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<p>[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 4465691, member: 76316"]A friend suggested Black Forest...I don't think so. Though never smoked, the flexible part of the stem has only the steel spring left...and that's in bad shape. It was apparently covered in a leather tube with a fabric covering, based on the remnants in the stem & mouthpiece. A family treasure, I suppose...moved around over, what...a century? All that unprotected moving destroyed the short flex tube...and maybe caused some of the chips in the bark on the stick-stem. There doesn't seem to be any applied finish to the bowl, stem or mouthpiece.</p><p><br /></p><p>The bowl is ~3" tall, ~1½" diameter; the stick-stem is ~½" dia, and about a foot long; the mouthpiece is 4" long. The threads on the stem almost look hand-cut, but the threads in the bowl appear to have been tapped, so probably not.</p><p><br /></p><p>I would just like to know what to call it, and a bonus would be where & when made. Thanks for looking! Warren</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]385916[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385917[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385918[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385919[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="wlwhittier, post: 4465691, member: 76316"]A friend suggested Black Forest...I don't think so. Though never smoked, the flexible part of the stem has only the steel spring left...and that's in bad shape. It was apparently covered in a leather tube with a fabric covering, based on the remnants in the stem & mouthpiece. A family treasure, I suppose...moved around over, what...a century? All that unprotected moving destroyed the short flex tube...and maybe caused some of the chips in the bark on the stick-stem. There doesn't seem to be any applied finish to the bowl, stem or mouthpiece. The bowl is ~3" tall, ~1½" diameter; the stick-stem is ~½" dia, and about a foot long; the mouthpiece is 4" long. The threads on the stem almost look hand-cut, but the threads in the bowl appear to have been tapped, so probably not. I would just like to know what to call it, and a bonus would be where & when made. Thanks for looking! Warren [ATTACH=full]385916[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385917[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385918[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]385919[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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