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Post by scrooge on Feb 26, 2018 6:30:00 GMT -5
I am a huge fan of estates for many reasons. But when it comes to cob's I find that no matter what I do to them an how well I clean them I just can't smoke them. I guess they just seem to personal to me. How do you feel about them? Curious!
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Post by Dramatwist on Feb 26, 2018 6:51:43 GMT -5
I am a huge fan of estates for many reasons. But when it comes to cob's I find that no matter what I do to them an how well I clean them I just can't smoke them. I guess they just seem to personal to me. How do you feel about them? Curious! ...cobs are so inexpensive, don't see the point of estate examples... unless old, rare and unsmoked... |
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Post by steveinny on Feb 26, 2018 8:11:08 GMT -5
Sandpaper the inside of the bowl down to the bare walls and soak the stem in your favorite spirit. Same for pipe cleaners soaked in booze down the shank till it comes out clean. The usual estate treatment FWIW but no salt in the bowl for a cob. I wouldn't pass up an old diamond shank Corndog if it was presmoked.
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Post by That Falls Guy on Feb 26, 2018 18:25:22 GMT -5
I'm a huge fan of older cobs such as Wally Frank, Dr. Grabow, Irvin S. Cobb, Pipeworks (National, Phoenix AM, etc.) and Buescher's. I guess it's because of their history.
Of those that I have, never had a problem with them. Just as with a briar pipe, I think that it may have something to do with what you smoke in them. Some tobaccos taste horrible in one pipe, and just fine in others.
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Post by haebar on Feb 27, 2018 11:43:40 GMT -5
For me, it depends on how used they are. Ones that have only been smoked a few times don't bother me. But for the most part, I start out with new ones.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2018 13:22:30 GMT -5
I have no logical reason why, but the idea of smoking an estate cob kind of creeps me out. I'm happy to smoke an estate briar after a good cleaning, but a cob - that's like wearing estate underwear.  |
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Post by Deleted on Feb 27, 2018 14:18:46 GMT -5
the reluctance stems from the fact that a porous cob is drenched with DNA (to put it politely).
Funny how we can get over that with an Estate briar.
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