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Title: Brass Fire Starter? Pipe? Calligraphy?
Post by: Vwdoyle on September 15, 2015, 10:26:34 pm

I'm not sure where to even begin.  It's solid brass about 12" long and only one end on the long section opens.  The long container section housed the two small pieces of bamboo that are sharpened at one end.  The small bowl area has what appears to be horse hair.  Any help on what this might be would be greatly appreciated. 

Title: Re: Brass Fire Starter? Pipe? Calligraphy?
Post by: Vwdoyle on September 15, 2015, 10:27:34 pm

More pics

Title: Re: Brass Fire Starter? Pipe? Calligraphy?
Post by: KC on September 15, 2015, 11:50:25 pm

Are there any markings on it anywhere?

My first impression was a traveling pen set....

Title: Re: Brass Fire Starter? Pipe? Calligraphy?
Post by: Ipcress on September 16, 2015, 02:36:44 am

KC, there's a mark near the inkwell at the end of the main housing section.

It's a yatate. Unusual to find it complete.

Title: Re: Brass Fire Starter? Pipe? Calligraphy?
Post by: cogar on September 16, 2015, 05:25:59 am

Thanks Ipcress.

Had to look that up and “WOW”, ….. Wikii denoted it as being …. “a small personal smoking-pipe-shaped writing sets from medieval Japan”.

T'would be nice iffen it was 1,000 years old.

Title: Re: Brass Fire Starter? Pipe? Calligraphy?
Post by: Mat on September 16, 2015, 06:24:36 am

To me the shape looks more like the Ottoman version to me, called divit, and maybe rather from the 19th century, but the function remains the same...

Title: Re: Brass Fire Starter? Pipe? Calligraphy?
Post by: Vwdoyle on September 16, 2015, 07:10:42 am

Thank you very much for your responses.  It does appear to be a later one from the 19th century.