trever talbert

OK, I had always wondered if these things were actually smokable or not, and
what they would be like. Last night I got the chance to try one myself
because we had a reject from the shop - one of the ones in stock had a
cracked shank. So, I yanked it off the wall, fixed the split with epoxy,
and kept it for myself. Last night was the first smoke. I filled it all
the way with C&D Bayou Night and settled in to watch all four hours (well,
it seemed that way) of the third "Matrix" movie. Fortunately my Old Boy's
flame nozzle can be cranked up to blowtorch length, or relights would have
been hopeless (I do have an Extend-a-Match, though). Tamping was more of an
issue, since none of my tampers would reach far enough into the bowl once
I'd smoked a good bit of it. I ended up hanging onto the very tiptop of my
Ming (my longest tamper) and poking around blindly. Very long nails would
be in order, methinks. However, it smoked great! The specific tobacco
seems to really zing with cobs for some reason, and the entire bowl smoked
down without bite nor gurgle. Also, I have to say it was extremely fun -
the long stem and huge bowl were just fun to relax with, and it smoked a
good bit better than many briars I have had. Plus, I think I have found the
perfect pipe to walk around town with...

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Happy smoking,
Trever Talbert
http://www.talbertpipes.com

stephen e. williamson

What a strange turn of events. I filled my MacAuthur with Cajun Half and
Half this morning for a relaxing day of smoking, and then I get to read
your account of smoking a MacAuthur. Anyway, I rarely smoke this pipe,
but it always is a good long smoke.

buck12ga

Ya done good, Trever! You would see a big improvement, in the MacAurthur,
if you remove one inch from the top. They are still pretty tall even
then.

buck

velvet elvis

I've purchased a couple of the big blue Country Gentleman MM's. I prefer
them to most of my low end briars. I've dedicated both of them to burly
mixes, mostly Orlik Dark Strong KY recently. The result has been nothing
short of sublime. It's the best $8 I ever spent in a pipe shop. I think
I've ranted and raved about this in another post recently and will continue
to do so for the forseeable future.

In case someone wants to see which pipe I mean, it's here:

http://www.corncobpipe.com/
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