sweet pipe, how does it smoke? there are about 3 or 4 pipes on my must get list of the current crop of grabows
the one in this thread a dublin
a freehand
a big pipe either bent or straight or both,
a royalton rhodesian
i called the factory the other day and spoke to a very nice gentleman re the age of a pipe i have. tried to talk him into making adjustos again but he said no. dangit.
It smokes very well ahgar. Not as good as the Crown Duke Dublin I got from OS, but pretty good for a new pipe. I figure after I break it in it will do just fine.
If you don't find those pipes you're looking for local or at the factory, try here: wvsmokeshop.com
He has just posted some new inventory. You actually get what you select when you buy from this site. _________________ BWThomas
Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:00 pm Post subject: Silver STAMPED, not inlaid, Spaded Stems
OK, got just a minute here, so would like to mention some odd pipes that I am having a hard time dating. The first one of these oddities I acquired was a Dr. Grabow VAN ROY. Van Roy was sort of an oddball line of Dr. Grabow pipes and certainly quite a ways from "top-of-the-line". So it wasn't a total surprise when I got an older one and the spade on the stem wasn't inlaid, but a simple stamping with silver looking coloring. (The later ones were made in Italy it seems, and had no spade at all). In the photos below, the Van Roy is on top, then the two DUKEs:
Recently, however, I came across a couple of Dr. Grabow DUKE pipes that I knew I just had to have. I could tell from photos that they ALSO HAD THIS STAMPED SPADE TREATMENT. They seem older, and have the spade stamping on TOP of the stem, pointed toward the bowl as early HL&T Grabows did. They don't appear to be "little Dukes" though, and one is definitely a #10 apple of HL&T make. They all have that sort of bold letter looking "Dr. Grabow" name stamping:
Now, it gets interesting, if it already wasn't interesting enough. One of the DUKEs is a filter pipe, which is no surprise, but the other DUKE is a PUSH STEM!!! The stems will not interchange as the tenon hole is not the same size:
The rustification on the DUKE apple is only on the SIDES of the bowl and shank, which is the first time I have seen one done that way. The stems are that softer plastic, as you can probably tell from the teeth marks and scratches on them.
This is just the sort of thing that makes me scratch my head and go, "hmm . . ."
Those are interesting Mac,but I'd even so I'd trade some nice Larks for them!!
Never saw a plain"Duke" that used a filter. All of mine have that goofy hour glass stinger. _________________ The only thing shorter than my memory is a certain part of my anatomy!
Those are interesting Mac,but I'd even so I'd trade some nice Larks for them!!
Never saw a plain"Duke" that used a filter. All of mine have that goofy hour glass stinger.
No deals on Lark's, with or without Mixture 79 thrown in!
WOW, the plain DUKEs I have and the few I have seen were all filter pipes until I got these. Of course, they are much newer, and I think all my other "little DUKEs" were actually made in Italy.
I called it a "rook" cleaner because it reminded me of the chess piece, but I like your "goofy hour glass" description, too. The EARLY Belvederes had that cleaner as well. Later ones had the common spoon one. Still haven't figured out the why and wherefore of those cleaners as far as the design and why they used different designs on occasion. Even some of the Italian Dr. Grabows used a crude copy of the hour-glass one. --RJ--
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