First Cob

[redglow]

I've just gone over to "the dark side" with a purchase of a new MM Country Gentleman.
Looking forward to my first bowl sometime this weekend.

 

[seanv]

Congrats on the cob. Soon you'll have five of them lol

 

[daniel7]

I have a dagner poker cob, I smoked it once but I don't really want to smoke it again. It adds a weird taste to the smoke. Not my cup of tea. I stay at briar and meerschaum.

 

[mso489]

As a counterpoint, I'm a long-time fan of MM cobs. Any corny taste (which I admit I don't notice) is gone after a smoke or three. They're light weight, easy to keep lit, and just generally user friendly. I like the Dagner and Charles Towne version for the acrylic stems, and I have supplied my regular cobs with Forever acrylic stems, just to save replacing stems I'd otherwise chew up. For me, MM cobs are permanent pipes and easy smokers. Love 'em.

 

[bent1]

They’ Good, stress free smokers. Enjoying the heck out of the Cobbit series.

 

[trouttimes]

Another cob fan here. I tend to grab my Country Gentleman often when I'm driving. Long cool smoke.

 

[olkofri]

Not a cob fan. Steer away from the Eaton and its smooth finish sibling. PITA to clean.
The one you acquired should be OK if your finger goes all the way down.

 

[ozarkhillbilly]

The Cob is a wonderful smoking pipe. Some things to note about "break in" I guess we'll call it since there isn't much of one to these pipes and a simple fact or two.

1. Varnished "shinny" cobs some times need a piece of sandpaper run on the inside of bowl to rid the funky taste. It can be smoked out with a few smokes.

2. This is an opinion but one shared by many cobbers.

Cobs with a "natural" or "neked"(as per Aristocob) finish smoke cooler and let the tobacco speak to you.

3. Nobody has cussed a blue streak if something happened to their $5-$10 cob. A $150 Peterson on the other hand...

4. I'm a Missouri Meerschaum man through and through. My favorite pipes period but if you like nostalgia then do yourself a favor and get an Old Dominion cob. Nice smokers and they are made with a reed instead of a plastic mouth piece. Makes you feel a little like you're smokin with Mark Twain.

5. Cob snobs and briars snobs both miss out on smoking some good pipes. I smoke cobs 90% of the time but I do love my briars.

 

[pepesdad1]

...and you can make them look a little better by staining them...

 

[ryeguy]

I have one cob. Ilt has definitely grown in me. It took me about 8-10 smokes to break in. It still gives a favor to the tobacco but so does briar, and the flavor of chared cob goes really well with the flavor of straight tobacco.

 

[ray47]

There's no such thing as one cob. At one time I thought one cob would be enough, now I own 50 and don't even get me started on Forever Stems.

 

[ozarkhillbilly]

Beautiful work pepesdad1

 

[redone]

I’m a fan, especially for travel. Forever stems and they are lifelong pipes.

 

[weezell]

I have a 24 pipe rack of nothing but MM Cob pipes that I reach for a lot. I am a Meer smoker 80% of the time,cobs 15% briars the rest. Nothing but great things to say about my MM Cobs!...

 

[aro222]

The Cobbit series are fantastic

 

[canucklehead]

Cobs are great, I probably smoke them about 80% of the time, and have made a bunch of them myself from corn I dried at home. They are especially great for OTC type burley blends and also good for the goopier aromatics as they are so absorbent.

 

[redglow]

Thanks all for the vital cob info, pictures and perspectives! Im sure I will enjoy it. I definitely like the light weight of this pipe.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Big fan here. I especially like their reverse calabash offerings.

 

[redglow]

Those are some nice cobs!

 

[pufferfish]

Count me in, I love the cob. I purchased one a while back and the collection is growing. I just like the way a cob feels light and somehow burns so easily.