Pulled the trigger on the falcon. But is it fake?

[Qwerty53]

Should be brand new. It came in a nylon bag and the mouth piece looks like this.... also it's soft like the $9 cob pipes.
Is it fake?

 

[JoeW]

I bought a Falcon standard stem from tobaccopipes several weeks ago, and mine looks like that. I use rubber bits on mine, otherwise I’d be too tempted to bite down and break all my teeth out.

 

[Chasing Embers]

Couldn't imagine much profit in fake Falcons.

 

[Qwerty53]

Thank you

 

[JoeW]

Couldn't imagine much profit in fake Falcons.

There’s this too. A real Falcon stem is pretty cheap already: there can’t be much profit in trying to counterfeit it.

 

[kcghost]

No, it's probably real. Falcons are generally too cheap to be sending out fake ones.

 

[Qwerty53]

So if the company makes this sht of stems i don't know if I can trust the material they make the rest of thebpipe from....... at the end of the day I am inhaling hot smoke coming through it....
Is there another company with same design but better execution?

 

[JoeW]

Oh sure, don't smoke it if you don't trust it. You can find some other Falcony designs in this Falcon thread, but I haven't tried any of them myself.