I would like some input and whether or not there are blends to avoid smoking in corn cob pipes. Usually I smoke only one blend per pipe, cob or otherwise. There is a new cob here and I am going to use it for a Uhle blend, [b][b]Raiders Blend [/b][/b]or Mac Baren's Scottish Mixture.[/b] [/i] They are some of my favorite pipes and I can worry less about losing or breaking one of them compared to a nice briar. Thanks for the help.


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Since you can't build up cake in a cob, I don't think you really need to be concerned about it.

I haven't found a blend yet that didn't smoke well in a Cob. Some cuts/blends seem to do better with different bowl sizes and shapes, but there's a Cob for about any purpose. Priced right too!

I like cobs for just about any kind of blend. I have a bent MM Diplomat for aros and another for latakia blends. I have a straight Diplomat that has a pretty small shallow bowl that I use for flakes. Great, versatile pipes. Yeah, and definitely read tiltjlp's primer!

John Patton is the reason why I have so many cobs. Why, just the other day, I was in Tinder Box. Shucks, forgot my pipe. Bought one for $8 (yeah, I know, expensive, but gotta support the B&M...), a pipe nail and a crappy lighter, and I spent 5 hours in there hanging out with friends, playing backgammon and now I have a "glove box pipe" that'll last me for years. $20 basket pipe? Pfff. Cobs all the way.

I have a set of cobs just for travel: one for cigar mixtures, one for Latakia mixtures, and one for Virginias. Which also means, I have a set for home. That, and about six more. I love 'em. They have never treated me wrong.

I routinely everclear-wipe out the bowls of my cobs to prevent cake buildup. Seems to work alright. *shrug*

Cobs are very low density, compared to briar. For that reason I think they tend to make everything smoke milder and lighter. They draw air through all parts of the bowl. Good for smoking very strong blends you want to tame. Don't really know of anything you should avoid in them except for some very hot burning cuts/blends.

You know how certain books are good enough for a re-read because you gain something from them each time?

JP's cob primer is one of those. About once every couple of months I read that thing, and I'm glad I do.

I recently picked up a cob for the pool. Figure if I dropped it in the pool while floating around I won't freak out. My first cob and pleasantly surprised how well it smoked. I have done both Dunhilll Nightcap and Dunhill Royal Yacht. Both were wonderful!

May pick up a few more cobs to keep in reserve in case the bourbon or Sailor Jerry's causes some accident.

Cobs are the poor man's Dunnhills!!