The Country Gentleman is hard to beat. My yard cobs are 5th Avenue Diplomats and those things can take a beating.
Corn Cob form Missouri Meerschaum...
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When I first noticed that there were corn cob pipes selling for $30+, I couldn't believe that people would pay that much -- not that I'm judging! What you get for that money is generally some combination of a hardwood plug in the bowl, an acrylic stem, a more labor-intensive bowl shaping/finish, and/or a really limited run of something. A bottom-of-the-line MM will last a really long time given a little care. My first MM Legend has gone close to 25 years now.
The $30+ price difference is from the stem material. Buy a forever stem (about $18) for a low end cob and you hit the $30 price point.
Back on 2015, the reverse calabash was $50. The price carried over to the 2018 version. When you get into artisan cobs you're talking over $100.
The Country Gentleman is about $15 and is the cheapest and most popular large cob, wooden dowel, acrylic stem model.
The $5 Legends are great.
The $15 Country Gentlemans are de boss!
For my taste and capabilities. I like the Diplomat, General and Charles Towne Cobbler.
The Diplomat is a great pipe. I have put over 1000 bowls through these. The stems are the original Danish type and they have held up.
Just get them all! 
Seriously though, that’s what I ended up doing, nearly all anyway. My favorite is the Mark Twain but the Country Gentleman comes in a close second.
Seriously though, that’s what I ended up doing, nearly all anyway. My favorite is the Mark Twain but the Country Gentleman comes in a close second.
I got an MM bent Washington with the Rob Roy shape on Friday. It's pretty cool.
For starters, going to try the Let Freedom Ring and the Vintage BWC #11 Hickory...
That will be cool! Keep us posted! I definitely want to try a non filtered one!
I like Diplomat and Country Gentleman for their chamber size and the overall heftiness.
I like the Rob Roy bowl on the Let Freedom Ring, and am partial to the bent pipes as the straights don’t fit in my usual pipe pouch I keep in my lunchbox.
I did order bent Danish bits recently for my backups for my LFR and Missouri Prides.
I did order bent Danish bits recently for my backups for my LFR and Missouri Prides.
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I should be getting my Let Freedom RIng w/ bent amber this week...
Country Gentlemans are my favorite followed by Diplomats and Twains.
Everything in the Cobbit line is quite good too.
But honestly, none of them are bad.
Everything in the Cobbit line is quite good too.
But honestly, none of them are bad.