Why corn cob?

[Dubbya]

After reading around a bit, I've noticed that there are quite a few recommendations made for using corn cob pipes for testing tobaccos. I'm curious as to why.

Is it because they are cheap and easily replaced if they take on the essence of a blend that you don't like, or do they simply not take on that flavor at all?

It's got me all curious.

 

[mark]

because they are cheap and easily replaced if they take on the essence of a blend that you don't like,

yup :lol!:

 

[Hermit]

I smoke em when I'm out in a wind
or while riding the John Deere.
Worst case, if ya break em, lose em,
you're only out a few bucks.
I light em with a torch too. :lol:

 

[Winslow]

I was talking to a guy today who said that when broken in, the cob gives a
righteous smoke.Reminds me of Mark Twain who said he always let a lesser
man break in his cobs,then he put in a new stem and took over. :lol:

Winslow :sunny:

 

[Rail Man]

I light em with a torch too. :lol:

Hahaha! Yes :lol!: :lol!:

 

[Anonymous]

I hate corn cobs, always have. I used to steer newbies away from them telling them they weren't getting the feel of a true briar pipe.

Then, I dropped a few briar pipes in the lake, chipped some (including a Rad Davis). Now, I buy them by the carton and just hang them in the kitchen.

To me, a cob goes where you wouldn't take a briar. And yes, if smoking an unknown blend, I hate to funk up a good smoker.

 

[Mister Moo]

Dag... Speaking as a Carolinian, there is no life without corn. Corndogs. Hushpuppies. White liquor. Cornbread. Pipes.

A cob is a rock-solid smoking pipe in my book. They make burley shine. C'mon - you can't beat Carter Hall or Prince Albert from a cob every now and then; and they are great with virginia tobaccos. Cobs burn cool, handle moisture well and if you drop one and step on it your life won't change. I particularly like them for smoking outdoors (no sweat for wind or if they get dropped), for traveling (packed in a bag and jammed somewhere on the motorcycle) or for times/places when I want a pipe along that I know will end up stuck in a pants pocket. I like a Missouri Meerschaum (MM) Legend for short smokes of Carter Hall on the way to work and I like a MM Great Dane for an hour long poke at any virginia tobak.

The wooden stem can taste funky until it burns out (2-4 smokes) and every once in a while you get a pipe that actually imparts a corn taste to the first couple of puffs or bowls but, WTH? It's a $5.00 Americana deal that can't be beat. (I guess aro guys like them for their own fruit-flavored reasons but, hey, it's a big world.) I love my briars; meers make some things sparkle and, now and again a cob cannot be beat.

 

[BrAnt]

I just bought my first cob about a week ago. It lasted about 4-5 smokes untill i noticed that the tobacco wasn't the one smoking and it was smoldering on me. The problem is I was driving to work, at night, and couldn't tell what was happening. Later on I noticed two dark spots forming and a the inside of the bowl being charred. So I guess after 5 years of on and off pipe smoking this incident has finally raised me above newbe status with my first burnout? :cherry:

 

[babysinister]

1. I use it to try out first time smoking of new-to-me blends w/o fear that some lingering aroma from the pipe will interfere with experiencing the new blend, and viceversa.

2. Any pipe that was good enough for General Douglas MacArthur is good enough for me.

3. In the privacy of my unbesieged Man Fort, I pretend that I'm Popeye and sing the Popeye song while alternating puffs on my cob.

 

[Benjamin Button]

I love my cob! Great smokes, and burleys really shine in these things! Two or three smokes and they are broken in. Can't beat that!

-Adam

 

[robertw1249]

cobs are great smokers i just ordered some more from pipes and cigars you can get five Country Gentleman cobs for 27.50 you cant beat that

 

[Mister Moo]

(And just because "cob" rhymes with "snob" we can all have our own fuzzy feeling about briars and meers and cobs and hookahs and all that jazz and still we get along just fine, right? We're all brothers, right? Oh please please please say "Yes!" Ooooooooooo - I hate a "My $3.00 cob is better than your $300 briar" fight.)

 

[robertw1249]

i know i'm not a pipe snob i love my corn cobs i enjoy a nice bowl of carterhall siting on my small deck on my single wide trailer out in the sticks

 

[Anonymous]

i know i'm not a pipe snob i love my corn cobs i enjoy a nice bowl of carterhall siting on my small deck on my single wide trailer out in the sticks

Now that sounds like heaven to me!

 

[robertw1249]

i know i'm not a pipe snob i love my corn cobs i enjoy a nice bowl of carterhall siting on my small deck on my single wide trailer out in the sticks

Now that sounds like heaven to me!

yes it is i love it here nebraska is gods country

 

[Carlos]

That moisture thing is where they really shine. Cold winter weather in Illinois and smoking outside, a briar pipe will condense water like a faucet. Cobs just shrug it off.

 

[robertw1249]

That moisture thing is where they really shine. Cold winter weather in Illinois and smoking outside, a briar pipe will condense water like a faucet. Cobs just shrug it off.

thats true the best cob i really like is the Country Gentleman straight it has a really nice big bowl on it

 

[Dubbya]

i know i'm not a pipe snob i love my corn cobs i enjoy a nice bowl of carterhall siting on my small deck on my single wide trailer out in the sticks

Now that sounds like heaven to me!

yes it is i love it here nebraska is gods country

Add mosquitos the size of B-52's and make it a doublewide and you have my favorite place to smoke down to a T.

 

[robertw1249]

i know i'm not a pipe snob i love my corn cobs i enjoy a nice bowl of carterhall siting on my small deck on my single wide trailer out in the sticks

Now that sounds like heaven to me!

yes it is i love it here nebraska is gods country

Add mosquitos the size of B-52's and make it a doublewide and you have my favorite place to smoke down to a T.

well we got the B-52's mosquitos here to so come on over and pull up a chair and make your self at home ipe:

 

[Dubbya]

i know i'm not a pipe snob i love my corn cobs i enjoy a nice bowl of carterhall siting on my small deck on my single wide trailer out in the sticks

Now that sounds like heaven to me!

yes it is i love it here nebraska is gods country

Add mosquitos the size of B-52's and make it a doublewide and you have my favorite place to smoke down to a T.

well we got the B-52's mosquitos here to so come on over and pull up a chair and make your self at home ipe:

I've only made it to Nebraska once but, next time I'm in the area, I'm coming over with a fresh tin of Old Dublin and having a smoke.