Corn Cobb Legend – 690 Varnished Filtered
The Corn Cob Legend Pipe from Missouri Meerschaum is the most popular pipe for the price in their series of mid-sized, filtered pipes, with a medium-sized bowl and coating that gives it a soft yellow color. Grown in Missouri soil and handcrafted for over 150 years in Washington, Missouri, genuine Missouri Meerschaum Corn Cob Pipes are an American Legend – making Missouri Meerschaum the world’s oldest, largest, and leading manufacturer of corn cob pipes. Includes one Dr. Grabow Filter.
Choose from:
- Bent Stem
Length: 5 7/8″
Bowl Height: 1 3/4″
Bowl Width Outside: 1 1/4″
Bowl Width Inside: 5/8″ - Straight Stem
Length: 5 3/4″
Bowl Height: 1 5/8″
Bowl Width Outside: 1 1/4″
Bowl Width Inside: 5/8″ - CLICK HERE TO ORDER MORE FILTERS
About Corn Cob Pipes
The specifically American style of pipes made from corn cobs are cheap and effective, even if some regard them as inelegant. The cobs are first dried for two years, then they are hollowed out to make a bowl shape. The bowls are dipped in a plaster-based mixture and varnished or lacquered on the outside. Shanks made from pine wood are then inserted into the bowls. The first and largest manufacturer of corn cob pipes is Missouri Meerschaum, located in Washington, Missouri, in the United States. Missouri Meerschaum has produced the pipes since 1869. General Douglas MacArthur and Mark Twain were perhaps the most famous smokers of this type of pipe, along with the cartoon characters Popeye and Frosty the Snowman.
Corn cob pipes remain popular today because they are inexpensive and require no “break-in” period like briar pipes. For these two reasons, corn cob pipes are often recommended as a “beginner’s pipe”. However, corn cob pipes are equally valued by both learners and experienced smokers who simply desire a cool, clean smoke. Pipe smokers who wish to sample a wide variety of different tobaccos and blends also might keep a stock of corn cobs on hand to permit them to try new flavors without “carryover” from an already-used pipe, or to keep a potentially bad-tasting tobacco from adding its flavor to a more expensive or favored pipe.
