I don’t mind it if the chamber is clean. It’s the ones that get the varnish, etc in them that taste awful to me.maybe I’m in the minority but I enjoy the flavor of breaking in a new cob.
I don’t mind it if the chamber is clean. It’s the ones that get the varnish, etc in them that taste awful to me.maybe I’m in the minority but I enjoy the flavor of breaking in a new cob.
I have a General that I smoke Englishes in, but they usually taste better in a briar pipe that I also smoke English blends in. I think because it’s just seen so much Lat. It smells like Lat even after a good cleaning.Current favorite way to smoke an English is rolled up into a musketball and jammed into the top of a MM General cob.
I would not recommend this. There was a thread on here a while back about the health dangers of various hardwoods (and their ash) being used in this way or for pipe making.Hard wood ash from the fireplace works good.
I've only smoked a non-clay pipe twice, both with Clan.thanks for all the advice. i cleaned out the bowl with a pocket knife and chared it a bit with a torch liter and it improved it greatly. on my next tobacco order which is coming up soon, i will try a burly blend that looks promising. I will also try again to get an old dominion cob. i have tried a couple of times, but it seems that every time i am getting an order together they are sold out. I have an old dominion clay and it is one of my best smoking pipes.
That's _exactly_ what I was going to post. I prefer my burleys in cobs, and absolutely can't stand English blends in them.What kind of tobacco are you smoking in your cobs? Some types of blends blends go better in a cob than others IMO. For example, cobs seem to enhance burley blends, but Latakia blends not so much.
love the old dominion cobs. I have two of them. They seem like their availability is pretty random. But I think they smoke great and actually have a strange look of rustic sophistication, give me a nice suit with a vest an old dominion cob and I'll be ready to play a country lawyer.thanks for all the advice. i cleaned out the bowl with a pocket knife and chared it a bit with a torch liter and it improved it greatly. on my next tobacco order which is coming up soon, i will try a burly blend that looks promising. I will also try again to get an old dominion cob. i have tried a couple of times, but it seems that every time i am getting an order together they are sold out. I have an old dominion clay and it is one of my best smoking pipes.
The Huck Finn is superb flake pipe. Yep, an hour if sipped.I don't break my cobs in with expensive tobacco. I use OTC blends like Half and Half or Carter Hall (typically some type of Burley). They really do get better after a dozen or so smokes. I have a little MM Huck Finn, that I only load with very slow burning compressed tobaccos. It's probably my favorite! It's very small, but with the right tobacco, it can give me a full hour smoke (or more).
I've done both with the little nub at the bottom of the cob chamber, smoked them out and chisiled them out. Either way, I always raise the bottom up to the air hole with ash mud. This will have the added benefit of protecting the bottom against burning out. I have a few cobs that I've been smoking for close to thirty years, and I re-mud the bottoms every few years (as needed).
Well then, you should try Country Lawyer. Just smoked a bowl today, and it's excellent in a coblove the old dominion cobs. I have two of them. They seem like their availability is pretty random. But I think they smoke great and actually have a strange look of rustic sophistication, give me a nice suit with a vest an old dominion cob and I'll be ready to play a country lawyer.
that's certainly on the list of must tries. Sadly I think how disappointed I am with the other Briarworks blends I've tried. Not bad and all enjoyed but no reason to order them again. I guess part of me is thinking well maybe it will also be a ho hum offering.Well then, you should try Country Lawyer. Just smoked a bowl today, and it's excellent in a cob
I didn't care for any of the other BriarWorks blends either. Country Lawyer was the exception. Plus hey, free small mason jar!that's certainly on the list of must tries. Sadly I think how disappointed I am with the other Briarworks blends I've tried. Not bad and all enjoyed but no reason to order them again. I guess part of me is thinking well maybe it will also be a ho hum offering.
Cut the shank and mud. I have never had any problems, and they smoke cool. I have done this with all of my cobs (14+) and some have gone through/are going through additional mods.
On the subject of good cob blends, the only burley blend I've been smoking the past couple weeks is Angler's Dream, which I just added to a recent TAD order out of curiosity. It's just excellent. Some toasty, woody burley flavor, plus a dash of brown sugar (cavendish) and a dash of cinnamon. It's great stuff. I don't know if it's just the approach of the fall season (and me especially appreciating the brown sugar / cinnamon thing because of that) but I smoke quite a bit of burley, and I've not wanted to smoke any other burley blend lately, with the exception of the burley-based aromatics from Wilke I've been smoking a bit lately.
My next order of Anglers Dream will be measured in pounds rather than ounces.