cobguy, I do the same thing as you do, cube it and then let dry. It dries out faster that way for me. I make sure I cube plenty to fill a bowl and the leftovers get put back in the tin.
Drank the Cob Koolaid
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Ok after smoking my new three cobs almost exclusively I have broken them in nicely and I have to say I am impressed. Smoking them is so effortless and almost natural feeling. They provided a steady stream of cool dry smoke and I can smoke the whole bowl with only a few lights. I almost have to say I prefer the cob to my briar. I have drank the koolaid and enjoy its sweet flavor
I have even found that the small Huck Finn is a great smoke. Perfect for a short 15 20 minute break and just as dry and pleasant as the bigger cob.
cigmaster wrote:
Extremely mild, but yet a full tobacco taste with a gentle sweetness of berries(?) but not overly so as to be reminiscent of some sickening sticky casing that is so present in many of the aro’s. I’m not one to give to give an informative review as to nuances in taste other than to say that this is damn good! So much so that I ordered another three tins of it. Thanks for jogging my memory that I had this unforgotten little gem lying amongst my other untried tins!
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thesmokingtexan wrote:
Finally cracked open the tin this weekend and... wow (referring to Peterson’s University Flake)! I wish I had tried this much earlier as I absolutely love it. Smoked three bowls with different pipes using a cube cut and rubbing it out. Each and every time I didn’t want the bowl to end. Seeing that I no longer smoke aro’s this is indeed a hard one to explain. If by chance someone gave me a bowl of this without me knowing what it was my first impression would be an aromatic, except that this tastes like tobacco instead of just some hot vapid air that merely smells nice while smoking it as most, if not all aromatics did for me.
Extremely mild, but yet a full tobacco taste with a gentle sweetness of berries(?) but not overly so as to be reminiscent of some sickening sticky casing that is so present in many of the aro’s. I’m not one to give to give an informative review as to nuances in taste other than to say that this is damn good! So much so that I ordered another three tins of it. Thanks for jogging my memory that I had this unforgotten little gem lying amongst my other untried tins!
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thesmokingtexan wrote:
Another one who has been awakened! Ya can’t knock something until you’ve tried it. I’d never give up my briars, but by the same token I would never give up my MM cobs either. Matter of fact, I just ordered two Mark Twain’s with my last tobacco purchase. Happy cob Kool-Aid... :wink:
Over the last 50 years I have acquired many briar, meers, a few calabshes , falcons etc. Around 35 years ago I started smoking cobs. ... Mostly the ones with the bamboo shanks, but I have free hands, generals, patriots and country gentlemen too, around 20 of them and some of them are over 30 years old. They are all great smokers when you take the time to break them in ... The more you smoke them the better they get. I smoke. Lot of Balkan mixtures and they seem to do a little better in a good briar ... That aside I really cant think of a better smoking pipe than a cob. I'm smoking one right now. More often than not I reach for one of my cobs. Why ... Because they are great. I wish MM would bring back the bamboo shanks.
I just bought 4 more MM cobs on clearance at cvs for less than 12 bucks. Also the got the dr grabow for 75 % of at 8 bucks. They are trying to get rid of all there tobacco since they are no longer going to stock it. I am headed to three more cvs tomorrow and buying up all there cobs. I will have a life time supply of cobs by the end of the day. My wife and friends say I have become obsessed and I am starting to wonder if i am.
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