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Cobs vs briars

catfishbluezzcatfishbluezz Posts: 7,000 ✭✭✭
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Ok...I think I am getting a little better at piping really. I have a few dozen jars, my own blends, and several pipes. For some reason, it just seems like the cobs I have in my truck box taste better then my briars at home. So much so that I am beginning to wonder if the blends I like taste better out of cobs really. Anyone care to chime in on this? The blends I like are typically burley or VA and cav blends. I really dig the lat blends out of a large bowl briar I have. This came to me as I recently blended some stuff and have smoked it primarily out of the cob on my commutes. I grabbed a bowl for a briar, one that I use for blends like this, and it was not nearly as rich on the draw.

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  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 239 ✭
    I love corn cobs, and like you I like them more than some of my briars. Unlike a briar the corn cobs really don't ghost or taken on flavors from previous blends...or at least not as much. This leads to more pure and true flavor coming through compared to a briar--same principle as a meerschaum. Cheap, reliable, and smoke great...how could you go wrong!
  • catfishbluezzcatfishbluezz Posts: 7,000 ✭✭✭
    Sean I had heard once that there is a market for replacement tips as well. I want to say guy pays $20ish to get a new stem or tip to kind of upgrade their cobs.
  • dr_frankenstein56dr_frankenstein56 Posts: 1,612 ✭✭✭
    catfishbluezz:
    Sean I had heard once that there is a market for replacement tips as well. I want to say guy pays $20ish to get a new stem or tip to kind of upgrade their cobs.
    I did something simular, I bought an unfinished vulcanite church warden stem from Ebay.. some import/overseas product. cost me 8 bucks shipped. Piece wasnt bad, had flash and the tenon needed to be fit but it was fun to make it all work. Something to think of if your the "Do-it" yourselfer.

    Aj
  • [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 239 ✭
    Walker Briar Works, they make what's called the Forever Stem. Check it out! http://www.walkerbriarworks.com/
  • Gray4linesGray4lines Posts: 4,691 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I just saw this thread. Cat, get a forever stem if you haven't . I got one from WBW and love it. One stem and a bag of MM cob seconds, and I was good to go! I usually go briar, but cobs are super dry smoking and I think a little sweeter. I enjoy aro's or va blends in a cob
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  • jsnakejsnake Posts: 5,979 ✭✭✭✭✭
    My corncobs smoke really well and so do my briars with large bowls. I smoke my corncobs more because I can easily take them to work. I am totally looking into these forever stems. I am rough on my stems.
  • catfishbluezzcatfishbluezz Posts: 7,000 ✭✭✭
    Holy crap....just saw these stems, ordering a few for sure. I have several in my truck, and use them all the time.
  • YaksterYakster Posts: 27,902 ✭✭✭✭✭

    @[Deleted User] said:
    Walker Briar Works, they make what's called the Forever Stem. Check it out! http://www.walkerbriarworks.com/

    Walker Briar Works closed up shop, but Vermont Freehand is continuing on with the Forever Stems here: https://vermontfreehand.com/forever-stems/

    There were a couple of cool historical corn cob pipe videos posted on Pipe Smoker's Den today that I found pretty interesting.

    https://www.oddballfilms.com/clip/12572_corn_cob_pipes

    https://www.oddballfilms.com/clip/13168_10679_corn_cob_pipe

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  • NorCalR1NorCalR1 Posts: 4,197 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Picked up some forever stems for my cobs a few months back. Pricing isn’t too bad considering it upgrades the weakest link.

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  • VisionVision Posts: 8,612 ✭✭✭✭✭

    Y’all are a bad influence. I’m on MM looking at cobs and VT Freehand looking at stems. 🤦‍♂️

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