Glue Blobs in new Corn Cob Bowl

[zhizn]

Hi there, I have recently purchased a couple of corn cobs and inside the bowl where the shaft enters there are some unsightly blobs of glue. These have put me off from firing them up as I do not want, amongst other things, burning glue fumes in my smoke.
What advice can you guys offer a newbie?
Cheers

 

[buckeye]

see if you can take a sharp knife and cut them out.other than that fire up a bowl and see what happens.

 

[duncan]

First, is it a Missouri Meerschaum brand pipe? If so I would go to the link that is somewhere on this site and let them know.

 

[krgulick]

Their website is www.corncobpipe.com.

 

[zhizn]

Thanks, they are Missouri Meerschaum Legends, one straight, one bent.

 

[jship079]

they will replace your pipes no questions asked

 

[tanless1]

....keep in mind, the line staff has to start somewhere.

 

[excav8tor]

they will replace your pipes no questions asked

Whatever happened to companies like that; companies that are confident enough with their product to be able to sort out their customers problems, no matter what they are?
In this day and age it is rare thing.

 

[cortezattic]

mozwik, first, let me take this opportunity to welcome you to forums, it's a great place to ask questions, express ideas, and solicit a broad spectrum of opinions.
One of which is: I don't think anything good can come from smoking dried glue. Buy a real pipe and you'll have no such concerns.

 

[zhizn]

Here is a reply from Missouri Meerschaum....
"It sounds like one of our employees was overly enthusiastic when putting your pipes together. We do use a food grade glue similar to Elmer's to assemble our pipes. We have not found any glue problems with our customers using our pipes. Since the glue is food grade, it is perfectly safe. However, if you would like to return the pipes to us, we will send you replacements."
Excellent customer service and a quick response which is difficult to find nowadays. I have no need to replace them as I am satisfied.
cortezattic, I have briar pipes but I also like corn cobs for the right situation. Thanks all.

 

[spacecowboy57]

excav8tor, it seems like pipe companies are among the few that still do that. I dropped my Ipod and the screen got messed up. I have a warranty so I sent it in for a repair, they came up with some BS reason why this particular case wasn't covered under the warranty. They were going to charge me $205 to repair an Ipod that is only worth $199. bastards.

 

[mlaug]

Food grade glue coupled with fond memories of kindergarten.
Lessons learned;
Gluing glasses on someone's face doesn't work and is frowned upon by adults.
One can't glue lips together.
One can't fasten the teacher to the chair.
I thought I'd pass on these hard earned gems of knowledge...just in case anyone was curious about it.

 

[jimbo]

Cortez said, "Buy a real pipe and you'll have no such concerns."
HO HO! Thanks for correcting us corn cob snobs that M-Ms aren't "real pipes". :worship:
I recommend a cob for anyone's first pipe. Mine was one 45 years ago, and I still like smoking them. They are very "forgiving", cool and dry smoking, and require little break-in or maintenance.
Briars are like a "high-maintenace" wife. Pretty to have around, but expensive, and sometimes you wonder if they are worth the trouble. :mrgreen: