Corncob vs Hardwood

[mso489]

Just a footnote: At a whaling museum in New England, an exhibit of possessions in a sea chest included a pipe and tobacco in a drawstring cloth bag, and the pipe was an MM hardwood, which I thought was an appropriate choice. Your basic pipe.

 

[Griffith]

I ended up getting an Ozark Mountain pipe. I'll break it in, and I'll get a cob later on down the road.

I just love the look of the hardwood pipes, and I'm not a very picky guy.

 

[Ctbill]

I have and use both. I actually sanded down a MM hardwood, and painted (the OUTSIDE!) with black bed liner for a tough, rustic beater pipe. Even buffed up the ferrule to silver...?

 

[davek]

I love cobs, but I am not a fan of the Ozark Mountain hardwoods. FYI, they are birch.