How Old Would You Say This Grabow is?

mikethompson · Jun 27, 2019

I just picked up this Dr. Grabow Golden Duke to try my hand at refinishing and was wondering if anyone can shed some light on its approximate age.
Thanks all!

lawdogspipes · Jun 27, 2019

Mid 1960's era.

scloyd · Jun 27, 2019

Nice pipe Mike. Looking forward to seeing your "hand"y work. Get it?

mikethompson · Jun 28, 2019

Oh boy Scott, I thought someone might post some pun, but didn't think it would be you haha!
Sometime in the 60s was my guess too, but I don't know what I was basing it on.

cortezattic · Jun 28, 2019

We can know this much...

From Pipedia.org.

1946, January 25th. David P. Lavietes files for AJUSTOMATIC patent stem to shank threading system, later Patent #2461905. (DRB)

mikethompson · Jun 28, 2019

Thanks Cortez, I couldn't make out what the script was. Adjustomatic sounds very 50s or 60s to me. I also have no idea what a Golden Duke is in relation to their product line. Pipedia mentions a Golden Duke being available in 1969, but I have a hunch this pipe is older than that.
Either way, it's nice to know a little more of the backstory of it.

theloniousmonkfish · Jun 30, 2019

Nice score. The Golden Duke line started in '64, probably continued into the mid/late 80's or early 90's. Yours has a Vulcanite stem so it would guess it was made by the 80's when the factory started switching to ABS plastic stems.

mikethompson · Jun 30, 2019

Thanks, I'm looking forward to my first project. There's a lot to learn, but I'd like to try to bring this pipe back to life.

didimauw · Jul 1, 2019

It's dirty but beautiful. I can't wait to see the finished project.

twiggy · Jul 1, 2019

I'm interested in seeing what it looks like after the refinishing as well.

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