7-Ball by Norm Grabowski 2008
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Jim Wright has an early 1990’s skull mounted on a nice wood base with hammered brass. Norm made a handful of these. Most are numbered on the bottom in roman numerals, possibly a black coin with a signature and or caricature of Norm are common identifiers.
When I first started Rumpsville in 1995, one of the first folks I met online was Mel Locke. Mr. Locke is a close friend of Norm Grabowski and shares an interest in Norm’s woodworking and hot rods. At that time I was researching the many facets of Norm. Mel in formed me he was going to be visiting the Nashville area for a TAG pool tournement and suggested we meet. He brought one of Norm’s personal boxes of photos and magazine clippings to scan and document. This was in 1996 or so and the internet was not mainstream media but Mel was onboard. Thanks Mel, we beat them all to the punch. After a short visit I was off to scan and document the items before I had to return them. That day was the first time I saw one of Norm’s custom pieces of woodwork in person. Mel is quite the pool player and uses the best of cues.
Joe Klinkhardt’s cane by Norm Grabowski is more than a twisted ugly stick.
