Corn cob blah!!!!
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If the deeming regs get properly sorted, you'll be able to order Mixture 69 from Std. Tobacco of PA in a few years {I hope!). Goes great in a cob, or just stuff it in anything.
Since I started off smoking with cobs 45 some years ago the new taste is fine with me. I do cut out the wooden stem that protrudes into the bottom of the chamber though.
Also,there is no plaster inside the tobacco chamber either. You can watch the MM factory assembly vids on youtube. They only coat the outside of the bowl and they never do "The Peterson Dipstain Special" on their cobs. And some MM cobs are left uncoated and take on a more natural look and seem to breathe better.
I like MM cobs but I've always disliked their cheap stems. I bought a few nice Forever Stems and love them.
I used to coat new cobs with honey to break them in...seemed to work OK. Honestly I dislike breaking in briar pipes worse than a cob..and I only buy estate (already broken-in and smoked) briar pipes because of it.
Also,there is no plaster inside the tobacco chamber either. You can watch the MM factory assembly vids on youtube. They only coat the outside of the bowl and they never do "The Peterson Dipstain Special" on their cobs. And some MM cobs are left uncoated and take on a more natural look and seem to breathe better.
I like MM cobs but I've always disliked their cheap stems. I bought a few nice Forever Stems and love them.
I used to coat new cobs with honey to break them in...seemed to work OK. Honestly I dislike breaking in briar pipes worse than a cob..and I only buy estate (already broken-in and smoked) briar pipes because of it.
I'd rather break in a dozen cobs than one briar, myself. As for the cheapo MM stems, I have a few Forever Stems and like them quite a bit. I'd like them a lot more if they had the same wide-open internal geometry of the MM stems. For the most part, I've just settled on using Danish bits on all my cobs.
I had two MM cobs and they both had a bit of a funk to them for the first few bowls. Someone recommended Carter Hall to break them in, and they have been fine ever since. They had the yellowish coating on the outside and one of them developed a crack in the shank, so I gave it to a cab driver I know. I actually like the original stems as they have a wide open draw. Though, I wouldn't mind checking out a forever stem. I saw, the other day, one of my local B&Ms has natural finish cobs for about 5 bucks. I'll be getting another one I think. 
The only time any of my cobs have ever been funky is when I have neglected them and not been vigilant about keeping them clean. A little scraping of the bowl and some vigorous pipe cleaner use and a day in the sunshine to cure freshens them right up. I love them personally.
"And some MM cobs are left uncoated and take on a more natural look and seem to breathe better."
Pipes, whether they be cob or briar do not breathe. Yet another myth passed from one to another :roll:
Think about how thick the walls of a pipe bowl are and of course take into account the density of the material involved. There is no way that air is able to pass from one side to the other in any perceivable quantity.
Besides, during combustion a certain amount of water is released from the tobacco, some of which is absorbed by the bowl thereby making 'breathing' even less possible. This is why bottles of wine are stored on their sides to keep the cork moist therefore preventing the ingress of air over time.
Regards,
Jay.
Pipes, whether they be cob or briar do not breathe. Yet another myth passed from one to another :roll:
Think about how thick the walls of a pipe bowl are and of course take into account the density of the material involved. There is no way that air is able to pass from one side to the other in any perceivable quantity.
Besides, during combustion a certain amount of water is released from the tobacco, some of which is absorbed by the bowl thereby making 'breathing' even less possible. This is why bottles of wine are stored on their sides to keep the cork moist therefore preventing the ingress of air over time.
Regards,
Jay.
No disrespect to Carter Hall, if I Prefer it over a 2009 tin of Astleys 109 tobacco while mowing the lawn. As to the corn cob pipe, well... I have a few. Sure, I have opinions, but I still smoke it occasionally. Even if they always have to be repaired immediately upon receiving it, and you have to do a bunch of stuff to it to smoke it. I have had to re-glue the stems back into all of mine right out of the box and then fill that chamber up with pipe mud. But, I'd take a corn cob any day before I'd ever be caught dead smoking a Briar Works pipe. :
: (You'd have to see my conversation with Todd Johnson from a few years back).
: (You'd have to see my conversation with Todd Johnson from a few years back).
Maybe I'm wrong but it appears to me that the MM natural (unplastered) cobs dissipate heat much better than other pipes. This is what I meant by saying that they "breathe better." The more porous a surface is (or the more increase in surface area) the better it's ability to release heat..much the same as radiator fins.
Ever smoke a shiny-hard-laquered pipe and notice how quickly it gets hot ? It can't get rid of the heat due to the sealed briar wood. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Ever smoke a shiny-hard-laquered pipe and notice how quickly it gets hot ? It can't get rid of the heat due to the sealed briar wood. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Of course pipes don't breath on their own. You have to keep breathing through it to keep the it going. ::
Not all lacquered pipes are created equally. I have several Hilson and Savinellis that don't get hot at all, but they are lacquered. It must be the way I breath. ::
:Not all lacquered pipes are created equally. I have several Hilson and Savinellis that don't get hot at all, but they are lacquered. It must be the way I breath. :
:A rough surface will dissipate more heat than a smooth surface, due to increased surface area. But first, the heat has to be conducted to the surface. I don't think that corn cob is a very good heat conductor. It's more of an insulator, really.
My indent was not that cobs were bad, theye have past the test of time and are obviously great pipes for the money and for travel, working, etc.... I understand you can't expect it to smoke like a dunhill (not that I even know how they smoke), I just didn't know if the taste goes away with time or is always present.
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