Corncob Pipes

[marksctm]

If I can find a corn cob, I'll try. BTW, as a kid I tried the corn silk too by rolling it with a newspaper

I was looking at ears of corn at the grocery store in the produce department for a good size cob, all sizes there.
At least in the U S .

 

[johnlee1933]

If I can find a corn cob, I'll try. BTW, as a kid I tried the corn silk too by rolling it with a newspaper

Is shelled corn for poultry feed a commercial crop in Turkey? If so, some of the field corn varieties produce a nice cob for raw material. "Cat tail" ( a swamp growing reed) here in NE USA makes good, tho fragile, stems. I understand young bamboo works well also and is a lot tougher. -- John

 

[johnlee1933]

I was looking at ears of corn at the grocery store in the produce department for a good size cob, all sizes there.
At least in the U S .

Yeah but that is fresh corn. You'd have to dry the cob forever. See if you can find field corn or better yet a corn crib with a friendly farmer. Those cobs are mostly dried already. -- John

 

[Jitterbugdude]

"Cat tail" ( a swamp growing reed) here in NE USA makes good, tho fragile, stems. I understand young bamboo works well also and is a lot tougher. -- John

Ash makes an excellent stem if you do not have a lathe. Pick an Ash stick the size you want and run a small diamter wire through it. The pith will push right out. You can also use Elderberry but I've read that it might be toxic. It probably is not if you put a varnish on the outside of the stem.

 

[johnlee1933]

Ash makes an excellent stem if you do not have a lathe. Pick an Ash stick the size you want and run a small diamter wire through it. The pith will push right out. You can also use Elderberry but I've read that it might be toxic. It probably is not if you put a varnish on the outside of the stem.

Thanks Dude, I never knew that and there're plenty of ash trees in this neck of the woods. Imagine me poling around looking for a little piece of ash to make a pipe. -- John (Yeah, Yeah -- I'm losing my mind.)

 

[istanbulin]

Is shelled corn for poultry feed a commercial crop in Turkey? If so, some of the field corn varieties produce a nice cob for raw material. "Cat tail" ( a swamp growing reed) here in NE USA makes good, tho fragile, stems. I understand young bamboo works well also and is a lot tougher. -- John

Our "new" (industrial) corn varieties are generally have narrow cobs but bigger grains (generally used for poultry and cattle feed or silage), so I have to visit far countryside to find an old traditional corn variety which have bigger cobs.

Ash makes an excellent stem if you do not have a lathe. Pick an Ash stick the size you want and run a small diamter wire through it. The pith will push right out. You can also use Elderberry but I've read that it might be toxic. It probably is not if you put a varnish on the outside of the stem.

A god info for me because there are a lot of ash trees here. Elderberry is not exist here but I know that many parts of the plant contains cyanogenic glycosides.

 

[Knucklehead]

Istanbulin-- If I ever have the priviledge of sending you any more leaf or seed I'll be sure to enclose an MM corn cob pipe or two.

 

[Rayshields]

I found this while looking for something else. http://www.amazon.com/Lot-Pieces-Corn-Smoking-Pipes/dp/B003BR1SN2/ref=?ie=UTF8&m=A3PZ7VVUPHN3VL

For less than a dollar each, they wouldn't have to be very well made?

 

[istanbulin]

I found this while looking for something else. http://www.amazon.com/Lot-Pieces-Corn-Smoking-Pipes/dp/B003BR1SN2/ref=?ie=UTF8&m=A3PZ7VVUPHN3VL

For less than a dollar each, they wouldn't have to be very well made?

They're mini sized pipes. It's written in the product features section.

 

[deluxestogie]

The minis smoke fairly hot.

Bob

 

[johnlee1933]

Anybody know what variety of corn is used for pipe bodies? -- John

 

[deluxestogie]

Here's the link to the "factory" page of Missouri Meerschaum: http://www.corncobpipe.com/pages.php?pageid=5. It contains a lot of detail about the manufaturing process. It's also fun to examine the variety of pipes available.

Bob

 

[indianjoe]

I was under the impression that the corn was specially grown for cobs for MM pipes. Some old heritage breeds of corn would work for thicker cobs. They were mostly used, up til indoor plumbing, you know two reds then a white cob to check cleanlyness

 

[Chicken]

i like the ones you can buy from the store,

very cheap, yet very efficiant,

 

[SmokesAhoy]

Ppl wiped with corn cobs?? Omg I'm glad I live now.

I have hickory king seed, old heirloom moonshine corn that has big cobs and kernals.

 

[johnlee1933]

Ppl wiped with corn cobs?? Omg I'm glad I live now.

I have hickory king seed, old heirloom moonshine corn that has big cobs and kernels.

Any chance I could get 8 or 10 of them? -- John

 

[SmokesAhoy]

I'll give you them all, I can't grow corn here, I live near some hardcore corn farmers, it would be contaminated.

 

[SmokesAhoy]

Its really delicious fresh too, better than any sweet corn.

 

[johnlee1933]

I'll give you them all, I can't grow corn here, I live near some hardcore corn farmers, it would be contaminated.

I don't have room for many. Maybe someone else would like to try also. -- John

 

[SmokesAhoy]

There isn't much and they are from before I moved to vt so viability is dropping. Plant em all in Dixie cups to start to give them the best chance. Oh and pm me address I'll send them out.