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An innovative system pipe, the "Jima" (for export also known under the name "Garland" and to a lesser extent in the Netherlands) was a pipe with a silver-plated or gold-plated steel metal frame, connecting a plastic mouthpiece to a plastic outer shell that housed the pipe bowl. This plastic pipe came in a few different colors, black and ivory being the most popular and later various mottled pastel shades showing depressing sales.  
An innovative system pipe, the "Jima" (for export also known under the name "Garland" and to a lesser extent in the Netherlands) was a pipe with a silver-plated or gold-plated steel metal frame, connecting a plastic mouthpiece to a plastic outer shell that housed the pipe bowl. This plastic pipe came in a few different colors, black and ivory being the most popular and later various mottled pastel shades showing depressing sales.  


[[File:JimaAd.jpg|thumb|left|Advertisement, courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:Jima.jpg|thumb|Catalog page, courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:Jima01.jpg|thumb|Jima Pipe, courtesy Doug Valitchka]]
[[File:JimaAd.jpg|thumb|left|Advertisement, courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:Jima.jpg|thumb|Catalog page, courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:Jima01.jpg|thumb|Jima Pipe, courtesy Doug Valitchka]][[File:J01.jpg|alt=Jima, in cream and gold|thumb|Jima Pipe, courtesy Cameron LeCocq]]
While the housing was made of hard plastic, the bowl proper was made of a pressed white clay which has been mistaken for meerschaum or sepiolite. The bowl was made detachable by using a screw in fitting which could be loosened or tightened using an Allen key. The fittings on both the bowl and evaporator (stinger) used a plastic compression gasket to keep tar and moisture from seeping out and air from leaking in.
While the housing was made of hard plastic, the bowl proper was made of a pressed white clay which has been mistaken for meerschaum or sepiolite. The bowl was made detachable by using a screw in fitting which could be loosened or tightened using an Allen key. The fittings on both the bowl and evaporator (stinger) used a plastic compression gasket to keep tar and moisture from seeping out and air from leaking in.


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File:J05.jpg|alt=Disassembled, showing the gaskets at either end
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[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]]
[[Category: Pipe makers by nationality]]
[[Category: France]]
[[Category: France]]
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