[Dave]

A new forum has opened and I found it surfing seems like it might be a good one


http://www.pipesmokerforum.com/showthread.php?t=4

[TheDuke]

I just browsed it alittle-I do'nt get it-were some guy's banned from SF so they started their own site? May look again in a few week's,but kinda have forum overload! 3pipe & 2bike forums with Ebay kills much time! Been working and fishing too much lately to spend much time on the computer!(just check email for first time in 10 day's!)

[Dave]

[ozark southpaw]

Thanks Dave!! Now I gotta spend another hour each day in front of this computer!!  Beats mowing the grass!!  Looks like it will be a good forum.

[Dave]

You didn't want to mow the grass anyway
It makes good hiding place for rabbits and squirrels during hunting season
And kids love getting lost in tall grass lol

[ozark southpaw]

[ted]

OS, Yes, I'd like to lose a grandchild or two in the grass. but MOMMA would be grumpy. We don't want MOMMA grumpy, Do we?

I'm a member of SF, and the problem I have with them is that no-one there recognizes the contribution that Grabow made to this whole industry/pipe smoking phenom.Think I've posted twice...I have no plans to join this new Forum nor post anything else on SF.

During WWII, Grabow and KYM kept the troops in pipes while the European pipe makers were quacking in their boots. Today, there is no recognition of the contribution that these 2 fine companies made. Doug Allen's talk is close, but doesn't hit the heart of the matter. Without Grabow and KYM there would be very few pipe smokers who could enjoy the craft. We would be pipe smoking free!

I've seen a great many posts about soldiers who started smoking a pipe (Grabow or KYM) during the war. How many of your fathers or grandfathers started smoking a pipe during WWII?

I firmly believe that Grabow and KYM deserve a place in history for keeping this wonderful hobby/habit going during the most trying time in history. SF, nor any other Forum, other than this one, recognized this fact.

This Forum, Thanks to R.J., David and Tom Martin  recognige that significance. I'm proud to be a member.......And which other Forum has a "field trip" to Sparta? ......ted

[Dave]

Ted SF leans more toward higher grade pipes and customs

This new forum I hope will cover all pipes and tobacco including grabows,kaywoodies and OTC tobacco

I enjoy and own them and they are already a few there that are like me
I hope you change your mind and look around because we will need someone that has info on the older brand pipes

[ted]

Dave, Thanks for the post. I realize that there are wonderful pipes other than Grabow/KYM.

Mastercraft introduced me to Parker-Hardcastle, Buzzi Enea..Brebbia, Many French pipes, Jeantet, Jima...the Rossi brothers, GIGI pipe, Gasparini, Strambach along with Marxman and several others.

SF neither recognized the Grabow/KYM contribution, nor recognized pipes other than the "snobbery"(if that's a word) of the $1000.00 pipes.

If the new Forum will recognize the "common folks" among them and recognize that not everyone has or wants a pipe that is so expensive then hopefully it will flourish.

An old Appalachia term comes to mind.....Don't get above yer raisin'. Don't, and I'll watch, and when the time is right, I'll contribute.

I wish you the best, 'cause like OS, I need another place to visit....regards...ted

[Terry292]

Ted, may I suggest this forum?  Seems to be a lot of 'good old boys' from our neck of the woods who hang out there.  Of course, there're still some who look down their noses at Dr G's.  I've found that's true of almost any forum I'm familiar with, though.

http://www.brothersofbriar.com/forum.htm

[ted]

Thanks Terry. I hadn't found that one. I'll look around a bit....regards....ted

[Flycruiser]

Ted, what is KYM?

[ted]

Sorry Wes, Kaywoodie, Yellow Bowl, and Medico. My acronym for the S.M. Frank Co.

They were Grabow's biggest competitor.

[Dave]

[ted]

Thanks Dave....Really busy for the rest of today and tomorrow, but I'll check it out.

Had my second colonoscopy and the news isn't all that sparkling.....ted

[Dave]