corncob pipes

[ettolla1]

Hi There

I just started making corncob pipes, using mine own corn, but not big enough and MM, would anyone know where i could find a bigger cob min. 4 inches diameter without the kernels or seeds to grow my own?

thanks

ricco

 

[jchaplick]

Try contacting MM, they may sell blank cobs

 

[buster]

I believe I read some where MM cures the dry cobs for years before making a pipe out of them? Not sure about what variety they use but I get almost all my veggie seeds from Territorial seeds. They have a face book page. You could ask them about the cob sizes. They are nice people and maybe they could give you an answer?
http://www.territorialseed.com/category/corn_seed

 

[tiltjlp]

MM uses hybrid seeds that have been developed over the years, and new seeds are needed every year, although I don't know why. And no, they don't sell blanks, since they have problems growing enough large cobs for their own needs.

 

[lonestar]

Try contacting MM, they may sell blank cobs

Negative.

I wish.

 

[tokerpipes]

thesmokindragan may know where to get some. Hey lets see a pic of one of your cobs.

 

[bobby46]

Please accept my words as sincere and suggestions as genuine.........

Let me commend you for your initiative on making homemade pipes. Where you have corn at your disposal, I have hardwoods. I know the joy attached to personal craftsmanship. My curiousity is sparked by your statement about your willingness (at last resort) to grow a hybrid corn for making a pipe. Please explain how you would have the

extreme patience to wait the duration from ground-breaking to finished product? I imagine that to be equivalent to my staring at a sapling for the eventual day I could cut it.

Why not compromise with a two-bowl smoking session using a cob already available? OR, making a simple sitter chimney-bowl fashioned from maple (as MM makes) and adding your shank and stem to that? One great advantage of hardwoods is no size limitations.