Show Off Your Dr. Grabow Pipes Here!

[danielplainview]

The golden era of Dr Grabow. Here are a few of the E-grade briar Dr Grabow's from my collection. https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=29DlLvCqVU0

 

[elduderino]

Almost been 1 month since I bought my first pipe. Here is my Dr.G Freehand filled with McC Mature Cake cooled off with some "neat" Paul Masson Brandy!

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[shayde]

My favorite briar, my #22 Continental Starfire. Also Cosmic that is a beautiful pipe!!!

Does anyone know of any Continental display boards? Also any ideas where I can buy a #40 like Cosmics?

 

[tinkertank]

I have, myself, a new rusticated Omega, and I have to say it is my favorite pipe to smoke when I'm doing something else.
Reading, sitting, petting the cats outside. Walking down the street, getting the mail, cutting the lawn.
Perfect, love the p-lip. i got the thing because I had just started out some months ago and it was cheap, which was good as I have little free cash, but I had read good things about it. Since then, it's been a dream. I have three wood pipes, this one, a Mr Brog and a Savinelli, which was a gift from my mum. The Brogs okay and smokes fine, the Savinelli, I take care smoking, but the little beaut is a workhorse. Besides a couple cobs I have knocking about, which I smoke whenever I want, who cares.

I smoke the Grabow, about everyday, and nary a problem.
(seeing those classics, and the shapes is like looking at sex though. I have to admit)

 

[hawke]

Certainly not the caliber of the above, it's age might make it worthwhile to post. I packed it a couple times and it smokes as well as any pipe I have. had to redo the button as it was chipped off on the bottom. Small crack at "Bruyere"

Dr Grabow Supreme. Below the pics are some misc facts I dug up on the "Supreme".

THIS DR GRABOW SUPREME

No Earlier than 1944

No Later than to ?1953?
History

Dr. Paul E. Grabow was a general physician in Chicago, located at 2348 N. Seminary Ave. Some doors north at No. 2400 was the drug store owned by Mr. Brown, a personal friend of Dr. Grabow. Grabow and Brown, both fond of fly-fishing, would often sit together in the early evening hours in a back room of the drug shop talking to one another and enjoying their pipes. Before long, they were joined by Mr. Linkman, owner of M. Linkman & Co., a large pipe factory located one block west on W. Fullerton Ave., at the corner of Racine Ave. These three gentlemen shared common interests and became fast friends.

During one of their evening get-togethers in 1930, Linkman mentioned he would introduce a new type of pipe soon that exhibited what he felt were fine improvements that greatly improved the pipe smoking experience. He was still looking for a good name and believed his pipes would sell better if they bore the name of a physician. Linkman asked his friend Dr. Grabow if he would permit him to use his name. The good doctor felt flattered by the idea a pipe should be designated for him and consented. A formal agreement was not made, nor were there any contracts signed or royalties paid to Dr. Grabow for the use of his name; it was, according to one of Dr. Paul Grabow's sons, Milford, a "friendly understanding" and Linkman expressed his thanks by sending Dr. Grabow numerous pipes throughout Dr. Grabow's lifetime. http://drgrabow-pipe-info.com/drgrabowp03.html. Also interesting of note are the various instances where Dr. Paul Grabow stated that he developed, or helped develop, the Dr. Grabow brand of pipes. This was a tactic used to convince people that a pipe developed, endorsed, and used by a medical physician would be 'more healthful' than a pipe that was not developed by someone in the medical community.

Dr. Paul E. Grabow passed away in 1965 at 97. The pipes that bear his name became one of the most popular, and one of the most well-known, pipe brands in North America.
The production of the pipes started in 1930/31. In 1937 Linkman began calling his pipes “Pre-Smoked”. An ad dating from 1946 celebrates it as "America's Most Wanted Pipes" and the text announced that each Dr. Grabow was broken in on the Linkman's Automatic Smoking Machine with fine Edgeworth tobacco, reducing the need for the new owner to spend time breaking in his pipe. In 1949 the official name read Dr. Grabow Pipe Company Inc. with seat at W. Fullerton Avenue 1150, Chicago 14, Illinois. (Thus the Linkman factory.) Series: Special, De Luxe, Supreme, Tru’ Grain, Select Grain. After 1953 Grabow pipes were owned and manufactured by Leonard, Henry and Thomas Inc. of Queens New York.
MISC Finds:
DR GRABOW SUPREME: Pattern begins with 94, 95 Series 95

Linkman continued to manufacture his Dr Grabow pipes until 1953

After 1955, HL&T began replacing the older Dr Grabow pipe models with new ones in 1955. These included the Adjustomatic “El dorado”, “Savoy”, “Regal”, “Starfire” and “Viscount”. Other than that they also included the Duke Filter GRAND DUKE, DUKE and ROYAL DUKE. The earlier Duke Filters came with a blue spade emblem while the earlier push stem pipes featured a yellow spade. In 1944 the white propeller emblem was replaced with a white spade,
My Notes,

The 9433 stamping should be one of the first produced versions of the pattern and the spelling of “Imported Bruyere” denotes french briar supporting and early production.. vulcanite stem of course in these early models. "REG. U.S. PAT. OFF." is a clue?? Hawke

 

[shayde]

Here are the Dr.Grabows I got from my grandfather when he passed (RIP).

From top to bottom:

Golden duke

Crown duke

Regal

Starfire
I really need to get into these and clean them deeply. Since I don't know what he smoked I'll have to either try and find out or just get them all as clean as possible to try and cut down on ghosting.

 

[shayde]

Thank you and yes everytime I see them I think of him. Unfortunately, I don't know what it is that he smoked. He had an old Captain Black tobacco jar, but none of the pipes smell like any of the Captain Black blends I know of. I also don't have the knowledge to clean them to the point where I can smoke a different blend without them ghosting.

 

[danielplainview]

a Starfire bulldog I presume? Nice!

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I love that bulldog

 

[oldredbeard]

A blond Dr Grabow Eldorado I recently added.

 

[danielplainview]

Nice Eldorado. With the original box as well ? Nice score.

 

[danielplainview]

My latest score courtesy of ejames.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=dfrAqcTaNTY

 

[oldredbeard]

Daniel, that's a sweet Supreme. Ed is "The Man".

 

[ejames]

You certainly did a nice job on that old Supreme Dave! It didn't look like that when it left here!

 

[ejames]

That is a nice Omega!

 

[danielplainview]

Nice catch.

 

[ejames]

Picked up this Grabow meer recently. I had one similar to this one but it isn't as nice and doesn't have the box. This one has been lightly smoked. These were offered in the mid 1960's.

 

[ejames]

They didn't actually make them. They were imported from Turkey. Priced from $12.50 to $500.00 !!!

 

[tuold]

Here's a Riviera I just refurbed and added to my collection. It has a removable metal stinger instead of the paper filter space. Like most people testify, these old Dr Grabows are easy to get for very little money on ebay.

 

[tuold]

I worked on this old Riviera tonight and have a Regal coming in from ebay this next week. My collection of Dr Grabow pipes is increasing rapidly. I'll have to take a family picture with all of them someday.