Dr Grabow Savoy 12-17-21

This is a restore on a Dr. Grabow pipe that I gave away in a facebook group.

[@lookatmetoo]

Great video!

[@williammenke3621]

Awesome work! Looking forward to more videos!!!

[@mcgowanandrew417]

Thank you!

[@life_of_riley88]

Great job on this Savoy. Got a question for you, have you compared this to a new production Dr Grabow? From what I can tell the new ones are said to be smaller, like 2/3 size. . .

[@mcgowanandrew417]

I haven't directly compared them, but there has always been a wide variety in their production sizes. It would make sense to me that they tend to get smaller as the availability of economy mid quality briar would be naturally trending down. My personal theory is that for the money you would get a better pipe by getting a 30's-60's estate through a pipe shop or online. You can typically get one for around $20 vs $50 for a new Grabow which is available at some drugstores like Walgreens. The estate would have been made from higher quality briar plus your adding 50+ years of age to it. Just my 2 cents, which is worth about 1.5 cents with inflation.

[@life_of_riley88]

@@mcgowanandrew417 Thanks for reply! That's kinda what I figured would be the case.