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The Doodler was Tracey Mincer's latest innovation and was a wonderfully picturesque pipe, not to mention it was a great smoker. I smoked it through two or three replacement mouthpieces and eventually it got lost as my pipesmoking waned over the years. | The Doodler was Tracey Mincer's latest innovation and was a wonderfully picturesque pipe, not to mention it was a great smoker. I smoked it through two or three replacement mouthpieces and eventually it got lost as my pipesmoking waned over the years. | ||
[[File:KirstenL09.jpg|thumb|Kirsten, Courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:Kirsten Ad.jpg|thumb|left|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]][[File:Kirsten Patent.jpg|thumb|Kirsten Patent, courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:Kirsten.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Doug Valitchka]]The first and only Kirsten I had, had to be an old Companion model that came from one of the Kirsten cards you found in those days in some smoke shops. It might even have been in some small-town drugstore. If I recall correctly, it did not even have the Kirsten name on it - just "Companion". | [[File:KirstenL09.jpg|thumb|Kirsten, Courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:Kirsten Ad.jpg|thumb|left|Courtesy, Doug Valitchka]][[File:Kirsten Patent.jpg|thumb|Kirsten Patent, courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:Kirsten.jpg|thumb|Courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:KirstenK.jpg|thumb|A nice example of a "K" Companion with the original box and pamplete, courtesy Doug Valitchki]]The first and only Kirsten I had, had to be an old Companion model that came from one of the Kirsten cards you found in those days in some smoke shops. It might even have been in some small-town drugstore. If I recall correctly, it did not even have the Kirsten name on it - just "Companion". | ||
It would be another four decades before I ran into the Kirstens again as I began buying and restoring old pipes. I had accumlated about a half dozen Kirstens from several lots I acquired and they lay around in my work area for several months before I decided to see what I could do with them. | It would be another four decades before I ran into the Kirstens again as I began buying and restoring old pipes. I had accumlated about a half dozen Kirstens from several lots I acquired and they lay around in my work area for several months before I decided to see what I could do with them. | ||