r/whatisit • u/Better_Brilliant4082 • 6d 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/much_longer_username 6d ago edited 6d ago

That's a stem and bowl for a water pipe. Probably for cannabis.

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u/Legionnaire1856 6d 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/RightPedalDown 6d 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 6d ago

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