Loftus Star Power Toy Detective Pipe Costume Accessory, Black White, One Size

Fun set. I used it for a Murder Mystery Christmas Tree. Everyone loved the idea. It was for a book club

This is much nicer than I was expecting. It has a solid feel - you wouldn't mistake it for vintage ivory, but it's not cheap, hollow plastic. It looks great and elevates a costume entirely.

If you're looking for the iconic "Sherlock Holmes" pipe, this will certainly fit the bill (though, of course, those in the know are aware that this style of pipe was never mentioned in the Canon by Arthur Conan Doyle or drawn by Sidney Paget — it was the contribution of the great American stage actor William Gillette, the first internationally famous portrayer of Sherlock Holmes; a similar pipe can be seen in his now-rediscovered film "Sherlock Holmes" [1916]). This is a full-sized reproduction of a meerschaum calabash pipe (though made completely of plastic and not in any way suitable for smoking tobacco), and — for the price — has a lot to offer in terms of value for the money. The one I received was exactly as pictured, and comprised three separate components, just like the real thing: a stem, a curved "calabash," and a "meerschaum" bowl, each of which could be detached from the others, but which also fit together (pressure fit) very well. (You could glue them if you were concerned at all about their holding together, though there is no need to worry.) The only criticisms I can level at it are that the "calabash" portion is essentially white and doesn't really match the mottled fawn color of the real thing (get out your paint kit if you want to customize this prop to near-perfect levels) and that it is no longer, as in years gone by, bored through: the stem, gourd, and bowl lack any kind of airway, so there is no way to draw through the pipe, or (more on point) no way to use it as a soap bubble pipe, like Alfred Hitchcock did in one famous introduction to one episode of his immortal TV series "Alfred Hitchcock Presents." However, if you have the proper tools and are suitably handy, even that obstacle can be overcome, and you can have the most enviable bubble pipe of all time.

This was the perfect item for my Mystery Book Club...my students used it for their club's year book photo! The photographer thought it was the real thing and said it made his day! It comes apart in three sections just like my real Calabash and fits together solidly. My students were disappointed that it was not able to blow bubbles due to the stem and bowl being solid. However,it did serve its purpose as a prop for the photo!

looks nice, the balance is good, and hangs nicely on the teeth. Would have been niceif there had been a wind-hole through it to make noices or blow bubbles.

This pipe completed my hubby’s Sherlock Holmes costume!

Fun costume pipe. Authentic looking, stylish, and worked well.

Great for the game CluedUpp! Fun game across the world where you try to find the killer! This was the Birmingham Ripper CluedUpp game In Birmingham,Al We had lots of compliments but didn’t win the contest for best dressed,

As described

nothing fancy

good quality for a prop

Great item for detective costume!