The Doodler

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After his loss of the Custom-Bilt name in 1953, Tracy Mincer's next production pipe was The Doodler. The pipe was turned for Mincer by the National Briar Pipe Co. beginning in the early 1950's, and that company eventually purchased the pipe design in approximately 1960. After that time Mincer's former partner Claude Stewart began making a line of pipes called the Holeysmoke which were largely identical to the Doodler pipes, and National Briar continued to produce the Doodler. The pipe's design centers around a series of vertically drilled holes in a ring around the combustion chamber, meant to provide airflow and a cooler smoke.