Since taking my first MM Legend out for a spin (about 10 years ago) I gradually began smoking cobs as much or more than meers and briars combined. When I smoke a cob I'll reach for the MM General or Basil Meadows "Corndog" classic almost all the time. They are both cool, dry smoking pipes and, as most Missouri Meerschaum cobs are, easy to keep sweet smelling and very durable.

One of my uncles lived in DC most of his life - former OSS turned buttoned down urban bureaucrat type, suit/tie - and he smoked a pipe constantly. I only ever saw him smoke a cob. I figured he was cheap but, when I asked, he showed me racks of briars that he gave up on once his discovered cobs. He said they smoked better. Imagine that.