Briar Cigar

[jsiddle]

http://www.morganpipes.com/the-briar-cigar.html#.UJPv9bWe4s8
Ideas? Comments? Opinions? Pros and Cons? Worries? Excitement?

 

[topd]

Ummmmmmm Looks silly to me..... But what do I know

 

[jsiddle]

Man if it were half the price I might look at it more as an option for a smoke on the go such as at work or on the road...

 

[captainprophesy]

I see it more as a novelty item... many people apparently really like it... but Im with TopD on this, I think its kind of silly.
Erick.

 

[cigrmaster]

Looks silly to me also. I want my pipe to look like a pipe. If I want to smoke a cigar, I will. Novelty item at best.

 

[taerin]

They probabley work alright, I would prefer the mouthpiece to mimick puffing on a cigar a little more than that though, instead of having a traditional pipe stem on it.

 

[lankfordjl]

This is a variation of the old zeppelin pipes. The design has been around for probably +80 years.

Lehmann photographed smoking what appears to be a Vauen "Zeppelin" pipe, circa 1929.

 

[koshersmoke]

looks like a fancy version of "the bat" that my friends in college smoked pot out of. Its seems easy to pocket and carry, but i think its is more a novelty. I like the feel of a pipe in my hand and thats just not it

 

[papipeguy]

For $140-$160 there are more attractive options for the pipe smoker.

 

[cynyr]

I saw a briar cigar in action couple weeks ago. The feller professed to like it very much, but he was always fiddling with it and re-lighting it. I enjoyed a bowl of Captain Cool in the time he farted around with that ridiculous thing - seems he never got more than a few sips per light.
Having said that, this guy is a pretty fussy smoker anyway, always tamping and picking. Makes me tired to watch him. So, my observations might be a tad biased.