A few days ago I posted a couple of pipes I got at an antique mall, but my wife reminded me that she got a pipe while we were there too. Ok, I'll admit I wasn't a huge fan of the pipe she wanted and paid $5 for, but I figure I'm lucky to have a wife that shares pipe smoking with me, so I usually let her buy what she wants. She admitted she got this pipe mostly for it's cuteness factor and not so much to smoke. This is a weird little pipe, measures just under 4 inches, and is stamped "Marvel, Molded Briar". It looked to be some sort of kids toy at first, but as I was cleaning it up a little, I saw it had clearly been used to smoke tobacco. The stem is some kind of plastic, (bakelite?) and has a metal tenon that had a little stinger in it, which I removed. The "Molded Briar" stamping was puzzling, as I've never heard of it before. Looking in the shank you can see an area where it's not stained, and to me it looks like MDF. I don't think this is Brylon, as it's supposed to be more like plastic, and this doesn't come off like plastic, but really like some kind of finely made briar MDF!
Anyone here ever come across this, or have any idea what it is?
My wife has been searching online and can find nothing about Marvel pipes, or molded briar.
Anyone here ever come across this, or have any idea what it is?
My wife has been searching online and can find nothing about Marvel pipes, or molded briar.
