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Missouri Meerschaum Buyers Guide | |||
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by John L Patton/tiltjlp | |||
Thanks to my dad’s mentoring, I’ve been a corncob smoker for over 50 years, and have written The Complete Corncob Primer. In this Buying Guide, I offer my opinions on the Missouri Meerschaum brand of corncob pipes, which I and most other experienced cobbers feel are the only decent corncobs still being made. While I have my favorites, and prefer Natural to Plastered bowls, every MM cob smokes cool and dry. Here are my reviews, starting with the largest bowl sizes to the smallest. Only cobs I have smoked are included here. | Thanks to my dad’s mentoring, I’ve been a corncob smoker for over 50 years, and have written The Complete Corncob Primer. In this Buying Guide, I offer my opinions on the Missouri Meerschaum brand of corncob pipes, which I and most other experienced cobbers feel are the only decent corncobs still being made. While I have my favorites, and prefer Natural to Plastered bowls, every MM cob smokes cool and dry. Here are my reviews, starting with the largest bowl sizes to the smallest. Only cobs I have smoked are included here. | ||
The new, | The new, Natural Freehand is without a doubt the coolest smoking, driest, and best corncob pipe I’ve ever smoked. It comes in a white or reddish tone bowl, and the feel of the natural cob in your hand seems to add to your overall smoking experience. While in extremely short supply, the Natural Freehands is hand assembled, making the Freehand one of the finest cobs I have smoked in over 50 years. | ||
Missouri Meerschaum now offers, in limited numbers. natural versions of many of their line of cobs. They're in such short supply that you have to call the factory and speak to Marilyn to order them. They hope to produce my Naturals as they are able to grow the larger cobs needed for them. | Missouri Meerschaum now offers, in limited numbers. natural versions of many of their line of cobs. They're in such short supply that you have to call the factory and speak to Marilyn to order them. They hope to produce my Naturals as they are able to grow the larger cobs needed for them. | ||
The newest MM model is the Morgan Nosewarmer, available as a straight natural only. It is a reduced-size Diplomat, and though I prefer bent pipes, the Morgan is a nice, fun pipe to smoke. A comparison between the Morgan and the Diplomat showed that the Mogan weighed 23g to 35g, was 4 ½” long to 6 ¼”, had an interior bowl depth of 1 1/8” to 1 ½”, a bowl width of ¾” to 1 ½” and held 6g of salt to 9g in my tobacco capacity measurement. At $7.50, this would make a classy starter cob for anyone. | |||
The standard Freehand, which is plastered and burnished, is also very impressive. It delivers an excellent, cool and dry smoke. Maybe it’s because of the tall, conical shaped bowl, which is 2 1/4“ deep, but the pipe seems to enhance the flavor of any blend I smoke in it. I have heard that the shanks can be fragile, but the bowls are quite large, and no two are alike. Although the Freehand is heavier than my other cobs, it’s very well balanced, so that the weight isn’t even noticed. | The standard Freehand, which is plastered and burnished, is also very impressive. It delivers an excellent, cool and dry smoke. Maybe it’s because of the tall, conical shaped bowl, which is 2 1/4“ deep, but the pipe seems to enhance the flavor of any blend I smoke in it. I have heard that the shanks can be fragile, but the bowls are quite large, and no two are alike. Although the Freehand is heavier than my other cobs, it’s very well balanced, so that the weight isn’t even noticed. | ||
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The Maple Wood poker is a twin of the Cherry Wood, which I find imparts a natural sweetness to any tobacco. These are excellent, low-cost flake pipes, which come either as bent or straight models. In spite of their thin walls, neither the Cherry or Maple version gets overly warm with flakes. | The Maple Wood poker is a twin of the Cherry Wood, which I find imparts a natural sweetness to any tobacco. These are excellent, low-cost flake pipes, which come either as bent or straight models. In spite of their thin walls, neither the Cherry or Maple version gets overly warm with flakes. | ||
To view The Corncob Primer, follow the | To view The Corncob Primer, follow the link below. To visit the Missouri Meerschaum website, for product and ordering information, and a bit of company history, follow the 2nd link below. The 1st link is for my forum, Corncobs & Briar. | ||
John Patton/tiltjlp | John Patton/tiltjlp | ||
Updated | Updated 2/2/2012 | ||
http://www.corncobpipe.com/ | |||
http://pipedia.org/index.php?title=The_Complete_Corncob_primer | http://pipedia.org/index.php?title=The_Complete_Corncob_primer | ||
http://corncobsandbriar.phpbb3now.com/ | http://corncobsandbriar.phpbb3now.com/ | ||