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Linkman considered several ideas,
including treating the inside of pipe bowls with chemicals, but he eventually
concluded that if a pipe’s break-in period was to be made easier, it must be
pre-smoked with real tobacco. He chose an automatic machine that emulated the
smoking process for the task and produced the first pre-smoked Dr. Grabow pipe
in 1933.
Myth and legend take over on the subject of how Linkman chose the name Dr.
Grabow for his pipes. Some people claim that Dr. Grabow was a name that Linkman
picked out of the ether, a fictional character who existed only in Linkman’s
imagination. Others suggest that Dr. Grabow was a real dentist who had invented
some pipe improvements, including a pre-smoking method, and sold them to
Linkman. And then there’s a letter written by Paul W. Grabow that has circulated
in the pipe community. His grandfather, Dr. Paul E. Grabow, was a dentist who
lived in Chicago who became Linkman’s friend. M. Linkman & Co. had started
production on an innovative new pipe, and for marketing purposes, Linkman wanted
to name it after a doctor. According to the letter, Dr. Grabow agreed to lend
his name to the new pipes in exchange for a free lifetime supply of
them—probably unaware his name would some day become synonymous with pipe
smoking.
However Dr. Grabow pre-smoked pipes got their name, they continued to be
produced by M. Linkman & Co. until 1955, when the brand’s trademark was sold to
Sparta Pipes, a company owned by the Levitas family, which had been making pipes
in North Carolina using mountain laurel since the 1940s. Dr. Grabow pipes have
been made in Sparta ever since.
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