what is this?

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  1. francoisedwards

    francoisedwards Member

    DSC_0521.jpg DSC_0517.jpg DSC_0515.jpg Hi
    does anyone know what this is for?
    Its not a smoking pipe! the tube only opens at one end and the little box doesnt connect internally to the tube, I assume its for putting hot cinders and heating up something like a knife?
    thanks
     
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  2. kyratango

    kyratango Bug jewellery addiction!

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  3. francoisedwards

    francoisedwards Member

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  4. blooey

    blooey Well-Known Member

    Could be Persian, most often these are identified as Japanese, and called yatate
     
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  5. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

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    i don't see how these are anything other than Ottoman.........
     
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    blooey Well-Known Member

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  7. komokwa

    komokwa The Truth is out there...!

    yup, i know those........but it's an altogether different design..........;):wideyed:
     
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