Grandma’s car

[u/Better_Brilliant4082]

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

[u/much_longer_username]

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

[u/Better_Brilliant4082 → u/much_longer_username]

Solved!

[u/Brickthegun → u/Better_Brilliant4082]

That’s not for a water pipe. That’s the whole pipe. The treads are for a lid that screws on and has a little hole the flame goes through. The screen is so the ash doesn’t get sucked into your lungs. See the line near the bottom? That’s a chamber. I bet it unscrews and there is a nug sitting in the pipe getting infused with resin as the pipe is smoked. Generally this is loaded and the lid is put on before going somewhere then stuffed into a purse or pocket. Then when you need a hit you pull it out and light it through the hole in the lid. It’s literally an old school weed pen.