OK, I Need Help Deciding on a Pipe...

[dongreyface]

I'm going to be making a pipe rack purchase very shortly, and I've decided I want to get a new(cheap) pipe with it, but I can't make up my mind. They're all MM's, one is the Diplomat straight, about 9 bucks. But then I saw the Ozark pipes, about 4.5 each(bent cherry, and straight maple), so I could get both for the price of the Diplomat. But I have never smoked out of a hardwood pipe before, so I don't know what they're like. Here are the links to the pipes.
Hardwood Cherry

http://www.pipesandcigars.com/cocobozhapic.html

Hardwood Maple

http://www.pipesandcigars.com/missouriozark.html

Diplomat straight

http://www.pipesandcigars.com/mimedist.html
I suppose I could get all three, but the rack I'm getting is a 6 pipe rack, and I'm wanting a Churchwarden down the road, that would make 7 pipes for me. And I'm just weird enough that would actually bother me. So what do you all think?

 

[jlee]

Easy - the Diplomat is superior. Go for it.

 

[chispa]

Country Gentleman
I'm gonna say to check out this one. Big bowl, dark stain. Nice pipe!!

 

[krgulick]

Get all 3 plus a bigger pipe rack.

 

[philip]

I've never smoked one of their hardwoods either, but I like the looks of the corn cob.

 

[baronsamedi]

 

[olderthandirt]

Don't bother with the Ozarks, really. Your money is much better spent on the cob!

 

[irish2fish]

I think I would go for the Diplomat.

 

[olderthandirt]

And it always pays to shop around.

Mike over at Mars Cigars usually has the lowest price on a MM cob.

 

[chispa]

I don't have any experience with the MM wood pipes but I'd say stick to cob, meer, or briar. But I don't really know much.

 

[juvat270]

Another vote for the Diplomat. I own three, two straight and one bent. They smoke great, love 'em!

 

[bambam]

another vote for the diplomat. ::

 

[rigmedic1]

Cob, definitely. I didn't like the hardwoods.

 

[lordnoble]

I'm with OTD, get the diplomat for Mars Cigars. The ship stupid fast and are a great company to deal with.
-Jason

 

[chopz]

diplomat.

 

[lostandfound]

My girlfriend seems to prefer hard wood, but then again, I've been drinking whiskey and she doesn't smoke a pipe.

I'd go with the cob.

Go with the cob... Go with the cob.

 

[riptide]

go with the Cob.

 

[chopz]

after considering it i have the perfect solution to your dilemma. buy 2 diplomats and a churchwarden. i'm thinking i like the looks and price of this one: http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/savinelli/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=89122

 

[ace57]

I have M&M cobs and M&M hard woods, The cobs smoke great and the woods just smoke. Go with COBS.

 

[bhpdrew]

For inexpensive... cobs are the way to go. And so what if the pipes don't fit in the rack? Most of my pipes sit in olda cigar boxes. If I kept my pipes just to what I could fit in a rack I'd only have 26.