Show Off Your Dr. Grabow Pipes Here!

[weezell]

Grabows are and were nice pipes! Good smokers for a working mans price...

 

[ejames]

Picked up my second Dr Grabow today, marked Belvedere and has an orange spade on the stem.

Belvederes are kinda hard to find.They were made for only a few years.Yours,I'm afraid, isn't all Belvedere though. It has a Westbrook stem. Only Westbrooks had the orange spade.Belvedere should have a white spade. Not a big deal,but the spades are not real hard to change out--if you have a white one-- and wanted to.
Nice looking Color pipes! I have an unsmoked blue Viscount 20 ( Continental shape) that needs a new home.

 

[davet]

Thanks for the info ejames. Can you post a pic of the Continental? I guess I had two Dr's already ;
Regal

Belvedere

 

[ejames]

PM sent davet.

 

[blackbeard]

Not certain of all of the models and things everyone else quotes, but these are my two. In time, I plan to completely restore them, but for now fixing stems and polishing the bands was enough for me as a beginner. In the picture of the Sculptura, there is a hazy spot on the stem. Fixed it since that picture and is smooth as silk again. Shows what you can find at an antique store for $5 Sculptura - $10 Regal.

 

[danielplainview]

How did I miss all these posts?! Good looking pipes fellas.
@davet, Those old Grabow bulldogs smoke like a champ.

 

[peteguy]

I follow these threads to educate myself more than anything. Plus, who doesnt like pipe pron! Thanks to ejames for posting an ad early on in this thread I spotted a neat Grabow on auction just now. Patent era Continental 46. I may be adding another pipe to the herd.

 

[tuold]

It took me months but I finally snagged a Dr Grabow CDL for a price I wanted to pay. I'm enjoying it. The bit is flared enough where my teeth can get a pretty good grip on it, something I miss on my Falcons. I don't know why Dr Grabow didn't market these more aggressively. This is a pretty good smoking pipe.

 

[ejames]

Not certain of all of the models and things everyone else quotes, but these are my two. In time, I plan to completely restore them, but for now fixing stems and polishing the bands was enough for me as a beginner. In the picture of the Sculptura, there is a hazy spot on the stem. Fixed it since that picture and is smooth as silk again. Shows what you can find at an antique store for $5 Sculptura - $10 Regal.

Your Regal looks to be either a 36Y or a 69Y-the Y means short saddle bit stem. Difference between the 36 and 69 is size,the 69 is larger. The Sculptura Author is an 81. Sculpturas aren't quite as common as the Commodore and was an RJR coupon pipe. Good score on both,especially the Sculptura!!

 

[blackbeard]

ejames - Thanks for the information. When I bought them they were actually in very nice condition, looked like they had been smoked just a few times.

 

[tuold]

I finally got around to cleaning this estate Dr Grabow Viking. It has a "high capacity" replacement bowl.

It joins this bent version I already have with a stock bowl.

 

[ejames]

I finally got around to cleaning this estate Dr Grabow Viking. It has a "high capacity" replacement bowl. It joins this bent version I already have with a stock bowl.

Since you have a bent and a straight Viking you need to find a Viking Jr. Small version of the straight Vikings--very hard to find though.

 

[instymp]

Tuold, had one like the straight stem a long time ago. Wish I still had it. Was my fishing in the Everglades pipe.

 

[tuold]

ejmes wrote:

Since you have a bent and a straight Viking you need to find a Viking Jr. Small version of the straight Vikings--very hard to find though.

Well, now I'll have to be looking out for that one! I had no idea.
And then instymp said:

...had one like the straight stem a long time ago. Wish I still had it. Was my fishing in the Everglades pipe.

There will most likely be another coming up shortly on ebay to replace yours. It would probably sink like lead weight if it went overboard though! Hope you didn't lose any pipes that way.

 

[tuold]

Recently added this sandblasted unstamped Dr Grabow to my collection. It arrived from ebay in just about new condition.

 

[danielplainview]

Tuold, now that's a good looking Grabow. Looks like it should have been an Eldorado. Wonder why it wasn't stamped?

 

[ejames]

Unstamped Grabows are not uncommon. I'd guess that Tuolds pipe was made during the "Lane Era". They pushed out a lot of weird pipes during their ownership of Grabow,mixing and matching parts to get pipes out the door.
I agree,that pipe should have been an Eldorado--with an Ajustomatic stem.

 

[davet]

Picked this up on Ebay, Linkman's Dr Grabow Supreme

Another Starfire

Another Regal

A couple of new Colors, the collection so far,

An awesome score, a Grabow cigar holder

 

[danielplainview]

Wow Dave, that is quite the score. That Churchwarden is a pretty rare Linman's. Nice !

 

[davet]

That Churchwarden is a pretty rare Linman's

I have never heard of them so I thought I better jump on it. A little rim charing but overall good shape.