Imagine if the cob is just fine in January, that would say much about the cob too right?
But if you'd like to toss a cob up on your roof you are more than welcome to! ?
Long Term Cob Torture Test: 6 Months Under The Elements
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But if you'd like to toss a cob up on your roof you are more than welcome to! ?
All in the name of science! Well done!
But a control group is needed- and not just one of each!
So, 50 cobs, 200 briars of 4 different qualities/price points, and 50 meers, 25 straight billiards, 25 ornate figural. [One Brylon in for the win as to least affected. I Gorontee the latter outcome!]
To save you time and effort tying them up, just dump them all randomly in the rain gutters, and cover with a mesh so the squirrels and rats won't get at them.
If you start a GoFundMe page, I will contribute!
But a control group is needed- and not just one of each!
So, 50 cobs, 200 briars of 4 different qualities/price points, and 50 meers, 25 straight billiards, 25 ornate figural. [One Brylon in for the win as to least affected. I Gorontee the latter outcome!]
To save you time and effort tying them up, just dump them all randomly in the rain gutters, and cover with a mesh so the squirrels and rats won't get at them.
If you start a GoFundMe page, I will contribute!
Tell ya what, I’ll put up a well used cob. We are in winter now, which while isn’t cold compared to some places, is wet. While I’m at it, I’ll chuck up a dr grabow too
bugger. We could have used @chasingembers collection before he streamlined.
oh and yeah, brylon would win for sure. I lost one in the garden for a few months and it smoked better after I found it
Pretty low bar on that one, what?
Reminds me of what is said of some ratty towns/cities: A tornado went through the center of town and caused $1.2 million in improvements.
There's already some accelerated testing that's been done. I put a cob and three briars through the dishwasher a year or two ago. Ash has tortured some briars, as have a few others.
I include myself, having dropped two pipes mid smoke into a swimming pool. Very hard to relight just after, and the tobacco tasted strange. So I cleaned and dried them, back into the rack and rotation. No harm, no foul.
I include myself, having dropped two pipes mid smoke into a swimming pool. Very hard to relight just after, and the tobacco tasted strange. So I cleaned and dried them, back into the rack and rotation. No harm, no foul.
And don’t forget @shanez poolside gravity test he does on the occasional meer
Yep, no more cobs, briars by a couple of close friends, and meerschaums are all that remain.
I can confirm that gravity, concrete, and meerschaum don't mix.
If you drop a cob you're most likely looking at no damage whatsoever or at worst something cosmetic.
I can't say for briar but I can confirm both cobs and meers can be completely submerged occasionally in chlorinated pool water, rinsed in tap water, and dried to no ill effect.
I'm not a fan of cobs but I'm really liking them for the pool. The level of comfort knowing I'm not going to do any damage (or even if I do it won't be a lot of money) is nice. I even light them with jet/torch lighters which can char the rim but doesn't do much else.
In short, if you need/want a pipe you can abuse the crap out of without financial risk, get a cob.
@mikethompson my theory is the gunk inside my mate’s cob will hold it together. Crack doesn’t go all the way through to the chamber...yet.
this is like “where’s Wally (or Waldo)”. 10 points to who finds the cob first.
this is like “where’s Wally (or Waldo)”. 10 points to who finds the cob first.
Man, smear some wood glue in that crack. It’s good to go for another 100k miles!
Oh I know! That’s why I rescued it from his rubbish bin. Haha. After this public exposure test, I’m actually going to bore out a spare briar and line with the cob. Something for @cosmicfolklore to appreciate
Truly an international undertaking now ?
Pounding rain here today and the cob is still up there. I can just make out the bowl if I'm in the backyard and know where to look.
I am torn between whether this or the not wearing a t shirt while driving should receive the stupidest thread of the year award. …..??????
I don't know about all of Canada, but when I've been to Toronto I saw some big sturdy black squirrels who looked like they might eat a corncob pipe, stem and all, for lunch. I think they really do have thicker coats and more fat on their bones than our gray squirrels further south.
A quick peek up there reveals that the pipe is in fact still on the roof ?
How is it hanging in there? Pics?