Here's one of my favorite additions to the Grabow collection. I was excited to get ahold of this one. The seldom seen Continental #25. I'm working on getting all 12 Continental shapes. This makes number 8 of the 12.
Dr Grabow Starfire Continental #25
This was fun. We should play guess the el cheapo more often.
Gorgeous pipes. This just goes to show you don't have to pay a fortune to get a nice pipe.
Now, can we see a full shot of the pipes?
Thanks everyone.
I do feel fortunate every time I smoke one of my grandfathers pipes. He is the reason I got into the hobby. He smoked a pipe from dusk til dawn every day for over 70 years.
I remember as a small child going to my grandparents house and smelling the sweet aromatics. He would...
Celebrating my late grandfathers B-day, I fired up one of his favorite old Grabow's with his favorite black Cavendish and turned on some Chet Atkins, his favorite musician.
This picture was taken in 1973...
Seeing this great vision from the very beginning up to the final delicious products was unprecedented. I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. For the FDA to roll in like a bull in a China shop and wreck the industry for small batch companies like this just pisses me off.
Keep your paws off my...
Purex Preferred #99
I have several 99's and they are some of my favorite smokers from LHS. The Preferred make was a higher grade than Certified and came in a smooth natural finish.
I was pleased to find this extremely rare LHS shape. A footed Cutty #7 shape.
Certified Purex #7