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I had to begrudgingly admit to myself, (after smoking one of their hardwoods in rotation for a year or two) that it was a better smoker than many of my briars. Add to that the fact that it is both cheap and light...it really is a great little workhorse of a pipe.
I still think it is UGLY, it has all of the 'knocked together' look of a cob, but with none of the excuse or charm that a cob of corn has. However even in a hobby fairly concerned
with aesthetics, looks are not everything :
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Isaac
I still think it is UGLY, it has all of the 'knocked together' look of a cob, but with none of the excuse or charm that a cob of corn has. However even in a hobby fairly concerned
with aesthetics, looks are not everything :
:Isaac
A MM hardwood was my first pipe, and I still use it occasionally. It may not be the prettiest piece of wood on the rack, but it serves its purpose.
Good day all,
My thoughts above was based on findings on the MM web site. While looking for a pipe to mod the site only has the Ozark mini and the Ozark pipes, the Gentleman, Diplomat, Patriot are no longer listed.
These hardwood pipes are the simple design of the cob with most of the same smoking characteristics.
I enjoy my briars, meershaums, clays, the cob and hardwoods adds another aspect to pipe smoking. Also for a guy like me that has an issue of keeping things in their hands(due to nerve damage) these reduce the worry of damaging an expensive pipe.
A thought just occurred, that they may be out of stock but maybe not.
Have a good day
My thoughts above was based on findings on the MM web site. While looking for a pipe to mod the site only has the Ozark mini and the Ozark pipes, the Gentleman, Diplomat, Patriot are no longer listed.
These hardwood pipes are the simple design of the cob with most of the same smoking characteristics.
I enjoy my briars, meershaums, clays, the cob and hardwoods adds another aspect to pipe smoking. Also for a guy like me that has an issue of keeping things in their hands(due to nerve damage) these reduce the worry of damaging an expensive pipe.
A thought just occurred, that they may be out of stock but maybe not.
Have a good day
I'm a big fan of MM cobs. I often find myself smoking one. Definitely at least half the time I smoke a pipe. That said, after reading this thread I thought I might pick up a couple wood MM pipes. I checked out some online retailers.
But, they still do nothing for me so I think I'll just stick with their cobs. YMMV
P.S. - I think if they had a rusticated version, I would find them more visually interesting. I'd buy one of those.
But, they still do nothing for me so I think I'll just stick with their cobs. YMMV
P.S. - I think if they had a rusticated version, I would find them more visually interesting. I'd buy one of those.
At a whaling museum in upstate New York, they had an exhibit of the whaling ship sea chest containing all of a sailor's personal belongings. This was poignant to me having lived on a minesweeper with all of my possessions in a locker half the size of the lockers I had in high school. Among the prized possessions packed in the museum sea chest was a cloth drawstring bag of tobacco complete with tax stamps beside a representative pipe, for which they had selected one of the MM hardwood pipes, which I thought was a reasonable and appropriate choice. If these pipes have been discontinued, I hope they will be brought back, on whatever pretext.
I’ve got a couple of their unused hardwood minis along with some mini cigars that I just keep on hand, so I have something to offer if somebody just wants to stop and chat when I’m smoking on the front patio. I figure I don’t share my pipes, but if they’d like a taste of my tobacco, they could use one of those and keep the pipe, no takers yet, but we’ve gone through some cigars!
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