its third stem. I give others away and buy new ones to replace them, but this one has been with me from the start. It's a great smoker.
I smoke cobs. Not exclusively.
But I don't view it as a cause celebre.
But I don't view it as a cause celebre.
Most of my pipes are cobs. I have a few briars, but really like my cobs. The Legend and Washington are probably my favorites. I smoke them without the filter. The open draw is nice. I'm in Nebraska and if you ask anyone here who is over 60 they will tell you that their fathers and grandfathers all smoked corn cob pipes back in the day.