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Title: is it japanese item?
Post by: artx on January 05, 2014, 10:31:31 am: hi all, i went to the antique market today and i saw this item.

i would like to know what is this item.

thanks a lot.
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Post by: artx on January 05, 2014, 10:33:46 am: thanks
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Post by: bigwull on January 05, 2014, 10:38:50 am: If that plug comes out of the bowl, then i,d say it was an opium pipe..and more likely to be Chinese, as opposed to Japanese..
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Post by: artx on January 05, 2014, 10:42:00 am: HI, well i did not try to play with it, but i think u may be right :)
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Post by: bigwull on January 05, 2014, 10:43:58 am: check these ouit Artx..i think you,ll find that it an opium pipe,..and its very nice...scroll down a little and look at the 4 on the left...

https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=opium+pipe+for+sale&newwindow=1&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=GovJUuvMHsnKhAfCy4GYCA&ved=0CC8QsAQ&biw=1366&bih=639
Title: Re: is it japanese item?
Post by: artx on January 05, 2014, 11:26:59 am: yep after i saw ur link i am sure also that this is an pipe.

do you have any idea how much it can be worth?

thank you.
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Post by: mart on January 05, 2014, 11:39:01 am: Excellent work, Wullie !!
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Post by: greenacres on January 05, 2014, 11:44:39 am: Yes BigWull! How would I not be suprised that you knew that! ;D
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Post by: artx on January 05, 2014, 11:51:37 am: lol :D
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Post by: bigwull on January 05, 2014, 12:32:23 pm: I bought my first ounce of hash in 1972 a belated ..a 21st birthday treat to myself...In the Drug capital of Europe..Amsterdam.. it was known then as Afghan Black,..and it was black and soft,almost sticky,and it had a white/grey surface to it..this was opium...and the stone was intense,..and i swear i was hallucinating..on it,.i was high as a kite for days and only used 2/3gr,....and the Grateful Dead were playing in Amsterdam,.... that was a week to remember...well some of it i remember.... ;D.
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Post by: bigwull on January 05, 2014, 12:48:44 pm: Quote from: artx on January 05, 2014, 11:26:59 am
yep after i saw ur link i am sure also that this is an pipe.

do you have any idea how much it can be worth?

thank you.
depends on what its made of....looking at it,it looks like either bone or maybe ivory, the filigree metal work looks like it could be silver,...size also comes into it...
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Post by: bigwull on January 05, 2014, 01:01:36 pm: This pipe..most likely has a hole at both ends,...other than the bowl,..one end you put in your mouth,and the short end..you held your hand over the hole, when the opium was lit you puffed until you got it going good then you took your hand off the hole,...this created a draft, which sent the smoke faster into the smoker...thus getting it quicker into the body...and as i previously said...it was Intense...and it made you very lethargic.... ;D
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Post by: greenacres on January 05, 2014, 01:39:09 pm: Similar to a bong?
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Post by: Ipcress on January 05, 2014, 01:46:29 pm: Yeah, Chinese. Not worth a great deal in my opinion
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Post by: bigwull on January 05, 2014, 02:51:19 pm: Quote from: greenacres on January 05, 2014, 01:39:09 pm
Similar to a bong?
..And you were not surprised at me knowing what it was.....I knew there was more to you than meets the eye... ;D
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Post by: greenacres on January 05, 2014, 03:01:25 pm: ;D sly one! ;)
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Post by: bigwull on January 05, 2014, 03:12:48 pm: Quote from: greenacres on January 05, 2014, 03:01:25 pm
;D sly one! ;)
....LOL!!..
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Post by: artx on January 06, 2014, 01:25:34 am: ok bigwull thank you very much for helping me to understand what is this item.

i will try to buy this 1.

thanks