Some of you may remember a little thread I did a few years ago where I put a brand new Missouri Meerschaum cob pipe on my roof for 6 months and documented how it fared.
The pipe did very well, and I hope it helped dispel some misconceptions that cobs are disposable and not durable.
I've decided to try this 'experiment' again, but with a Chinese cob from AliExpress. Will this cob have the same resilience as its MM counterpart? Will it fare better?
The pipe itself was around $6 shipped to my door. I will say shipping took incredibly long for whatever the reason, but you get what you pay for in terms of shipping.
Here are some pictures of the new, actual pipe.
Long Term Cob Torture Test: 6 Months Under The Elements :: Pipe Talk
Could be around 15-20cms of snow coming tomorrow, so this will be the last blast of winter before the pipe comes down. I'm not too keen on falling off my snow covered roof to retrieve it, so it might be a touch longer than 6 months.
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The pipe did very well, and I hope it helped dispel some misconceptions that cobs are disposable and not durable.
I've decided to try this 'experiment' again, but with a Chinese cob from AliExpress. Will this cob have the same resilience as its MM counterpart? Will it fare better?
The pipe itself was around $6 shipped to my door. I will say shipping took incredibly long for whatever the reason, but you get what you pay for in terms of shipping.
Here are some pictures of the new, actual pipe.