Good for Latakia as well.??
The Lure of the Cob!!??
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I’m a fan. This is my current collection of cobs. All are Missouri Meershaum.
Thanks, STP. It’s not hard to accumulate a descent collection, when you try to hit the free shipping threshold, every time you order.?
Amen & Amen!
Have 6 or 7 MM. Not sure why so many. I like cobs well enough, but only smoke OTC blends in them. Most of times, I don't look at them but maybe once a week or so when I want a quick smoke. But they do smoke well with a bit of additional cob taste which I don't mind. Most of my smoking is still done with briar.
I have 70 pipes in my rotation and cobs are well represented. Great pipes and an American icon. I find that I enjoy most blends in a cob except for Lat blends. 
OK, I confess it up front and at the start: I never loved cobs. The only use I had for them was smoking heavily scented blends that would ghost. Other than these blends I had no other selected blends that I felt smoked better in a cob. In Underneath I felt cobs had no class.
As described in this thread such veneration for a lowly corncob! You might reply that I'm an idolatrous worshiper of xylem (wood), for which I would have no defense.
But I do have some points nonetheless. Briar has grain and birdseye, and it can be shaped. Can't shape a cob. Too many holes. Can't blast or rusticate a cob. Finally can't stain or paint a cob.
No, you can just shield your senses from objects butt-ugly.
Now, if you love your cobs, more power to you! I'm sure
you see things in them that I don't. What do I know anyway?
As described in this thread such veneration for a lowly corncob! You might reply that I'm an idolatrous worshiper of xylem (wood), for which I would have no defense.
But I do have some points nonetheless. Briar has grain and birdseye, and it can be shaped. Can't shape a cob. Too many holes. Can't blast or rusticate a cob. Finally can't stain or paint a cob.
No, you can just shield your senses from objects butt-ugly.
Now, if you love your cobs, more power to you! I'm sure
you see things in them that I don't. What do I know anyway?
Some think the cob pipe is too countrified or yokel-like, but I think they go anywhere. I think it's a nice casual touch even if you're dressed up, which I seldom am these days.
Lol true they may not be as fancy as many briar. But living and farming in the cornhusker state, we used cobs for everything.
Makes a darn good heating source for the winters. Lol
I have seen a few back in the 70s that were all polished and stained. They were usually homemade.
But your point is well taken. ?
In general, I find cobs to be great smokers. Having a few new ones handy is also a great way to introduce friends to pipe smoking.
I'm just shocked that Missouri Meerschaum is still the only modern pipe manufacturer building pipes with a proper wide air channel from shank to button (80 cent plastic stems only).
Castello and Cobs, absolute opposite ends of the price spectrum but also the most similar in terms of the quality of smoke.
Castello and Cobs, absolute opposite ends of the price spectrum but also the most similar in terms of the quality of smoke.
I have a number of cobs, from Washingtons to Generals in size, as well as a Cobbit Dwarf.
Burleys sing in a cob.
Burleys sing in a cob.
Thank you and no I would not have thought you were simply a lover of wood, but I am as well. The Peterson Derry Rustic, not rusticated, is so visually pleaseing and smokes well. I like the briars as well, but just wanted to discuss and perhaps elevate the lowly cob.
No, the appeal of cobs was not immediate, but occured when I found an old 1970's MM Freehand and experienced the draw and ease of use. This allowed me to get the whisps of smoke I like for tasting the tobacco.
However, I have seen my fair share of butt ugly briar configuations....LOL!! I am sure you will agree.
True, true.However, I have seen my fair share of butt ugly briar configuations....LOL!! I am sure you will agree.
I have my cobs and they smoke great. But I also think you can't beat the look of a finely polished briar with beautiful birds eye grain.
I've owned many different pipes of all makes and styles as I refurbish and resell them as hobby/side hustle. I basically switched over to cobs almost all the time now. I find the draw to be perfect, and the bowl size of the legend/pride is also perfect for the shorter smokes a take, light weight and easily replaceable stem. All reasons why the cob is a winner in my books. I still have a number of other pipes and switch it up occasionally but the everyday workhorse is the cob.
I do think what we like aesthetically is part of why we like a particular pipe.
I never made a conscious effort to switch from briar to cobs, it just worked out that way. With my briars I found any given blend of tobacco would taste better in some pipes than others. I had a list in a notebook of what tobacco went with what briar. I don't even remember now what made me get a corn cob pipe, but I found it had several advantages: little to no break-in time, tobacco tasted better in them, and they weren't so picky as to what blend went with what pipe. I have my cobs organized into general categories to avoid ghosting, but no specific pipe to smoke each particular blend.