This has got to be the coolest thing EVER.  I don’t know about you, but I grew up watching samurai movies, and I was always fascinated by the elusive and secret ninja clans.  I could endlessly digress on the topic of eiga (Japanese cinema), but that would take away from the item at hand.  What we are looking at is a dual purpose weapon surreptitiously disguised as a simple kiseru (pipe).

First off, its a functional pipe.  That use is what will get it passed any security searches, as well as serve a purpose in one of it’s nefarious secondary uses.  More on that later.  It is accompanied by a black powder delivery device.  I conjecture that it is used much like any other muzzle loaded gun; load the powder, add some wadding, then add the projectile followed with more wadding to hold it all in.  To fire, you probably just add some sort of lit coal or anything burning into the bowl and BOOM.  Useful at close range only, due to the barrel length, but I suppose that’s the point, being a secret weapon and all.

Now, once you’ve shot your target, you sit down, load the bowl with tobacco, shape the perfect coal from the hibachi provided in front of you by the hospitable host you just shot, and have a little smoking session.  Since the bang might have caused some interest  on the part of the guards that are inevitably hanging around, you might have to shorten your casual smoke break and think of some form of exit strategy, and that’s where the aforementioned secondary use comes into play.  The black powder delivery device has a mouthpiece that allows you to blow whats left of its contents into the faces of the guards rushing after you.  This is where it gets ugly, you then have to waste that fine tobacco left in your pipe by blowing it out of the bowl, therefore igniting the black powder clouding in the air, startling the guards and allowing you to make your escape in full ninja style.  So cool.  Click on either image to go to the auction listing for more pictures and information.

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