Ok, I Bought Another Old Pipe, But It Had A Note In The Bowl

I seem to be having a really bad case of PAD right now, and have been buying weird old pipes, a couple of which will need some TLC for sure. I just got this old panel pipe today, and have no idea what it is. I know I've mentioned in the past that I'm not fond of panel pipes, but octagon shapes I do find interesting, especially if they're old. The odd thing is that there was a small piece of old paper folded up in the bowl with writing that appears to be written with a fountain pen, and it says: Paris 1933. I have no way to know if it has anything to do with the pipe, or why it was there. The pipe itself is a bit of a mystery too. The only thing stamped on it is the word FERODO. I searched online but the only thing I could find was a UK company that makes high performance brake pads and other friction products. It appears they've been in business since the turn of the century and are now a very modern company still producing these products. Nothing else on the pipe to indicate where it came from. I does look old, possibly from the 30s, but hard to really tell. It has a few fills, an odd tenon, and a small really mangled button. Looks almost like its been melted or something. How do you get a bite mark inside the slot?!
So I post it here to see if anyone has any ideas about it. I haven't worked on it yet, but inside it looks pretty clean, no cake or gunk. That button is going to need some work though....

Thanks for the feedback and info guys! MLC, I think you're on the right track with the auto show idea. For over a hundred years there has been one of the worlds largest auto shows in Paris, so it could have been from the 1932 or 33 show. It appears too, that in 1933 Ferodo changed their logo from the way it appears on my pipe to the one in use now.

I did find out one interesting thing about the 1910 Paris show, and the was the entry of a car made in Belgium called The Pipe, that actually had a smoking pipe as their logo. Maybe Ferodo made brake pads for them?

I did a modest restoration on this pipe and found out something interesting about the stem. It was covered with something black, and the button had been repaired with some kind of white filler and then the black stuff. Using alcohol on it removed some of the black which came off on a rag. I started sanding with mico-mesh pads, and whoa! This stem is made of horn! With the use of some black super glue I reformed the button, filled in the odd holes, and tried to make a decent slot in it. I suppose it could have been an orifice opening originally, but I went with the basic size of the slot already there. With the bowl, I cleaned it up inside and out, and didn't do much to the fills. I re-dyed the bowl very lightly, and polished and waxed it. All in all I'm happy with it, but I'm not a big fan of horn stems. Gonna give it a test drive tonight with a little Gaslight...