One Cob for One Year

[sablebrush52]

Wow! Four months in, and you haven't been driven mad. Amazing.

 

[didimauw]

Nah, me likey, smokey the cobby.

 

[mso489]

Last pictured, the MM cob looks fine. Your determination is admirable. Many an old timer went with one pipe at a time, and sometimes it was a cob.

 

[warren]

You also think riding in a vehicle which can't turn or stop quickly is a great way to make a living.

 

[didimauw]

253.
Smoking only one pipe is much more maintenance than I thought. The cleaning of the pipe is hard to keep up on!

Gotta ream it again, bowls are getting smaller.

 

[warren]

Pesky maintenance!

 

[mso489]

didi, do you smoke less frequently because of the one-pipe experiment?

 

[didimauw]

I am smoking less frequently, but not because of the pipe. I'm smoking less because of work and the cold. I've been back up to a minimum of two bowls a day though. One on the way to, and one on the way home.

 

[agnosticpipe]

Didi, you say you're doing this for science? Thought it was for the children... :wink:
You are doing a great job though, keep it up because I think this will be interesting.

 

[didimauw]

Thanks Orley!
I changed the stem back to the bent black one. The orange one I had on it was becoming too uncomfortable, with the huge bite mark craters in it. Also reamed it again. Massive chunks of cake came out once again.
It's like a new pipe! But smokes like a well used friend!

 

[philairfoil]

I'm willing to lay down a tin of tobacco Mr. Didimauw makes it. Any takers?

 

[beefeater33]

You're a strong man Didi!........... keep on keepin' on............ in the name of science you know!.... :clap:

 

[btp79]

The legend of the Carter Hill Cobb continues!

 

[lightmybriar]

Just checking up on this swell adventure...

 

[jvnshr]

Just checking up on this swell adventure...

I was wondering myself about it while smoking a Missouri Meerschaum Mark Twain for the first time yesterday.

 

[btp79]

And I realized I spelled Carter Hall incorrectly stupid vowels.

 

[coyja]

This thread inspired me to get a cob a month or two ago and I'm in love with them now!

 

[3rdguy]

Maybe you should do a briar or meerschaum for a year after this. We could set up your smoking schedule for the next few years :lol:

 

[didimauw]

284 bowls. Still averaging two a day or so. Not much has changed with the pipe.

 

[pipesmokingtom]

So, it's a ~6.00 pipe.. you smoke Carter Hall exclusively, right?
By my math, you're smoking for just about .50 cents a day, and that will only get better the longer the cob lasts.
I like it!