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Post by cgvt on Jul 16, 2019 8:33:02 GMT -5
I have a bunch of pipes, probably about a hundred or so. Nothing serious, no big money. Mostly restored estates and a few new briars in the $100-$200 range, but... I seldom smoke most of them. As a matter of fact, I smoke this pipe, The Worlds Ugliest Cob, almost all the time. It doesn't matter what tobacco I decide to smoke, I fill it up and smoke it. When I am done, I knock the ash out, fill it and smoke it again. It is hanging out of my mouth most of the day. It is a $4 MM Legend that I modified by putting a hardwood plug in the bottom (after I poked a pipe tool through the soft cob), and threw a little stain on. I took it on a wilderness canoe trip and dropped it in the water in bottom of the canoe. I let it dry for a while, filled it up and puffed away. I smoked it all the way home in the car. The shank split from getting soaked, so I filled the crack in with glue, put it back together, let it dry, filled it up and puffed away. It is hassle free, it smokes great and it makes me happy.   |
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Post by tr on Jul 16, 2019 8:54:48 GMT -5
That's the only "rule" in pipe smoking: Do what makes you happy! Enjoy!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2019 8:55:01 GMT -5
While I do not smoke cobs I do smoke some of worlds most neglected and ugly pipes. Much like Jim I do have some very nice pipes but lean towards my little beat up treasures.
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Post by tr on Jul 16, 2019 9:28:52 GMT -5
I don't have a lot of pipes, being fairly new to the hobby. I have in the twenty something range. I think I've only paid over $100 for one or two pipes. I do have some Savinelli's, a couple of Peterson's, a Rossi and a Stanwell and a few cobs. Probably my best smoking pipe,and one that I use most frequently, is a Jean Claude I got of of Ebay for $20.oo.
It's not about what you spend, just what you enjoy and makes you happy.
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 16, 2019 9:29:03 GMT -5
I love legends....
I've found the same thing. I love the aesthetics of a briar pipe, but nothing smokes as good, to me, as a cob. No goop in the bottom of the pipe no matter what I smoke.
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Post by stone on Jul 16, 2019 10:18:33 GMT -5
Indestructo!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 16, 2019 11:57:38 GMT -5
Cobs have been here for decades and will be after were gone, providing they and tobacco are not criminalized in the future.
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Post by kxg on Jul 16, 2019 13:08:16 GMT -5
I have to say that I'm nearly in the same boat. I have a fair number of pipes for a relative newbie and several that are over the $100 price point. But, my high end cob, the MM/C&D Old Towne Cobbler is one of my best smoking pipes, with any sort of tobacco. I like it so much, I bought a second, just in case. I have other cobs and they are good smokers, but the Cobbler is a step above. I do not smoke it exclusively as I enjoy my full range of pipes. Still, if faced with an unforeseeable emergency that caused me to sell of the accumulation, the Cobbler would remain.
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Post by rmb on Jul 17, 2019 9:29:20 GMT -5
My patch Bing is a regular, competes for my attention with some very nice meers. Love a good cob!
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Post by pepesdad1 on Jul 17, 2019 19:38:12 GMT -5
Cobs are wonderful with out doubt, but after smoking them exclusively for a full month, I was delighted to fire up the briars once again...I have more pipes than I need...at 76 the only thing you need is air...so I have been giving a few of my better smokers and ones that I had only occasionally smoked to Josh (roadsdiverged) for his collection. Gives me just as much pleasure to see him enjoying the magic of the Briar Spirit Pipes that I enjoy as much as my Comoys and GBDs.
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Post by elric on Jul 19, 2019 3:08:50 GMT -5
I've only one expensive pipe, a Sherlock Holmes Peterson. Apart from a Savinelli Churchwarden & a Brebbia Junior Noce that I paid around $100 each, most of the other briars I won on ebay for under $50.
I've got around 20 pipes in my rotation including three MM cobs that are smoked just as often as my briars. I intend to buy three more MM cobs including a Cobbit. Great smokers.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 20, 2019 17:48:22 GMT -5
I've only one expensive pipe, a Sherlock Holmes Peterson. Apart from a Savinelli Churchwarden & a Brebbia Junior Noce that I paid around $100 each, most of the other briars I won on ebay for under $50. I've got around 20 pipes in my rotation including three MM cobs that are smoked just as often as my briars. I intend to buy three more MM cobs including a Cobbit. Great smokers. I recently bought a Cobbit and a Towne Cobbler. I like the Cobbler much more and if your choices were those two, I'd give strong consideration to the Cobbler. |
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Post by cgvt on Jul 20, 2019 19:20:00 GMT -5
I like this pipe more than my other cobs (and I like them quite a bit too) I have reamed the bowl of this pipe so that it is much larger than it was originally. I makes it great for working around the yard and driving in the car because it holds a lot of tobacco and a bowl lasts a long time.
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Post by Mac on Jul 20, 2019 21:36:01 GMT -5
That's the only "rule" in pipe smoking: Do what makes you happy! Enjoy!. Indeed. I don't happen to like cobs at all, but diff. folks, diff. strokes. |
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Post by elric on Jul 20, 2019 21:43:38 GMT -5
That's the only "rule" in pipe smoking: Do what makes you happy! Enjoy!. Indeed. I don't happen to like cobs at all, but diff. folks, diff. strokes. Whaaaaat? You're the first person that I've heard say they don't enjoy a cob pipe. I agree with the 'each to their own' and all that but I'm wondering if you actually broke a cob in, or were you put off by the vegetal taste from the first few bowls? |
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Post by elric on Jul 20, 2019 21:55:21 GMT -5
I've only one expensive pipe, a Sherlock Holmes Peterson. Apart from a Savinelli Churchwarden & a Brebbia Junior Noce that I paid around $100 each, most of the other briars I won on ebay for under $50. I've got around 20 pipes in my rotation including three MM cobs that are smoked just as often as my briars. I intend to buy three more MM cobs including a Cobbit. Great smokers. I recently bought a Cobbit and a Towne Cobbler. I like the Cobbler much more and if your choices were those two, I'd give strong consideration to the Cobbler. Thank you, that's good to know. The Town Cobbler is a fine looking pipe. Might as well buy two when I'm in a position to order a few cobs from the U.S. [Can you believe that I can't find an Aussie MM cob vendor?] |
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Post by Mac on Jul 20, 2019 22:16:54 GMT -5
Indeed. I don't happen to like cobs at all, but diff. folks, diff. strokes. Whaaaaat? You're the first person that I've heard say they don't enjoy a cob pipe. I agree with the 'each to their own' and all that but I'm wondering if you actually broke a cob in, or were you put off by the vegetal taste from the first few bowls? I've heard other say that, but regardless, I just vastly prefer briar and meerschaum. Yes, I have broken in several cobs, and have one I bought 50 years ago. At the same time, if all my pipes were vaporized and there were only cobs left in the world, I would smoke them. |
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Post by elric on Jul 20, 2019 23:53:23 GMT -5
Whaaaaat? You're the first person that I've heard say they don't enjoy a cob pipe. I agree with the 'each to their own' and all that but I'm wondering if you actually broke a cob in, or were you put off by the vegetal taste from the first few bowls? I've heard other say that, but regardless, I just vastly prefer briar and meerschaum. Yes, I have broken in several cobs, and have one I bought 50 years ago. At the same time, if all my pipes were vaporized and there were only cobs left in the world, I would smoke them. Love my briars also. I've yet to buy a meerschaum pipe. A good block meerschaum wont be cheap so that will be a fair way off. I've seen a few Reverse Calabash block meerschaum I'd like in particular but they're way expensive at $350usd. I do have a few meerschaum lined briars. One in particular is a 50's Heibe Dublin that I've dedicated to MB Plumcake. One of my favourite blends except it bites like a bitch. In the Heibe however, there's not even a hint of bite. So I'm looking forward to seeing how different certain blends will smoke in a block meerschaum when I eventually get one. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 21, 2019 4:24:55 GMT -5
The Charles Town cobbler is on my list of cobs to buy. They look great.
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Post by bigwoolie on Jul 21, 2019 6:54:41 GMT -5
I got to thinking about it, and realized I've never owned or smoked a cob. I guess I need to change that.
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Post by monbla256 on Jul 21, 2019 22:44:40 GMT -5
I have three cobs that are between 10 and 30 years old and smoke 'em all. I smoke at least two every week. They all smoke as well as any of my Edward's though just a bit different. Their rustic looks get stares when I smoke them in public though. Had one joker ask me if my name was Huck Finn ! 
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Post by clintonvilleleather on Jul 28, 2019 2:00:02 GMT -5
The Charles Town cobbler is on my list of cobs to buy. They look great. I reach for my legends more than my briars. I want to get a Freehand cob in the future. The only thing I dont like about them is I mash up the stem even with a softy bit. The freehand has a normal stem so that will not be an issue! |
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 28, 2019 6:23:48 GMT -5
I got to thinking about it, and realized I've never owned or smoked a cob. I guess I need to change that. Get ready for a new experience... |
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Post by Legend Lover on Jul 28, 2019 6:24:35 GMT -5
The Charles Town cobbler is on my list of cobs to buy. They look great. I reach for my legends more than my briars. I want to get a Freehand cob in the future. The only thing I dont like about them is I mash up the stem even with a softy bit. The freehand has a normal stem so that will not be an issue! I was thinking of getting the freehand. I've thought about it many times actually. I fear it's just too big a bowl for me though. If they did a mini freehand I'd be on that. |
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Post by clintonvilleleather on Jul 28, 2019 11:06:34 GMT -5
I reach for my legends more than my briars. I want to get a Freehand cob in the future. The only thing I dont like about them is I mash up the stem even with a softy bit. The freehand has a normal stem so that will not be an issue! I was thinking of getting the freehand. I've thought about it many times actually. I fear it's just too big a bowl for me though. If they did a mini freehand I'd be on that. I think the General is the next size down but has a plastic stem. WVSmokeshop has Freehands in stock for a good price. Most of my pipes are small and were bought for strong VA flakes. I seem to like burley more nowadays so a bigger bowl would work well. |
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Post by jeffd on Dec 13, 2019 13:59:17 GMT -5
My confession is that I have become a hobbyist. I mean I have made the transition to the modern type pipe smoker, making a break with my past of emulating my dad and uncle.
While I have no kind of cellar compared to you guys, I have stored up a bunch of tobaccos I like, involving some 10 or so blends I like, and all told maybe 6 months worth of smoking. While Dad smoked only Brindley's Mixture, and my uncle only smokes Mixture 79.
My dad smoked a handful of pipes, less than ten. My uncle perhaps a few more, maybe as many as 25. I just did an inventory and I have 104 pipes. I had as many pipes as I needed back at 62 pipes.
But the big confession is this. Please forgive me. My dad and his generation integrated smoking into their lives. They smoked while they did stuff. I turned the corner and now I do stuff while I smoke. I even look for stuff to do while I smoke.
Its a modern world, I am getting with the times.
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Post by instymp on Dec 13, 2019 18:18:06 GMT -5
The Charles Town cobbler is on my list of cobs to buy. They look great. They are, my favorite cob because of the stem. |
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Post by instymp on Dec 13, 2019 18:20:05 GMT -5
I got to thinking about it, and realized I've never owned or smoked a cob. I guess I need to change that. Do it so you can say you did. Dont get rid of the rest. |
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Post by jeffd on May 8, 2020 9:59:12 GMT -5
One of the great things about cobs is that they are relatively inexpensive. This makes them ideal for smoking situations where the pipe may be at risk. Like fly fishing. If in the excitement of hauling in that small mouth bass you gasp at the fight in him and the pipe falls into the river, you don't have a crisis of priorities.
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Post by dingobob on May 4, 2021 21:12:44 GMT -5
During the summer when work slows down, you'll seldom find me smoking anything but a cob. I can run them ragged and never worry about them.
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