I owe Dr. Grabow an apology

Read time: 6 min.

I’m not particularly jingoistic, but my last pipe-smoking adventure with a Dr. Grabow Grand Duke left me sputtering that an American manufacturing concern could make such a dreadful pipe. I complained a lot about its fit and finish, not to mention how rough it smoked. A couple days ago, I realized I messed up a little. Sorry, Dr. Grabow! I owe you an apology! Sort of.

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I knew it! Dr. Grabow’s Grand Duke pipe really sucks

Read time: 10 min.

A blindfolded reach into my cornucopia of personal failings reveals that I’m a hypocrite. I realize this pretty often, and it burbled up into mind yesterday when I was going through some pipe-smoking notes. It’s unfair for me to sit here behind a keyboard and dunk on a shitty pipe like a Dr. Grabow that I’ve never smoked before, I figured. I sat there ponderously for a few seconds before I realized that I’d better get one. So I did.

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