old Dr Grabow get a second chance

[jasongone]

went to one of my local B&Ms last week to get some tobacco. while i was there i grabbed a few old beat up estate grabows to play with. this guy was in the super cheap no one likes me basket.

here is what he looked like when i found him...

now he looks like this

 

[rickpal14]

Very nice jasongone!!! I like it!!

 

[jasongone]

thank you sir.

 

[lordnoble]

Awesome! It looks like you finally removed the excess material to bring the pipe to full life. Kinda like it was leading a false existence before you released it.
-Jason

 

[pstlpkr]

Excellent job Jason!

I have an old Dr. Grabow and it is one of my favorite smokers...

It's an adjustomatic as well, don't get any better than that.

:clap:

 

[thekiltedchaplain]

Very Nice, it's amazing how much more interesting a little well executed rustification can make a pipe.

 

[mukihr]

very nice job... congratulations

regards,daniel

 

[unclearthur]

Well done! A HUGE improvement!

 

[ace57]

Very nice :clap:

 

[papipeguy]

Excellent job.

 

[portascat]

Old Grabows never die, they just get clipped and rusticated.

 

[riptide]

Very Cool. I never thought about doing something like that.

 

[ranger]

That pipe, (to my way of thinking), is so much better than many other posts I've seen wherein a persons life savings, or the need to almost mortgage the house was needed in order to purchase pipes?
Now this to me is a ... 'WOW'!

 

[whitebriar]

thank you for bringing that old pipe to life--good job--

 

[lonestar]

Excellent work as always ! You could probably make some decent income doing these on the side if you can find enough estate pipes cheap. You've certainly turned this one into a nice pipe.

Not that anythings wrong with Grabows, they're great smokers, but I wouldnt give $2 for it before.

Not sure what I'd spend on it now, but I'd sure consider buying it at a decent price (if I was buying any more pipes!)

 

[docwatson]

Watch out, that becomes as habit forming as PAD. next thing you know you'll have a whole room dedicated to pipe restoration like lots of folks I know. LOL

good job

 

[jasongone]

thanks all.

doc - it has already become pretty habit forming. my collection has about twenty of these revamped partially rusticated old pipes. it's gotten to the point that when i look at estate pipes i am looking for a way to do such a thing to it.

this guy was the most abused pipe i have ever personally gotten a hold of.

it looked like someone put it onto a sanding or grinding wheel. the sanding around the rim was very deep, and changed the bowl shape. the metal band was a little chewed up and textured from something, as well as a few chunk taken out of the stem. the pipe cost me $3.

i was very pleased that i was able to get the chunks smoothed out on the stem, and that the spade remained through it all. there is a very small spot behind the spade where you can see the chunk was removed.

and i used arthurs trick with the steel wool and oxy-clean on this one... worked brilliantly.

 

[ejames]

I have three of those Silver Duke dublins in rotation. Great smokers! Nice work! The guy that had that pipe before you shoulda been horse whipped!

 

[jasongone]

thanks ejames. i was curious what you would think of it.

i haven't smoked this guy yet, but i will be giving him a try soon.

also picked up another starfire (kind of a bigger dublin) and a royal duke.

the royal duke is naked right now the starfire has been rusticated and is currently going through it's first finsih sanding. i may trade one of these three when all is finished.

 

[menckenite]

That's a nice save!