Old Ropp with Interesting Stem Repair

[tuold]

An interesting stem repair. I never thought of using a shell casing for this!

 

[jeepnewbie]

Nice I like it. Gives it some character!

 

[klause]

A home-made spigot! Excellent.
It certainly does give it character - it seems to really suit the pipe. Those old Ropps are cracking pipes.

 

[cobguy]

Very nice ... does that pipe take 9mm filters? lol

 

[tuold]

Ha ha! Whoever made that modification did a really good job of it. The firing pin has been drilled out nicely and the stem tenon is a nice fit. As rustic as the pipe looks, it was either lightly smoked or well cared for. Picked it up on eBay for $7.50 . I've seen worse go for more. I don't know why I was the only bidder on that one. Maybe people prefer them in stock condition.

 

[klause]

$7.50!!!!!
I think you may have scored the deal of the year - a venerable old pipe, that will smoke very, very well, with a unique twist. Fabulous.

 

[tuold]

This is the first one in my collection and I'm enjoying it. I was prepared to go as high as twenty or 25 bucks on that but after being listed for six days mine was the only bid. I see there are some more good looking ones listed right now.

 

[rockymtnsmoker]

Would love to know the story. Is the pipe old enough for that to be a field repair? If I understand correctly, the origin of the military mount was soldiers repairing pipes in the trenches with materials at hand.

 

[moses]

Nice score! Piece of history with an added bit of personality. Good to hear you're enjoying it.
I checked out some of those auctions, and I kinda love the Ropp Supremes. I may have to see about picking one up. Beautiful little pipe.