A clay pipe and an iron bar

[EnvoyToTheMolePeople]

Here I have two unrelated finds that I wanted to ask about without making two separate posts. A few days ago I found this clay smoking pipe in a brook. It says RED LETTER along both sides. I haven't been able to find the brand. Could somebody suggest an age and/or some info on the brand?
Yesterday a friend of mine came back from a hike in the Allegheny Forest with this iron bar. It appears to have been made from a single bar stock. He found it at a camp site several miles into the forest. It's a bit over two feet long and I think it was probably blacksmith made, but I have no idea about its purpose.

 

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[Gavinsdiscoveries]

The pipe is possibly 1840 - 1900? It looks like the type they would use in the civil war. Great finds!

 

[Indian Steve]

Your pipe was made in Mogadore, Ohio in the 1880s to 1890s. It was an advertising pipe for Red Letter tobacco. When you bought a pouch of tobacco , the pipe came with it. I dug several of them in Mogadore in the late 1960s. I dug over 18,000 pipes in Mogadore over the years.

 

[Indian Steve]

Google Akron Clay Pipe company for more info

 

[EnvoyToTheMolePeople]

That was fast work on the pipe. I assumed the pipe was made by the red letter company, but it makes sense that it was advertising. Thank you all for solving the first part for me.

 

[ARC]

I THINK... your other item is an antique tractor shift / clutch / lever / pedal arm.

 

[owlcreek]

Think the handle is from a oil drum pump/ kerosene pump or some thing close.
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[EnvoyToTheMolePeople]

Think the handle is from a oil drum pump/ kerosene pump or some thing close.
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[A2coins]

That's a cool pipe and great I'd on it.

 

[owlcreek]

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Notice the shape, two holes on end. I still say some kind of pump handle.

 

[Indian Steve]

Yours is in real nice shape. I was digging the pottery dumps so all of mine were considered rejects. They had a 70% + failure rate on pipes when they were being fired in the kilns. Some would warp or crack. Some has glaze runs and sometimes the shelfs would fall during firing and you would end up with big balls of pipes glazed together. I wish that i would have kept some of the balls of pipes. There were other advertizing pipes like Catlins, Finzer, Helping Hands, Catlins Old Style and others. Congrats on your find.