Sir Duke
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Lane ERA product Still on shelves...Has anyone else purchase New, off the shelf Grabow pipes, cleaners, or filters that are from the Lane era which indicates 2006 prior.
It disheartens me a little to think these thins have sat on the shelves for two years but I suppose the possibility, and reality exists that IP&A was using Lane stock and Packaging until it ran out.
I'd like to also think the these things haven't been sitting on the shelves for 2+ years and I'm the only one buying it.
Can't be,
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Dave
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I have a couple freehands that are
Where I go has a few pipes that have been there at least 5 years
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ted
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SIR DUKE...The only speculation I have is from the old days. "Work in process" when IP&A bought Lane would have been significant. You gotta finish them....What do you sell them as? Make up a line and sell em' all as seconds? I think not. Make up a line, and sell them for $33.95. Even from the 60's a five year shelf life on un-impressive shapes is not unusual.
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Sir Duke
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Then there's apx. 3 years left... which mean I have some hope as far as getting mor '03 collectors being sold in a savoy Package!
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GrabowGuy
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Problem is, these days all the old pipers are dying off, and the young generation in the cities anyway, think smoking a pipe is square, uncool, or only for "Old Fogies".
Since they took the tobacco isle out of stores like CVS ect, the demand has dropped. I know of one "Old School" pipe/tobacco shop in the center of town who still sells, Grabows, Kaywoodies, Medicos, and Yello-Boles. I'll say, If I can't get a Grabow, I'll go with a Woody over Medicos and Yello-Boles anyday! The nice Kaywoodies start at $25.00 aka the "Super Grain". The nicer models are in the $35.00 to $45.00 range. I could get a nice Grabow for $21.00!
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Sir Duke
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| GrabowGuy wrote: | Problem is, these days all the old pipers are dying off, and the young generation in the cities anyway, think smoking a pipe is square, uncool, or only for "Old Fogies".
Since they took the tobacco isle out of stores like CVS ect, the demand has dropped. I know of one "Old School" pipe/tobacco shop in the center of town who still sells, Grabows, Kaywoodies, Medicos, and Yello-Boles. I'll say, If I can't get a Grabow, I'll go with a Woody over Medicos and Yello-Boles anyday! The nice Kaywoodies start at $25.00 aka the "Super Grain". The nicer models are in the $35.00 to $45.00 range. I could get a nice Grabow for $21.00! |
Seesm like a shop worth patronizing GrabowGuy. Finding a tobacco shop that carries Grabows seems eve harder than finding a pharmacy that does. They think they are "above" them. I wish more people would appreciuate the grabows. I've rarely had a bad experince, if ever....
And wheter "resmoked," or "precarbed" they really dont need braking in.
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