What's That Smell?

[crawdad]

Package came today and part of it was a new MM Country Gentleman cob with the dark finish. I was inspecting the pipe when I caught a whiff of something...chemical. I can swear that there's the smell of something akin to nail polish remover, like an acetone.

I've never noticed the smell before. Is this right?

 

[Chasing Embers]

Just let it air out. Thats a fresh one, still has the smell of the finish on it.

 

[jaytex1969]

The bowl on that one is stained and it's possible they are pushing them out the door before it's fully cured.

The only pipe I have ever just thrown away without even trying was a MM hardwood because it smelled like varnish when I got it.

I imagine a few days sitting around would do it some good.

 

[BROBS]

Package came today and part of it was a new MM Country Gentleman cob with the dark finish. I was inspecting the pipe when I caught a whiff of something...chemical. I can swear that there's the smell of something akin to nail polish remover, like an acetone.

I've never noticed the smell before. Is this right?

Plaster of paris probably.

or the lacquer.

The ingredients are why I pretty much stopped smoking cobs.

the hardwoods always smell like varnish IMO it doesn’t go away til you smoke them.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

The bowl on that one is stained and it's possible they are pushing them out the door before it's fully cured.

The only pipe I have ever just thrown away without even trying was a MM hardwood because it smelled like varnish when I got it.

I imagine a few days sitting around would do it some good.


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That was a rough first couple of smokes.. really maybe a rough 10 smokes. Once I did smoke that varnish off its one of my best smokers. Why would the stain the inside of the pipe? Crazy.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Ok, ok, ok, I know everyone is expecting me to say it, so...

Did Peterson start making these? There ya go, the obligatory remark, ha ha.

 

[sumusfumus]

I was gifted a MM by a friend. Honestly, if it wasn't a gift, this would be the last choice of a pipe I would try, or, buy.

I loaded it up, and smoked it. It smelled and tasted like warm lacquer thinner, and the stem, like nail-polish remover.

I threw it into the garbage. No break-in period....no second chances. I don't have time to waste. I'm not that curious.

 

[macaroon]

I smoked some C&D Oak Alley in my MM Morgan the other evening and it was one of the best smokes I've ever had. Both of my cobs are unfinished, though; lighter weight, cooler smoking, and no lacquer to worry about

 

[mso489]

I have a fairly good sniffer but I have never noticed this MM cob chemical smell. It may be, as someone said, that sometimes lots of pipes get shipped out before they gas-off. Apparently mine have all had some time in inventory.

 

[BROBS]

That was a rough first couple of smokes.. really maybe a rough 10 smokes. Once I did smoke that varnish off its one of my best smokers. Why would the stain the inside of the pipe? Crazy.

Because they tumble them in varnish. Same as the cobs.
it‘s cheaper.

 

[woodsroad]

My understanding is that those pipes are made from GMO corn that degrades, all on it's own, into pure ethanol. Very efficient.

Just pack that pipe up and send it to me. I'll get it into the burn barrel, post-haste.

 

[peregrinus]

made from GMO corn that degrades

I can see the eBay description, “pre Monsanto” MM for sale.

 

[BROBS]

Old Dominion uses heirloom seeds.

 

[canucklehead]

I generally sand any stinky stain or varnish out of the chambers before I smoke them. Like a Peterson.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

Because they tumble them in varnish. Same as the cobs.
it‘s cheaper.

I guess that's all part of it, being that they are so cheap. That stuff will burn your nose.

Old Dominion uses heirloom seeds.

No thanks, what am I? A communist?

 

[BROBS]

Old Dominion Pipe Company Traditional Corn Cob Pipes

Manufacturer of traditional American smoking pipes handcrafted in Virginia. Specializing in traditional bamboo stem heirloom Indian corn cob pipes.

www.olddominionpipe.com