Very interesting pipe score

[shaintiques]

I just won this on ebay, never seen another like it.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/250940852048?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_3570wt_922

 

[spartan]

That's freaking crazy looking. Promise to take some better pics of it once you get it!
Reminds me of those russian dolls.

 

[olderthandirt]

I've seen several of those on eBay over the past couple of years, looks like a fun pipe.

I read an article on this type a while back, sadly CRS prevents me from relating anything of what I read!

Hopefully someone here has the history on them. Nice score!

 

[ace57]

How is it smoked?

 

[shaintiques]

No idea, but promise to take better pics and pics of it being smoked to satisfy all requests.

 

[eaglerico]

If the metal is really aluminum I doubt it dates bake to the 1800s. At that point aluminum was worth more then gold because it was so hard to extract. I would think either silver or tin if it really that old. Seems like a cool pipe though. I def give it a good cleaning before using it if i used it. Nice score.

 

[shaintiques]

Yeah if anyone knows anything about these. I tried to find more info online, but nada so far.