Big Chief Contest!

[mrnosejoy]

Brick & Mortar Tobacconist is hosting the Big Chief Contest. We're looking for the best Brick & Mortar Tobacco Store Indian in the business. If you're local Brick & Mortar has a good store Indian and you've got time we'd love to see it. Send us a picture, get them to send us a picture. Deadline for entries is midnight New Year's Eve!

Here's what they should include
Store Name
Store Owner
Big Chief's Name
City/St
Picture of Store's Big Chief.

or anyone can go online to submit here: Big Chief Contest!

Hope ya'll have a great Holiday season from everyone at Brick & Mortar Tobacconist!

 

[marcsheldon]

great idea. ill post a pic of "chief-smokes-alot" later today.

 

[moki]

Some history on them:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigar_store_Indian

...and if you want one of your own:

http://www.cigarstoreindianstatue.com/

 

[AVB]

I thought it was a contest to speed smoke a Big Chief. You 'd have a shot at that moki

 

[Bu11dog]

Sweet!! Someday I'll have one of my own guarding my clock-idor!

 

[bimmer635csi]

I have one in my house. But it is not a store ... poop.

Oh, wait, I sold a cigar to someone once. Maybe I qualify?

 

[baldheadracing]

If you're ever in Shelburne, Vermont, the Shelburne Museum has some vintage cigar store Indians that are in a different league from what you see in B&M's today.

Some great pics (though not of Shelburne's collection AFAIK) in this article: http://www.evanschuman.com/clips/Americana.pdf

 

[atuck]

Since there were no pics posted here of any cigar store indians so I thought I would show you mine.

 

[NASTY]

Atuck, your walk in is a baaad mother ---- shut my mouth

 

[mrrt]

WOW!!!!

I see 2 of those "blue boxes" in that walkin.
Thats amazing.


Art

 

[bfreebern]

I've been looking for one. Very nice Alan!

 

[PhatCat]

My Aunt and Uncle had a cigar store indian on their porch when I was young. My cousin inherited it. I won't lie: I've dreamed up schemes to smuggle it off his porch in the middle of the night. :whistling:

 

[sack]

My cigar store indian is a work of art, and he belongs only to me. ???

 

[chainer]

OmgAcidCigars!!! THEY'LL RUIN EVERYTHING!

 

[BigJake6904]

This should be a contest for smoking "The Chief"

 

[PuroEsq]

This should be a contest for smoking "The Chief"

No problem ... smoke it to the band in less than 15 minutes. Bet me

 

[AVB]

I have two of them, a natural and a maduro.......what do you want to lose?

This should be a contest for smoking "The Chief"

No problem ... smoke it to the band in less than 15 minutes. Bet me

 

[BigJake6904]

I put one down in 2 hours and 45 minutes once, a hell of a lot of smoking.

 

[PuroEsq]

I have two of them, a natural and a maduro.......what do you want to lose?

This should be a contest for smoking "The Chief"

No problem ... smoke it to the band in less than 15 minutes. Bet me

Actually I was joking. It was an inside joke that I was hoping NorCalMark or one of our newest members SonicBoom03 would see and make a comment.

Here is the story ... we were haivng this very same discussion at Tower Pipes and Cigars and I was encourgaging one of the regulars to take the bet that he could smoke one in less than an hour. I advised him that under the terms of the bet - as it was laid out in the discussion - that he could just turn the cigar around and light the head ... only a few pufs to the band from there. :whistling:

It is all in how you word the challenge ... nothing was said about where it had to be smoked from just that it had to be smoked to the band. :laugh:

 

[KayakinBoy]

I've smoked the Chief before... I'd be down for a rematch as well...