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If you have any information about this | [[File:Dr Shaddon's Sanaton 1939.jpg|thumb|Ad from 1939 Popular Mechanics, courtesy Doug Valitchka]] | ||
Dr. Shotton's is a system pipe distributed by Foster Products, INC of Cleveland, OH. It is designed so that a pipe cleaner can be sent entirely through the pipe by removing a plug in the heal of the bowl. The idea being to make stem removal unnecessary. It has an open slot in the top of the tube where it crosses the bottom of the bowl, which "permits a FULL down draft--even burning--STAYS LIT". The ad further indicates they left the briar unsealed and unvarnished to permit evaporation and allow the tars from the tobacco to color the pipe naturally. | |||
If you have any additional information about this brand, or the maker, please add it here, or send it to sethile.pipes@gmail.com and we can add it for you. | |||
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Revision as of 21:27, 26 January 2021
Dr. Shotton's is a system pipe distributed by Foster Products, INC of Cleveland, OH. It is designed so that a pipe cleaner can be sent entirely through the pipe by removing a plug in the heal of the bowl. The idea being to make stem removal unnecessary. It has an open slot in the top of the tube where it crosses the bottom of the bowl, which "permits a FULL down draft--even burning--STAYS LIT". The ad further indicates they left the briar unsealed and unvarnished to permit evaporation and allow the tars from the tobacco to color the pipe naturally.
If you have any additional information about this brand, or the maker, please add it here, or send it to sethile.pipes@gmail.com and we can add it for you.
- Example and details, courtesy Bob Tice
