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

This pipe completed my hubby’s Sherlock Holmes costume!

I got 2 of these for a party for teenager grandkids…they thought they were neat! They are well made. We will use them again for our mystery dinner…

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.

Great prop for our crime scene came. It does come apart though. And you can’t blow through it. Just a prop.

This seller is gold! Superfast shipping and honestly described the item. I have been invited to a Steampunk event next month and decided I want to go as Sherlock Holmes since he is from the 1880s. I found a deerstalker on eb*y and now this pipe (which I'll paint brown). Perfect.

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.

Used as a prop in a comedy act.

This worked great for our costume. It is lightweight and you can tell it's not real. However, we received lots of comments on how great it was with our costume!