Hello...Im a hole.

[willwoodbine]

Theres a hole in this pipe. Not a nasty, someone did naughty things to me kind of hole, but a nice somewhat glamoroues shiny hole with a metal sleeve. Is this a display pipe, or is this a property of the pipe. Its a ROPP AIR-DRY Made In France.
It has been smoked previously (alot- the stem has a hole, and there was a huge soot flavoured cake in the bowl.
Dont want to sit refurbing a non smoker.

 

[spartan]

For photobucket images copy and paste the IMG code it gives you.

 

[willwoodbine]

is that the url in properties, sorry bit stuck on this!

 

[willwoodbine]

 

[spartan]

First time I've seen a hole in pipe on purpose lol.
Would love to hear the older folks with more pipe smoking knowledge chime in on it.
Congrats on getting the pics to work. ::

 

[zanthal]

I've never seen anything like that before.
The only thing I can figure is that it's used for draining condensation. Suppose it could draft air to make it stay lit better too.

 

[baronsamedi]

It looks like a carburettor. Kaywoodie and a few other brands made them. You put your finger or thumb over the hole and whenever you puff,you let go and let some cool air in with the smoke. Never used one on a tobacco pipe but that's the general idea.

 

[topd]

I could be wrong, but looks like a burn through to me.

 

[tbradsim1]

I go along with Top D , fixed it with a screw. The old cajun

 

[willwoodbine]

that what I thought, a large number of pipe I got along this one appeared to of been burned through, but its the pieve of metal thats odd. and the bottom of the bowl is still rounded, no pitting, or odd bits.

 

[mlaug]

Interesting. I'm familiar with Nording's Aerosphere that is supposed to offer a similar principle. This pipe reminded me of that idea.

 

[instymp]

+1 Baron & Roth, saw a Kaywoodie with one on ebay last week.

 

[foggymountain]

It's as the Baron says. I had a similar hole in my old meerschaum. My hole was caused by 30 years of emptying it with a sharp object. I soon realized that it was also a drain. Instead of the liquid building up, it just dripped out the bottom. It saved on pipecleaners. You covered it with your finger to draw on the pipe. It seems like your pipemaker put in the drain intentionally. After smoking the pipe, try blowing through it, after emptying, and see if moisture comes out. Trumpets have similar holes to blow out moisture. If you don't like your hole, fill it or tape over it.

 

[dukdalf]

That carburetor idea had better work like a dream to make up for the inconvenience of a pipe that drips. It would have cost me a good number of shirts...

 

[baronsamedi]

Part carb, part spit-valve! :rofl:

 

[oldshacker]

This should help

 

[topd]

I'm absolutely blown away... I never saw such a thing. But I believe it now. I'll have nothing to do

with it, but I believe it. My Chevy and Fords have a hole... But going one way... And that's the way

I like my pipes. I draw down the stem, and I expect that's the only way the flow can go. I wouldn't have

a carburetor or manifold that directed flow somewhere else.

 

[nsfisher]

I have an old carb. pipe here that I don't use. I believe it is an old Grabow. The pipe you are showing mate, is an attempt to create a carb. pipe. Doesn't take much to make it work either, it is fairly simple to create.

 

[wolfie90]

I used to have a kaywoodie carburetor and ill worn you now becareful because very hot steam can come out of that hole sometimes. If that happens youll burn hand and drop the pipe like i did and then your laps also full of hot embers. No good at all lol.

 

[willwoodbine]

thanks for the input everyone.