Quick Cob Mod

[El Whedo]

I've never really cared for the haphazard heel in a cob. At the rate I smoke it takes just forever for the nooks and crannies to fill in and develop a halfway decent spherical bottom like a briar... so since this was such a nice pipe and unsmoked to boot, I decided to remedy the situation by making my own heel out of a 3/4 Cherrywood dowel.

Well... you clean out yer cobs with an air hose. That probably (DEFINATELY...hehe) is why yer cobs don't fill in and form a nice heel.

Anyhoo... ya did a bang-up job. Even if ya didn't need to do it, ya did a wonderful job of it as always. I'm impressed with all yer projects and yer craftsmanship.

[Emperor Zurg]

Well... you clean out yer cobs with an air hose. That probably (DEFINATELY...hehe) is why yer cobs don't fill in and form a nice heel.

Anyhoo... ya did a bang-up job. Even if ya didn't need to do it, ya did a wonderful job of it as always. I'm impressed with all yer projects and yer craftsmanship.

Haha! Well I did stop cleaning them with the air hose. Figured that's why they never filled out. But I have a fair collection of cobs now plus some briars so with the little I smoke and rotating thru a few pipes they still take forever to even begin the process.

I know it's 100% unnecessary but I have a shop full of (metalworking) equipment so I couldn't resist. Thanks for the props!

Oh, and nice to see you around again, Marcus!