The Sport-Briar Pipe

"Is that an Indian Club between your lips, or are you just glad to be smoking?"

No wonder this never caught on.

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Posted By: Paul - Mon Oct 01, 2012
Category: Inventions | Chindogu | Smoking and Tobacco | 1920s

Comments

Only Sherlock Dork would have used one of these. Or, maybe Jean Claude Heolameseaux? (French spelling)

Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 10/01/12 at 09:47 AM

These types of pipes did catch on. You apparently didn't run with the doper crowd, Paul. I had a few of them during my misspent youth for use while driving. Since they didn't look like a common pipe, they didn't attract the attention of Officer Standanko.

Posted by KDP on 10/01/12 at 10:09 AM

Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 10/01/12 at 10:46 AM

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