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Anyone know what this gizmo is? Found it and I have no idea what it is. (Original Post) raccoon May 2012 OP
don't know what its original purpose was, but it sure looks like it would make a handy... ret5hd May 2012 #1
I've seen that before. Baitball Blogger May 2012 #2
It's a pipe-cleaning tool. hifiguy May 2012 #3
Bingo. My dad had one. Scuba May 2012 #4
Pipe-cleaning tool, with the tamper, poker and scraper. Brickbat May 2012 #5
Thank you all....I was sort of scared it might be something illegal, glad it wasn't. nt raccoon May 2012 #6
It might be illegal JustABozoOnThisBus May 2012 #7
I doubt if it was Major Nikon May 2012 #10
Coke spoon and bowl cleaner. HopeHoops May 2012 #8
It looks lonely, better get a pipe in that hand 4th law of robotics May 2012 #9

ret5hd

(20,491 posts)
1. don't know what its original purpose was, but it sure looks like it would make a handy...
Mon May 7, 2012, 11:44 AM
May 2012

coke spoon.

Baitball Blogger

(46,705 posts)
2. I've seen that before.
Mon May 7, 2012, 11:46 AM
May 2012

I think it has something to do with tire pressure. Or I've seen someone use it to release air out of a tire.

Of course, I could have been a child witnessing a crime for all I know.

Major Nikon

(36,827 posts)
10. I doubt if it was
Mon May 7, 2012, 05:39 PM
May 2012

Pipe tools like these are quite common with tobacco pipesmokers. Every pipesmoker has one. I have two or three of them.

I've never heard of anyone using them with hash pipes. That's not to say you couldn't, but they are really designed for those who have briar pipes.

 

HopeHoops

(47,675 posts)
8. Coke spoon and bowl cleaner.
Mon May 7, 2012, 03:02 PM
May 2012

Just kidding - pipe tool is correct - the flat "handle" is for tamping the tobacco down.

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