I thought I'd try making a few corncob pipes.

This is Model 1. The bowl is about 2 inches deep, 3/8" across. Stem is about 6-1/2 inches long, made from a piece of cane I cut a few days ago.

It still needs a little work, like a way to seal the stem in the bowl with something that won't poison the smoker.

Model 2 will for sure have a 5/8" wide bowl. I may try a bent stem as well.

Looks nice. I made one a few years ago. Finishing them off is actually easy. Dry mix equal parts Plaster of paris and durham's water putty (home depot/lowes) add a small amount of water and smear into gaps at stem and around the pipe's bowl. Sand gently when dry. Multiple light coats of a spray varnish. Buff to a nice finish. Burn the pipe once before actually using it to saeson it properly.

You can also use a small husk as the stem of the pipe. Hollow it out by hand twisting a drill bit through the meat of the hull. Purchase a plastic stem tip at your local B&M and gently twist into the prepared stem.

Eric

A marital aid?

Ix-nay on the arnish-vay!!!! The best cobs are left in the raw. Missouri Meerschaum makes both a raw and varnished one but their varnish recipe involves honey and a natural glue base or something like that.

Smoking such a porous thing as a cob with real varnish is a bad idea.

But do what ya like!

:>)

Cue theme from Deliverance.....

Deliverance? Nah! I was thinking "Old soldiers never die, they just fade away."

"good for emergencys"

General MacArthur, you never cease to amaze.

Good to see ya return...