hi Mike, sat down this afternoon and watched all your videos on corncob modernisation, superb! as a full time birdcarver and wildlife artist I thought your explanation and guidance for novices using chisels etc was well done and easy to follow and a great end result, I just got my first Legend corncob today so I've watched loads of stuff about them, well impressed with it, I don't know why it's taken me so long to buy one? lol!
Great job! In fact, that pipe mud gets "baked" and gets hard after being exposed to enough heat. Here in Iran, a special type of pipe called "chopoq or chopogh (Persian: چپق)" is made using baking technique. The pipe chamber is formed by mud, then it gets baked inside the furnace and gets hard. Then a long wooden stem is attached to it. Very very fine clay is used to make the mud. Different types of dished are made this way too. The baked mud is very similar to glass, it is as hard and brittle as glass.
Thank you Hamze, that is very interesting. It is amazing to me how many different methods have been developed all over the world to burn tobacco! Be well, Mike.
I'm loving this series, and with the 2016 Cobfoolery contest running through April this is perfect timing. Looking forward to the next installment. Scott
Your a genius Mike, I love your ideas you come up with, not everyone has a lathe in there shop so this is wonderful. I just ordered some needle saws from Steve that help out with fashioning the funnel at the end of the stem, they work awesome.
+PipeLeisure Thank you for the comment. I need to get some of those needle saws, so I'm glad to hear that you like them. I have been butchering funnels with my needle files. Be well, Mike.
Mud is available at Aristocob. I bought some and modified my cobs. It's a dollar a packet and will do three pipes if you get yourself set up right. And this is another great instruction video.
Good idea..however 4 lazy people (like me) for my cobbs (13) I have 3 of Scotts freehand stems which I interchange with all of them. In fact with my Mr. Brog pipes, I add a softy bit to them (the freehand) to replace Brogs plastic bits which brake easily in the shank.
I found the "pipe mud" video fantastic, and I'm looking forward to the next modifications. Thank you for doing this. For the stem replacement though... SmokingPipes sells replacement stems for Meerschaum pipes for $0.75 a piece. I'm guessing the cost of the tools needed can provide for 100s of stems with zero work :))) Not to mention the cost of the blanks - I think you said $4.50 each.
Thank you for the comment. Those are replacement stems and are the same plastic that comes with the pipe. Some guys prefer an Ebonite stem, so that's why I made the video. Thanks for watching!
I would like to convert some corn cob pipes to 9mm. I am thinking of how to do it, maybe with some metal tube. I really like smoking a 9mm pipe as it is a cooler smoke. I ordered some 6mm charcoal filters, and if those do the trick I won't bother. The pipe mortar at the bottom helps these out a lot. The funny thing is I did not think much about corn cobs when I started smoking, but now I am really appreciating them.
Thanks for the comment, I have thought about this and I think that If you want to make a new shank you could do the 9mm conversion. There is not enough room in the shank otherwise. All the best!
@@CaneRodPiper CaneRodPiper I have thought of that. I'll look into it a little more. It should not be that hard to do. I cut out that extra stem and did the pipe mortar thing. Now I love smoking them. I have discovered a 6mm charcoal filter made in Germany which is not as cool, but it gets pretty close to the 9mm experience. I hate to be so picky, but when I find something that works well I stick with it.
+DutchPointOfView Thank you. These are no replacement for a lathe if you want to do more than one or two stems, but they worked surprisingly well. Best, Mike.
Yes Bob, I think I even said it's not something you would want if your just making one. I'm planning to do a bit of an update to this video since the methods have changed over the years. Thanks for watching!
Thank you Scott. I have some Ukrainian pipes with terrible plastic stems in them. Really their stems are the worst junk I have ever run across. Now I can Save the pipes and put some decent stems on them.
I said that I don't have a metal lathe (which at the time I did not have) and then later talk about chucking the Pimo tool in a wood lathe (which I did and still do have). They are two very different machines. Thanks for watching!
