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Bill Sabol

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May 17, 2020
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My grandfather, a pipe smoker, in the late 50's had a little marble-like thing with a small statue of a dog and a narrow piece of metal about 3 inches long that I think came out of the dog's head. I think it had to do with pipe smoking. Tobacco grinder? Some kind of pipe cleaner? What was it?
 

gatorhazard

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Maybe a pipe tamper. A tamper is used to tamp down the tobacco to keep the burning ember in contact with the tobacco
 

mso489

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BROB's is definitely a pipe rest, if that is the same item described in the OP, though I can certainly imagine a dog themed tamper. The fifties were a hay day for pipe smoking, so there were many pipe related accessories.
 
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BROBS

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BROB's is definitely a pipe rest, if that is the same item described in the OP, though I can certainly imagine a dog themed tamper. The fifties were a hay day for pipe smoking, so there were many pipe related accessories.
He said a marble item like a dog with a 3" metal piece...
that would be awfully big for a tamper IMO.

most of the metal "scoop" pipe rest pieces seem about three inches.
 
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Bill Sabol

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No picture, but it must have been a tamper. Correction: I don't think the pick was in the dog"s head, but there was a hollow vertical part it went into.
 
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