Dr. Grabow, Cheap for the new smoker, effective.

[Amystika]

So A few days ago I decided I wanted a new pipe, and as an Easter present a girl I know purchased me a Dr. Grabow OMEGA Briar pipe.

To look at, Its beautiful, incredibly lightweight compared to what it looks like it would weigh.

I've had about 4 or 5 bowls in this thing and they have all smoked fantastically. No Gurgle, the bowl burned cool the smoke was pleasant and every sip of the pipe was delicious.

At $23 dollars, for a new smoker such as myself, I dont think you can miss on these!

I would definitely get another.

 

[tech2576]

I have a Grabow Duke at work for those quick lunchtime bowls. Nothing wrong them, glad you like it.
I would bet there are more than a few people on here who have one sitting around some place.
Enjoy

 

[DrT999]

I have to say that my old (bought it back in the late 70s I think) bent Grabow Duke is a great little smoker -- not the best looking pipe I have by any means, but I prefer function over looks

 

[Rob_In_MO]

One of my first pipes was a Grabow. Nothing wrong with them at all. Some do smoke better than others, but i've never had a bad one. At their price point they're hard to beat and will last a lifetime!



By 'lifetime' I mean until 12/21/12 when the aliens come back and our world ends. :twisted:
Damn you Mayans and your Calendar! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

 

[jlong]

My local B&M carrys Dr G's. I should check them out closer.

 

[Storm_Crow]

Years before I got into pipesmoking seriously, I messed around with the pipe perhaps 15 years ago. I remember picking up a Grabow from the local CVS with a shape I liked the look of. I do remember it getting very hot and gurgling, but then it could have easily been user error. I didn't know the first thing about pipesmoking back then.

 

[Ol'Dawg]

Occasionally the company will have some specials on various products and pipes. If you register here ---> Dr. Grabow Pipes they will put you on their mailing list fpr specials and may give you their mail order listing.

Jim

 

[Kyle Weiss]

I've had three Grabows and little luck with any of them. I'm pretty sure they all turned me off to pipe smoking earlier in life--except for sentimental attachment. At that point, I thought tobacconist shops that sold pipes were for rich old men exclusively....now I can find a corncob or a basket pipe for the same amount of money as a Grabow in a Walgreen's that perform amazingly.

It's either luck for someone else or ineptness on my part--Grabows probably smoke fine for others. 8)

 

[huffelpuff]

My wife gave me an '09 Collectors Dr. G. It's a decent looker nice sandblast, good weight, and smokes fine. I prefer to leave the filter out of it when I use it. In every respect it's a damned decent pipe. I hope you enjoy yours for many years to come.



Jim

 

[KevinM]

I mentioned on another thread a serendipitious moment of finding a time capsule of my pipe stuff put away years ago in a closet and forgotten. I've been going through this treasure, and found, among other stuff, my very first pipe -- a Dr. Grabow bent Regal with a silver band. It's in great shape, looks just broken in, partially because the pipe shop where I bought it, oh, 45 years ago, quickly steered me toward their displays of iconic Charatans and Mountbattens. In those days, I could just walk into the shop and buy a tin of genuine Balkan Sobranie as if this could go on forever. The pipe is smallish, a bit larger than Peterson would call a "day pipe." Even the vulcanite mouthpiece polished up nicely with nothing more than a bit of elbow grease. But here's the really, really nice thing about pipery -- it can be a time capsule for you. The reason I bought this pipe in the first place was that I'd been hired by a Pennsylvania college as their youngest English dept faculty member. Since I looked no older than my students, my new colleagues introduced me to the pipe as a way to gain a few years. So today I took a mug o' Twinings, augmented slightly, and sat under my flowering plum tree enjoying a nice bowl of EMP and thinking about my old friends and students. Man, did that take me back a decade or five.

In commemoration of the Titanic disaster anniversary, may I recommend to you a reading of the brief Thomas Hardy poem, "The Convergence of the Twain." Actually, you can probably Google it.

 

[mike_68]

In the few months I've been piping I've purchased 3 new and several estate Grabows. All smoke well and I've not regretted any of them. The only other one I really want at this point is a Big Pipe. Those look neat...

My Omega has become my Jack Knife Plug pipe as I need something with a more manageable chamber for a "stronger" toby. Works perfect!

 

[ejames]

I'd have to agree,Grabows are a great pipe for the buck! Bought my first about 6 years ago. 200 or so later I have yet to find a bad one !! Except for the one that was BADLY ghosted with Mix.79!