So I have been reading up on the MM cobs and I am pretty sure I want one. Sounds like a great pipe for little money. Plus, it is a piece of Americana!!
Jason
Jason
I think I want a cob very soon!!
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I just got a grab bag for my pipe group and its a great deal for a great selection.
I love my own cobs. Can't go wrong. I have a general, an eaton,, a patriot, a country gentleman, and a legend as my regular cobs.
The only down side is trying to choose which one to smoke!
You'll love your cob!
I love my own cobs. Can't go wrong. I have a general, an eaton,, a patriot, a country gentleman, and a legend as my regular cobs.
The only down side is trying to choose which one to smoke!
You'll love your cob!
I personally don't care for the idea of the grab bag, cheap though they may be...
I've got a fleet of Country Gentlemen cobs, 12 or 13, I can't remember.
I have tried other models but they were not really to my liking. I smoked the hell out of them and threw them out.
Country Gents were perfect for my needs - a fair size bowl with a nice dark stain and a sharp overall appearance.
Unfortunately with the drought in the Midwest I think that production has ceased on the larger pipes, including the Country Gentlemen. I hope it is just temporary. In the meantime, I am glad that I thought ahead and bought so many...
I definitely recommend that you get some MM cobs - I've only come across a handful of people who didn't enjoy them in some way.
Don't forget either that they can last for several years with proper care. They are the best $5 investment you could ever make IMO.
I've got a fleet of Country Gentlemen cobs, 12 or 13, I can't remember.
I have tried other models but they were not really to my liking. I smoked the hell out of them and threw them out.
Country Gents were perfect for my needs - a fair size bowl with a nice dark stain and a sharp overall appearance.
Unfortunately with the drought in the Midwest I think that production has ceased on the larger pipes, including the Country Gentlemen. I hope it is just temporary. In the meantime, I am glad that I thought ahead and bought so many...
I definitely recommend that you get some MM cobs - I've only come across a handful of people who didn't enjoy them in some way.
Don't forget either that they can last for several years with proper care. They are the best $5 investment you could ever make IMO.
I think I'm getting early symptoms of PAD, when I started pipe smoking (a week ago) I loathed cobs for no reason other than how they looked, and over the last 7 days, I've gone from 'I will never own/smoke a corn cob pipe', to 'I gotta have a couple'...
The grab bag that was mentioned earlier was $30 of the best dollars I ever spent. Ten cobs that all look perfectly fine to me, smoke nice and make for great utility pipes for when I am working on a project or just need to rest my briars. Some love cobs, some hate em, but considering what they are and the price you pay for them, they are a very nice little pipe.
I've had one for ages but maybe smoked 2-3 bowls out of it. Fired it up again the other day with some St. James Flake and its been very nice. Have smoked it twice this past week, think I will have to keep up with that.
I have 3, 1 quarter bent, 1 straight and one large full bent. the quarter and straight get used a couple day's a week, great smoking don't have to worry about what you do with it but the full bent large bowl that's a story for another day.
If you can get one it's worth it if you can get three do it, make sure there all different so you can choose.
If you can get one it's worth it if you can get three do it, make sure there all different so you can choose.
My bad, I heard they weren't able to manufacture the large ones anymore this year. They are out of stock at my usual sources so for my purposes they are gone, anyway. Luckily I don't need anymore at the moment.
You can get a nice long smoke from a Country Gentleman. I got sick of the smaller pipes because they never gave me enough time to really get in the groove with my tobacco...
PS to anyone buying cobs, the biggest flaw in my opinion is that there is often a gap between the bottom of the pipe and the draft hole. There are ways to fix this; you can insert a wooden plug in the bottom; you can create pipe mud from cigar ash and level off the bottom. which will harden when you give it time to cure; and for the lazy men among us (such as myself) you can plug up the gap solidly with a bit of extra tobacco before every smoke and then proceed to pack as usual. Just be sure to completely remove any remnants after the smoke is finished! It only takes a tiny bit, so it's not really a waste. It seems to wick moisture away from the rest of the tobacco so it works for me at least...
(I can't see it causing sourness unless you don't clean your cobs well)
I was hanging out during lunchtime at Smoker's Haven with my coworkers chatting with Premal like we usually do when the Fed Ex truck shows up. Premal was unpacking the goods and notified us that he has MM Cobs that just arrived. So my cohorts and I bought some. Got a bent and a straight Legend. Haven't smoked them yet.
Oh yea.. picked up a tin of Esoterica Margate too
It is so hard not walking out of that store without buying something.
Jason
Oh yea.. picked up a tin of Esoterica Margate too
It is so hard not walking out of that store without buying something.
Jason
love my cobs. Their my go to for taking to work, heck, I have a rotation just of cobs for workdays
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