Silly Pipes, show us one.

[hawke]

Youve got to be kidding! Look at this pipe!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-PLASTIC-PIPE-with-METAL-LID-POP-UP-MIRROR-Turns-in-Bowl-with-HOLE-RARE-/161257859798?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item258bb7aad6

 

[anglesey]

I think you've won this thread before it's even begun. What a very very odd object.

 

[fearsclave]

I wouldn't smoke that with a ten foot pole.

 

[petes03]

WTH? What in the world was the purpose of that pipe (if you can call it a pipe)?

 

[hawke]

Id say the mirror is to see if the tobacco is lit. I use an antique Beattie Jet Lighter thats smooth nickel plated to view inside sometimes when lighting. Think thats it?

 

[rockford]

I'm thinking some kids spy you to surreptitiously see behind you.

 

[anglesey]

Not in a million years, that pipe's made out of plastic. You can see the mould line on the close up of the bowl and mirror.

 

[woodsroad]

It's a CIA Spy Pipe.

Very rare.

 

[hawke]

Hahahha, I got fooled by the CIA. One here that shoots a bullet!

 

[tuold]

That "toilet pipe" is up for bidding again on the bay. It's almost as desirable as the "PistolPipes" that come up every week.

 

[hawke]

Pistol Pipe Thread

 

[condorlover1]

That has to be as useful as a third nostril!

 

[misterlowercase]

Youve got to be kidding! Look at this pipe!
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-PLASTIC-PIPE-with-METAL-LID-POP-UP-MIRROR-Turns-in-Bowl-with-HOLE-RARE-/161257859798?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item258bb7aad6

Ah, that's a scarce example of a Secret Sam Pipe, reputedly made with 100 year old Algerian plastic

and finely crafted by veteran injection-molding craftsmen!

 

[rockford]

Another mystery solved. Great find misterlowercase!

 

[ssjones]

Someone paid $400 for this last night, a no-name Dr. Seuss-like oddity.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Awesome-Twin-Bowl-Unmarked-Freehand-Briar-Pipe-Unsmoked-in-Presentation-Case-/261431467959?_trksid=p2047675.l2557&_trkparms=gh1g%3DI261431467959.N7.S2.M1349.R1.TR4&nma=true&si=PFxJlfv%252FZVyIkuJj3xxl4IRtpnI%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc

This is a Baechtel, made in the 1920's, curiously made and patented in my small Maryland town. I'd like to fine one someday. I lost this one on Ebay, by a few bucks, to the gentleman in England who runs the Metal pipes site.

 

[cuchulain]

What exactly is that Baechtel pipe supposed to accomplish?

 

[rockford]

It's like a radiator to cool the smoke. Would be like a 24" church warden

 

[misterlowercase]

Someone paid $400 for this last night, a no-name Dr. Seuss-like oddity.

Al, believe it or not, that was once a $2,000 pipe!

LOL
It's a Jobey Dansk Fancy, I think.
It looks just like the one from this 1976 Tinder Box catalog,

I snapped a trio of pix, I couldn't believe it when I saw you had posted it, that I actually kind of recognized it LOL grabbed the catalog and sure enough, it looks damn near the same...

 

[ssjones]

Ah-ha! Great detective work. I saw this on another forum and after it was sold, I commented "the buyer must have known something we don't". I thought perhaps I'd seen that shape before, the unstamped briar threw me off.
On the Baechtel, it came with discs that fit into the screw-off chamber cap, to collect moisture. The pipe on Ebay I bid on was unsmoked and came with the box and all paperwork, including this pamphlet. I was surprised to see it was made in Hagerstown MD, my hometown. The patent owner was a prominent local attorney, and apparently a fellow in search of a dry smoke!

 

[fadingdaylight]

How is this for silly:

And here is a crazy tamper to go with it: