Help ID My Newest Acquisition Please

kibo

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Mar 22, 2014

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• Nov 29, 2016

• #1

As the thread says, I just got this pipe at an estate sale for a song, but it has no markings. It was in overall good shape, except perhaps the finish may not be what it was. I had some ideas what it might be, but I would like to have a name to put to it, before I buy another bowl or two for it.

 

hextor

Part of the Furniture Now

Sep 20, 2015

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• Nov 29, 2016

• #2

it looks interesting, does it smoke cool?

 

ashdigger

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Jul 30, 2016

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• Nov 29, 2016

• #3

Hello, you can try smokingmetal.co.uk. I think you'll be surprised how many metal (aluminum) pipes there are out there.

 

kibo

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Mar 22, 2014

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• Nov 29, 2016

• #4

Hextor, it does smoke like a dream. This is the second metal in my collection (the other being my great grandfather's old Bryson).
Ashdigger, thank you, but I seem to be a step ahead of you. I checked there, and it gave me a couple possible leads, but nothing definitive. At first, I thought it may have been a Filto, but the end cap doesn't match, and the stinger makes me believe it is not one of theirs.I just can't quite pin it down.

 

ashdigger

Lifer

Jul 30, 2016

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• Nov 29, 2016

• #5

Kibo, I'm glad you're a step ahead. While it's a great resource I have several pipes that aren't there either.
My metal pipes ALL smoke extremely well.

 

kibo

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Mar 22, 2014

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• Nov 29, 2016

• #6

Ash, I'm 2 for 2, and becoming a believer. I tend to keep an eye out at estate sales for pipes, but this experience has me thinking of actively hunting down a couple more metals for the menagerie.

 

clickklick

Lifer

May 5, 2014

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• Nov 29, 2016

• #7

I'd have to look a little tonight if you haven't received an answer yet. But it is reminiscent of a Kirsten, however the stinger throws it out of that category to me. That Stinger reminds me of either Kaywoodie or Grabow, both of which produced this style at some point to compete with Kirsten and Falcon.
As I said, I can pinpoint the make and model later tonight if someone else hasn't already chimed in with the answer. Lots of knowledgeable friendly folks here!

 

kibo

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Mar 22, 2014

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• Nov 29, 2016

• #8

Many thanks clickklick. Smokingmetal has me thinking it might be a Peak, but there is hesitation in that thought. There was one in the unidentified section that looks a good deal similar too, if I recall correctly. Someone suggested to me in person that it could be homemade, but it seems too precise, too 'manufactured' to me. I'm not entirely ruling that out, along with it being a piece frankensteined out of parts in someone's collection.

 

clickklick

Lifer

May 5, 2014

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• Nov 29, 2016

• #9

Does the bowl screw off?

 

kibo

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Mar 22, 2014

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• Nov 29, 2016

• #10

The bowl is a screw-in. Sorry I forgot to mention/show that detail.

 

kibo

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Mar 22, 2014

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• Nov 29, 2016

• #11

Screw through*, sorry I misworded it and just realized. I'm batting all zeroes today on te communication front.

 

pagan

Lifer

May 6, 2016

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• Nov 29, 2016

• #12

Looks like a pipe I had in High School :mrgreen:

 

clickklick

Lifer

May 5, 2014

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• Nov 29, 2016

• #13

I'm stumped, confidence depleted.

Pics of the inside bowl screw may help

 

kibo

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Mar 22, 2014

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• Nov 30, 2016

• #14

I'll get a pic of it posred here after I clean it up. She's resting now after a run with some War Horse r.c.

 

kibo

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Mar 22, 2014

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• Dec 1, 2016

• #15

Not the best, but hopefully sufficient...

 

snagstangl

Lifer

Jul 1, 2013

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Iowa, United States

• Dec 1, 2016

• #16

I saw a bunch of parts for these on ebay a while ago. 50 stems, 50 bodies, 50 bowls. I remembered the name of the pipes, Comet. Looked at smoking metal:
http://www.smokingmetal.co.uk/pipe.php?page=222

 

snagstangl

Lifer

Jul 1, 2013

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Iowa, United States

• Dec 1, 2016

• #17

http://pipesmagazine.com/forums/topic/comet-aluminum-pipe-from-the-40s
someone else has one

 

kibo

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Mar 22, 2014

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• Dec 2, 2016

• #18

Thanks Snagstangl. I wasn't too sure about that, because the bottom on mine remains rounded, but the Comet on Smokingmetal appears flat bottomed, and the stinger vs the 9mm filter.

 

kibo

Starting to Get Obsessed

Mar 22, 2014

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• Dec 2, 2016

• #19

Thanks all. Now I'm off to track down one of those radiator bowls... it just looks neat. Also a couple more 'conventional' type bowls.