Curious what year this smoking pipe was made??

[jb235]

Hey folks, I'm pretty new in pipe smoking, I have a pipe I don't who was the owner, but I guess it's pretty old. What do you think is it old or it's just me? The bowl is made of some sort of metal. How would you rate it ? Best wishes

 

[n_irwin]

I would guess that it doesn’t pre-date Amazon.com

 

[mso489]

A metal bowl doesn't sound promising, for various reasons. It may not insulate heat at all. It may give off toxic fumes from heating up the metal, depending on what kind of alloy it is. Get a pipe made of traditional materials, in a known brand -- briar, meerschaum, cob, clay, etc. I think you'll have a better pipe smoking experience.

 

[jb235]

Well here is my regular wooden pipe, I bought it in my local tobacco shop week ago. Its called Erica

 

[OzPiper]

Well here is my regular pipe. Its called Erica

Erica is a nice name for a pipe

Erica arborea is the taxonomic name of briar from which that pipe was made.

There are lots of safe, quality materials for pipes - briar, corn cobs, meerschaum, clay, morta.
Apple, pear and cherry woods and birch are others, if less durable

 

[AJL67]

Well here is my regular wooden pipe, I bought it in my local tobacco shop week ago. Its called Erica

I'd rather have someone named Erica smoke my pipe to be honest.

 

[tklee]

Hey folks, I'm pretty new in pipe smoking, I have a pipe I don't who was the owner, but I guess it's pretty old. What do you think is it old or it's just me? The bowl is made of some sort of metal. How would you rate it ? Best wishes

Well here is my regular wooden pipe, I bought it in my local tobacco shop week ago. Its called Erica

Usually, there's the manufacturer name and where the pipe was made engraved on the shank of the pipe. Like this:



Do these two pipes have marking like this? It'll be easier to know who's the maker and where it's made if there is.