Ladies and Gentlemen, I give you the Winners of the 2016 Aristocob Cobfoolery Contest!

I’d like to begin this post by saying “thank you” once again to everyone who entered their modified corn cob pipes in the 2016 Aristocob Cobfoolery Contest.  Click the links to see the original entry video. 

Our Profesional finalist's pipes were judged by an online popular vote.  The results are as follows: 

Professional, Classic Shape Category:

First Place: Dodif

For his spectacular "The Dinosaur Egg" Dodif wins a $10 credit for being a finalist, a $50 credit from Aristocob.com.   Additionally Dodif wins a Missouri Meerschaum Freehand pipe on a custom laser engraved wood plaque, graciously provided by Missouri Meerschaum Corn Cob Pipe Company! 

Runner-up: Basil Meadows

Basil wins second place for his "Reddog Pipes Calabash" a $10 credit for being a finalist plus $30 for being our first runner up, for a total of $40 in credit from Aristocob.com.  

Third Place: Daniel Billings

For his "Frodo's Feast" Daniel wins a $10 credit for being a finalist plus $20 for placing third, for a total of $30 in credit from Aristocob.com.

Professional, Freehand Category:

First Place: Dodif

For his "The Corn Horn" Dodif gets a $10 credit for being a finalist and wins a $50 credit from Aristocob.com.   Additionally Dodif wins a Missouri Meerschaum Freehand pipe on a custom laser engraved wood plaque, graciously provided by Missouri Meerschaum Corn Cob Pipe Company! 

Runner-up: Daniel Billings

Daniel wins second place for his "Blue Steel" a $10 credit for being a finalist plus $30 for being our first runner up, for a total of $40 in credit from Aristocob.com.  

Third Place: David Galehouse

David wins third place for his "General Shotgun Poker" a $10 credit for being a finalist plus $20 for placing third, for a total of $30 in credit from Aristocob.com.  

The judges for the Amateur entries in the 2016 Cobfoolery contest were:

• Phil Morgan, the General Manager of The Missouri Meerschaum Corn Cob Pipe factory
• Jason Dagner, creator of the new Dagner Cob and owner of Dagner Pipes
• Chris Morgan of Morgan Pipes
• Seth Markwood, my son and co-host of Markwood Men's Breakfast Club
• Scott Markwood (me) from www.Aristocob.com

Amateur, Classic Shape Category:

First Place: CaneRodPiper

CaneRodPiper wins a $10 credit for being a finalist plus a $50 credit from Aristocob.com.  Add to that a Missouri Meerschaum Freehand pipe on a custom laser engraved wood plaque, graciously provided by Missouri Meerschaum Corn Cob Pipe Company!    

Runner-up: Oom Howard

For his cob entry Oom wins a $10 credit for being a finalist plus $30 for being our first runner up, for a total of $40 in credit from Aristocob.com.  

Third Place: Badger Piper

For his entry Badger Piper wins a $10 credit for being a finalist plus $20 for placing third, for a total of $30 in credit from Aristocob.com.  

Amateur, Freehand/Fantasy Shape Category:

First Place: Shane Allen

For his cob creation Shane wins a $10 credit for being a finalist plus a $50 credit from Aristocob.com.  Add to that a Missouri Meerschaum Freehand pipe on a custom laser engraved wood plaque, graciously provided by Missouri Meerschaum Corn Cob Pipe Company!

Runner-up: Badger Piper

Badger Piper wins a $10 credit for being a finalist plus $30 for being our first runner up, for a total of $40 in credit from Aristocob.com.  

Third Place: Shane Hill

For his entry Shane wins a $10 credit for being a finalist plus $20 for placing third, for a total of $30 in credit from Aristocob.com.  

Congratulations to all of our WINNERS! 

It's time to cast your vote for the Cobfoolery Pro Class winners!

After a brief delay it's time to cast your vote for the Cobfoolery Pro Class winners. We are thrilled to have so many amazing pipes entered this year by some truly talented pipe makers! While we have a team of pipe professionals judging the amateur entries but YOU are a judge of the Pro class.

Click this link and be sure to vote for your choice of winner in both the Classic shape and the Freehand shape categories.

Here's a playlist of all of the 2016 Cobfoolery Pro Classic finalists

Here's a playlist of all of the 2016 Cobfoolery Pro Freehand finalists

Click HERE to Cast Your Vote

Voting will end at midnight EST Friday May 13th, 2016 and winners will be announced on Saturday May 14th.

Here's a screenshot and a link to the submission video for each of the entries, in no particular order.  Click the link beneath each photo to view the video entry.

David Galehouse's Freehand Cobfoolery entry "General Shotgun Poker"

Daniel Billings' Freehand Cobfoolery entry "Blue Steel"

Chris Morgan's Freehand Cobfoolery entry "The Giant Cob Cigar"

Dodif's Freehand Cobfoolery entry "The Corn Horn"

David Galehouse's Classic Cobfoolery entry "Kolonel Diamond Shank"

Dodif's Classic Cobfoolery entry "The Dinosaur Egg"

Chris Morgan's Classic Cobfoolery entry "The MacArthur Calabash"

Daniel Billing's Classic Cobfoolery entry "Frodo's Feast"

Basil Meadow's Classic Cobfoolery entry "Reddog Pipes Cobabash"

2016 Cobfoolery Corn Cob Pipe-Mod Contest Details

Get cool-smoking Missouri Meerschaum corn cob pipes and Cobfoolery kits at http://www.Aristocob.com

Woohoo, it's Cobfoolery time!

This year (2016) the contest will run the entire month of April and we will have two classes: Pro and Amateur and two Categories: Classic and Freehand.

Your entry needs to feature a genuine Missouri Meerschaum corn cob chamber, while the balance of your pipe can be made of any other material including wood, metal, clay, plastic, glass, zucchini, fabric, snow crab or any other material you can concoct.

We will NOT be requiring the finalists to ship their pipes to us.  We heard from several folks from outside the USA in 2014 and this requirement eliminated several of them due to delays they anticipated in shipping and in the various Customs departments. So to enter this year you'll need to post a video on Youtube showing off your entry and describing what you've done to modify and hopely improve your corn cob pipe.  Your video MUST be titles "My entry in Aristocob's 2016 Cobfoolery Contest: (followed by your pipe's name).

For example, I made a pipe a couple years back that I titled the "Pierced Ear", so if I were entering it in this year's contest I would title my video: "My entry in Aristocob's 2016 Cobfoolery Contest: "The Pierced Ear".  Make sense?  Good!

Your entry must be posted on Youtube by midnight April 30th, and on May 1st we will announce the 6 finalists in each of the two classes and in the two categories and more details about the judging.

What can you win?

All of the 24 entrants whose pipes are selected as finalists will receive a $10 gift code which can be redeemed towards merchandise on www.Aristocob.com.

If your pipe is selected as one of the Grand Prize Winners you will receive another $50 in Aristocob merchandise as well as a special limited addition Missouri Meerschaum Freehand pipe on a special laser engraved plaque!

Let me know if you have any questions and I look forward to seeing what you can come up with.

Scott
email me at: aristocob@gmail.com