Now I understand!!

[Ocelot55]

Believe it or not, I just smoked my first cob today. FishFuzz was kind enough to supply me with a sample of Storm Front, so I thought I would try out a new cob that was in Jack's collection. First, however, I chucked the 6mm filter and replaced it with a Savinelli balsa wood filter. I can't stand those paper filters in briars so I thought the balsa would be a good substitute.

The smoke was great. Wide open draw, copious amounts of smoke, no trouble keeping it lit, and she burned all the way down with little to no dottle.

A cob has always been on my list to get and try, but frankly, to me this hobby is more about the beauty and artistry of a briar pipe than the tobacco. If it was about tobacco, I would have stuck purely with cigars. JMHO. I don't think there is anything pretty about a cob, but practical, affordable, and a darn good smoking tool it is turning out to be. Plus there is no involuntary urge to void your bowels when you drop your cob, unlike your $400 artisan pipe. :shock: That can ruin your whole day!

I now understand why cobs have such a following. It can be a superior tool for tobacco smoking.

Conclusion: I plan on putting a cob in my car and using one when I work. Besides, I wont be heart broken if I drop it while mowing the yard and it gets caught in the mower blades.

 

[s.ireland]

:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

Cobs are great. I'm glad you enjoyed your first experience. Cobs smoke very well although different from briar... So I have no problem justifying owning both! and yes, it's comforting to be able to smoke while working or mowing the lawn and to know that if something disastrous happens, you only need a few bucks for a replacement.

I've said it before but one major advantage to cobs IMHO is that they work well with stronger (both in flavor and nicotine) blends such as: 1792 flake, Stonehaven, and my new favorite "cob blend"... Irish flake.

 

[SpeedyPete]

:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

Cobs are great. I'm glad you enjoyed your first experience. Cobs smoke very well although different from briar... So I have no problem justifying owning both! and yes, it's comforting to be able to smoke while working or mowing the lawn and to know that if something disastrous happens, you only need a few bucks for a replacement.

I've said it before but one major advantage to cobs IMHO is that they work well with stronger (both in flavor and nicotine) blends such as: 1792 flake, Stonehaven, and my new favorite "cob blend"... Irish flake.

My brother, Irish Flake and MM's Great Dane cobs were made for each other!!

 

[Fishfuzz]

Glad you enjoyed it!

I recently snagged one of these bags of factory seconds and they've were pretty solid:

http://www.corncobpipe.com/product.php?productid=16207&cat=0&page=1

 

[s.ireland]

:cheers: :cheers: :cheers:

Cobs are great. I'm glad you enjoyed your first experience. Cobs smoke very well although different from briar... So I have no problem justifying owning both! and yes, it's comforting to be able to smoke while working or mowing the lawn and to know that if something disastrous happens, you only need a few bucks for a replacement.

I've said it before but one major advantage to cobs IMHO is that they work well with stronger (both in flavor and nicotine) blends such as: 1792 flake, Stonehaven, and my new favorite "cob blend"... Irish flake.

My brother, Irish Flake and MM's Great Dane cobs were made for each other!!

You got that right! :cheers: I need to pick up a few great Danes... Right now I'm enjoying my Irish flake in a Washington that was dedicated to burley...

It just does something that brings out the subtle flavors under all of the strength that Irish flake is known for

 

[s.ireland]

Glad you enjoyed it!

I recently snagged one of these bags of factory seconds and they've were pretty solid:

http://www.corncobpipe.com/product.php?productid=16207&cat=0&page=1

Ever since you mentioned the bag of seconds in another thread I've been meaning to grab one... It's about time me thinks

 

[kaiser83]

Cobs are awesome for travel, mowing, driving, anything. When I got my first cob I abused the hell out of it with multiple smokes a day, bashing around in my car. Okay not bashing and not real abuse but used it a lot. Atlanta airport has a smoking area so the cob came in perfect as my go to pipe in the airport, and they even let me bring a pipe tool through security. They give a good smoke...even with no filter which is my way of smoking them.

 

[Carlos]

Do not set a lit cob down under an air vent. Or any lit pipe for that matter. When you go to reach for it again, all you may have left is a bit of....well.....bit. :lol:

 

[Rob_In_MO]

Glad you enjoyed the Cob. Now you see why so many of us on here enjoy a cob in regular rotation.

If you think it smokes good now, wait until you get it broke in. 8)

 

[KevinM]

And cobs ask so little in maintenance. Just run a cleaner through it now and then. No need to polish the bowl, de-oxidize the bit, fret over imperfections or buy hardware. They're little machines meant to smoke tasty tobacco. Period.

 

[Ocelot55]

They're little machines meant to smoke tasty tobacco. Period.

True....but they're sooo ugly!

 

[Blackhorse]

Ocelot -

If it's only about the beauty of a fine briar (which we all love) and not so much about the blends or the 'performance' aspect of the tool (which is the thing that makes a cob one of world's more beautiful things) then you're getting...um, hold on there, I'm no math whiz...er, carry the 3...OK...DONE!

You're getting about 1/3 of the joy that pipe smoking offers. :lol:

 

[kaiser83]

Black Lacquer + forever stem = artisan cob.

 

[Greyson]

Plus there is no involuntary urge to void your bowels when you drop your cob, unlike your $400 artisan pipe.

This amused me!

 

[Kyle Weiss]

Unless you accidentally filled a bowl with Old Lady Lakeland Stank and wanted to put the poor thing out of its misery, I'm not sure how you'd manage to drop a pipe so the mower blades got to it. :lol:

Glad you're diggin' the cob. 8)

 

[Dutch]

Ocelot, now that you are convinced, do yourself a huge favor and get yourself a Walker's Briar Works Forever Stem as Kaiser suggests. It will be interchangeable with all your cobs, so you really only need to invest in one or two stems. It will relieve most of the tongue bite issues associated with cheaper quality stems.

Here are a couple of new cobs I am breaking in using George's forever stems. Behold the glory of the cob! Lol

 

[Blackhorse]

involuntary urge to void your bowels when you drop your...$400 pipe

I'm thinking that adding an eye and lanyard system to those pipes would be a good idea.


Note Boswell 'Fishing Pipe' below:

And I'm lovin' this Radice with a pivoting cap and lanyard:

 

[SpeedyPete]

They're little machines meant to smoke tasty tobacco. Period.

True....but they're sooo ugly!

I know of other ugly stuff which are very tasty

 

[Rob_In_MO]

Cobs are great, and even color with age.

Here's what a Diplomat looks like after 3+ years and lots of use and abuse. 8)

 

[Kyle Weiss]

That's my kind of cool. 8)