A few weeks ago I made a corn cob pipe from a piece of corn I had for dinner. I documented it here:
I Made a Pipe from Last Night’s Dinner :: Pipe Talk - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/i-made-a-pipe-from-last-night%E2%80%99s-dinner.109564/
It worked well enough, but the chamber was too narrow for my tamper, my small pocket flashlight or even my finger. It wasn’t pretty, and the more it dried out, the more kernels fell out, making it look even less pretty. It gave a nice 15 to 20 minute smoke though, pretty handy when one is doing a quick walk with the dog. And it was free and fun to make.
So here is the 2.0 version.
I dried another cob after another dinner and decided to plaster-coat this one (I used diluted wood glue and flour). Once dry, I sanded it to a smooth finish, gave it a light yellow stain and a squirt of some clear spray from the garage. Since the corn layer was stabilized with the plaster coating, I felt comfortable drilling/sanding the chamber more aggressively than my first one. I put in an oak bottom plug and coated that with a bit of pipe mud. I reused the bamboo stem from my first cob pipe. It was a bit longer than I liked so I just cut it off.
I’ll let this one dry out a few more days before firing up a bowl. The plaster coating and pipe mud could probably do with a bit more drying time. I’ll report back once it’s been used. In the top-view picture above, both chambers look about the same diameter; I think that’s because the old one is taller and was closer to my camera lens. I suspect the new cob will perform better than my first try just based on the fact I can use a tamper in the wider, slightly shorter bowl.
I Made a Pipe from Last Night’s Dinner :: Pipe Talk - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/i-made-a-pipe-from-last-night%E2%80%99s-dinner.109564/
It worked well enough, but the chamber was too narrow for my tamper, my small pocket flashlight or even my finger. It wasn’t pretty, and the more it dried out, the more kernels fell out, making it look even less pretty. It gave a nice 15 to 20 minute smoke though, pretty handy when one is doing a quick walk with the dog. And it was free and fun to make.
So here is the 2.0 version.
I dried another cob after another dinner and decided to plaster-coat this one (I used diluted wood glue and flour). Once dry, I sanded it to a smooth finish, gave it a light yellow stain and a squirt of some clear spray from the garage. Since the corn layer was stabilized with the plaster coating, I felt comfortable drilling/sanding the chamber more aggressively than my first one. I put in an oak bottom plug and coated that with a bit of pipe mud. I reused the bamboo stem from my first cob pipe. It was a bit longer than I liked so I just cut it off.
I’ll let this one dry out a few more days before firing up a bowl. The plaster coating and pipe mud could probably do with a bit more drying time. I’ll report back once it’s been used. In the top-view picture above, both chambers look about the same diameter; I think that’s because the old one is taller and was closer to my camera lens. I suspect the new cob will perform better than my first try just based on the fact I can use a tamper in the wider, slightly shorter bowl.
