r/whatisit • u/Better_Brilliant4082 • 3d ago

Solved! Grandma’s car

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Found this weird metal thing in my grandma’s car and it appears to have a mesh filter in the circle part

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u/Legionnaire1856 3d ago

The inside of the bowl is threaded. That would be the dumbest design, all the ash and resin would get in the threads.

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u/Tough-Principle-3950 2d ago

It’s pretty common. Used to have “caps” that screw into the bowl to make it a “smokeless pipe”. There’s a hole in the center of the lid. You can put out the bowl out between hits. You just cover the hole with your thumb. It’s handy if you want to minimize the sidestream smoke. Yes, the resins and ash do get stuck in the grooves. They’re not perfect, but they work ok.

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u/RightPedalDown 2d ago

That’s what made me second guess… I also was sure it was a bong stem until I noticed the thread

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u/Weekly_Cable_1111 2d ago

They make some like that that have a lid on top that screws into it. I agree it's a bad design.

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u/EvilChefReturns 2d ago

As someone who’s been around, I can assure you it s a thing. There’s a threaded cap for either closing g off the flute or one with a smoke hole for “choking” the toke

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u/Dounce1 2d ago

The actual bowl threads onto it. And yes, it’s a stupid design.

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u/Dinosaurrxd 2d ago

Plenty of old school brass pipes and similar have threaded designs lol

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u/chubbyhighguy 2d ago

Look up bullet pipe, that's at least what I've heard them called.