The Official Dr. Grabow Color Duke Thread

[mikethompson]

Apart from the classic cob, I'm not sure there is a pipe with a more polarizing effect than the now almost 50 year old Color Duke line from Dr. Grabow.

Have one? Love them? Hate them? Collect them? Have an interesting back story about them? Here is the place to discuss them.




These are my two beauties, gifted to me from a forum member years ago after *years* of me looking for a nice green one. They generally only make an appearance around Christmas.

 

[kcghost]

I had a blue one in the 70's. Man, hated that pipe. It smoked hotter that hell and left mouth feeling the pain for a day or too afterwards. Much later I learned how to deal with these issues, but I had long since discarded this pipe to barrel of broken dreams.

 

[Richmond B. Funkenhouser]

I love my Grabows, in fact I reach for them first.

No color Grabows. Everyone I've ever come across was hammered.

I've got a modest collection of about 60 pipes, with no expensive pipes. So maybe If I bought a Dunhill I would understand.

 

[PaulRVA]

I honestly can’t remember ever seeing them sold but I think I’ve seen one somewhere before I can appreciate it though as it’s really a piece of Americana if you consider that and I find that cool.

 

[didimauw]

I have a red Viscount I believe. Bought it to look at. Hopefully won't have it for long. Lol

 

[mikethompson]

I have a red Viscount I believe. Bought it to look at. Hopefully won't have it for long. Lol

I use the term 'Color Duke' to describe them all, but both mine are in fact Viscounts as well.

 

[Brig]

Found a blue one in the recent collections I bought ...

 

[telescopes]

I have two. A blue one and an unsmoked white one. The challenge is finding them without rim scorch marks.

 

[Hpgg71]

I picked up this unsmoked estate last year on eBay for about $35. It’s a fine little smoker.

 

[Brig]

Soap and water cleaning takes the color right out of the stem, apparently. Presumably some stem polish will fix this right up