Vietnam Era Pipe (Help Identify)

[npod]

No problem. It is a thoughtful gift idea you have for your father.
Sorry for posting a Google result, it seems like Google sometimes has different results here in Europe but maybe not.
Your reasoning for Dr. Grabow sounds good.

No apologies needed my friend. My reply was meant as a suggestion that the search continues, not that one answer is correct.

I will say that this has been a fun rabbit hole. I have learned much about the classic American pipes by researching this in more depth. For example, I better understand why @crashthegrey enjoys chasing the Kaywoodie pipes and there are also wonderful collections of 1940-1960s American pipes out there. I am now seriously considering getting a few older pipes to add to the collection now.

 

[jpmcwjr]

Yes, a great story. My guess is a Grabow, given the narrow band or ring between stummel and stem.

 

[tbradsim1]

Back in the day, Kaywoodie or Grabow were the main pipes Pxs or Geedunks carried, a Geedunk is the Navy’s equivalent of a PX, my Kaywoodie was bought for me while I was in the Norfolk Naval hospital by a compassionate Naval nurse and I smoked it late at night in the janitors closet.

 

[crashthegrey]

Something special about pipes with history.