Grabow Addict

portascat · Jun 23, 2011

Just bought another vintage Grabow, a Savoy with a stinger, off of Ebay. Something I had sworn off. Of course, a vintage Grabow is sort of a dubious description, but hey.
One thing i do know, is that I smoke only the finest of $25 pipes, and anyone who smokes anything else other than *possibly* a beat up Kaywoodie, or off brand beater pipes reminds me of a fishmonger-guttersnipe-jackass. And...don't get me started on cobs or women who smoke $200 pipes.
Oh, and as an aside, I found out that my Mitchel Thomas does NOT have a cracked bowl, only a line across the rim that appears to be one. When it bounced off my primary casing and ontot he concrete it didn't bust! And my Milano Lock Mount appeared in the mail a month late. It must have visited Uncle Arthur at some point in its historied career, as its stinger is circumcised. I may toss it out!

ejames · Jun 23, 2011

Grabows,cheap drug store pipes that they are,can be addicting. I know. Have somewhere around 200 of them and know a few guys who have more.

jasongone · Jun 24, 2011

i only have one Gabrow, and old Starfire estate that was well-smoked and well taken care of. that little guy is a favorite smoker of mine. One thing i really like is the button and stem are a bit thicker than most of my pipes, and i find it very comfy.

nmbigfoot02 · Jun 24, 2011

I have five: My Dad's old Regal, a Silver Duke I picked up at an antique store, an Omega, a Royalton, and a Big Pipe. They all smoke quite well.

portascat · Jun 24, 2011

I have 3 grabows right now, this will be number 4. All my pipes are either cheap estates or basket pipes. I have one meerschaum lined calabash that I don't smoke at all, and it may be my fanciest pipe.
However, if my wife decides to start smoking, I may buy her a Dunhill.
The Grabows smoke pretty dang good, so far as I can tell. There are probably better smoking pipes out there, but it has to be a matter of degrees.

wolfscout · Jun 24, 2011

I didn't have any just 2 years ago when my grandfather died.. I got his Grabows and Medicos. That's all he had.

Now I have over 150 Grabows.

I collect SWR items too. LOL

unclearthur · Jun 24, 2011

Doc G pipes are decent pipes! Can't fault them once you throw away the filter.

colorduke · Jun 24, 2011

100+ GRABOWS IN MY COLLECTION,not many if any i'd part with.

kcvet67 · Jun 25, 2011

and anyone who smokes anything else other than *possibly* a beat up Kaywoodie, or off brand beater pipes reminds me of a fishmonger-guttersnipe-jackass

Kevin would get quite pissed if I gave this comment the response it deserves.

portascat · Jun 25, 2011

Kevin would get quite pissed if I gave this comment the response it deserves.

how do you feel about cobs, sir?

portascat · Jun 25, 2011

I can find no fault with a Dr. Grabow pipe other than it's a filtered pipe and an additional expense to pipe smoking and the newer abs plastic stem material is hard and uncomfortable to clench unless you use a softie bit.

I ditch the filters.
The only thing I use a filter on is my cob,. because the draw is so open I am spitting tobacco the whole time I smoke.

kcvet67 · Jun 25, 2011

how do you feel about cobs, sir?

I love 'em, been smoking MMs for 45 years.

portascat · Jun 25, 2011

I love 'em, been smoking MMs for 45 years.

I figured you for the untrustworthy sort.
Would you buy your wife a Dunhill?
What about your girlfriend?
Tell us, and quickly.

kcvet67 · Jun 25, 2011

Would you buy your wife a Dunhill?

Nope, not married.

What about your girlfriend?

Nope, if she wants one, she can buy her own.

portascat · Jun 25, 2011

with that last statement, you have redeemed yourself.

pawpaw · Jun 26, 2011

can i ask what a stinger is?

i like my 2 grabows that i have a duke and lark and probly will be getting more

i go trout fishing just below the factory

ejames · Jun 26, 2011

I can find no fault with a Dr. Grabow pipe other than it's a filtered pipe and an additional expense to pipe smoking and the newer abs plastic stem material is hard and uncomfortable to clench unless you use a softie bit.

Marc,have you tried any of the older Grabows? Many of them are NOT filtered.Westbrooks,Viscounts,Starfires,Savoy,Lark,Duke,Belvederes,Eldorado,Emperors are all unfiltered pipes,as are many of the older Linkman Grabows.

I find that the ABS stems are softer and easier to mark than vulcanite,although the Lucite stems used in some are hard and uncomfortable to me.
For anyone interested in more info on Grabows look here--

http://drgrabows.myfreeforum.org/index.php?sid=b27327dc51fa201c9aafbc7e32460cee

portascat · Jun 26, 2011

As noted, this recently purchased Grabow Savoy is a stinger pipe. No filter.

portascat · Jun 26, 2011

A stinger is a metal tube, fitted to the pipe stem, typically threaded. Smoke is drawn from the bowl, and through the stinger.
They are placed there to gratify the surgical desires of Uncle Arthur.

whitebriar · Jun 26, 2011

i've got 5 Dr. Gs at present--have had more, but can't find 'em--long story and won't go there--
Have a newly acquired Viking; a Viscount shape #46 that i believe was called 'Continental' (1960s??); an #81 Viscount Author; an #84 Starfire Canadian; and a full bent Regal--
they are all top notch smokers--the Viking does get a bit 'Warm'--but then again, it is metal--

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