Grabow Relics

[OverMountain]

Today I was putting some wood in my neighbors barn and saw pipes on the dirt floor. Evidently these are old Grabow factory defects that my late neighbor bought an unknown number of years ago to burn in the fireplace.



Wish these old pipes could talk. Not sure if they are briar wood, or the holy grail: mountain Laurel root pipes from WW2.

 

[FurCoat]

That's pretty cool. You never know what you'll run into in an old barn. I love anything Dr Grabow.

 

[OzPiper]

Some of those will clean up well.
Coat of wax and a stem and a stem will give them a new lease of life

 

[reloader]

Those are awesome. Love Grabows. My first briar pipe was a Grabow and I have a special place in my heart for those.

 

[PipeIT]

As OzPiper mentioned...

Yeah, there might be one or a few that turn out good smokers.

Ohh, I’d love to see if any of these turn out nice.

 

[kcghost]

Maybe you can salvage a few of them.

 

[OverMountain]

Some of them may turn out to be repairable!

 

[Waning Embers]

Coat of wax and a stem and a stem will give them a new lease of life

Yeah, there might be one or a few that turn out good smokers.

Maybe you can salvage a few of them.

It appears that many of them haven't been drilled for a stem.

 

[TheWhale13]

It appears that many of them haven't been drilled for a stem.

Looks like they haven't been drilled at all. But it's easy enough to drill them and put a stem on them anyway.

 

[sigaholic]

A friend just sent me a couple of old Grabows. Didn’t think much of it….. may have to clean them up

 

[RustiePyles CPG]

They aren't Mountain Laurel or Mission Briar, they are all post WWII shapes. Look like mostly 70-80s pipes.

 

[OverMountain]

They aren't Mountain Laurel or Mission Briar, they are all post WWII shapes. Look like mostly 70-80s pipes.

thank you. That would match a likely timeline.

 

[Doctor Chopper]

Why bother? Seems like quite a bit of work for a pipe that will be ghosted with manure.

 

[OverMountain]

Why bother? Seems like quite a bit of work for a pipe that will be ghosted with manure.

Don’t worry. It’s a barn for firewood, not animals!