Amid all the work I've been doing on other people's pipes lately, I try to squeeze in one of my own where I can. This Brigham 206 has been waiting patiently for a little love for quite a while, so I decided that it was time to give it some attention. The series of pictures… Continue reading Cleanup and Stem Work for a 1990’s Brigham 206 Medium Straight Dublin
Tenon and shank repairs are often the bread and butter of pipe repair techs, and understandably so - the tenon is usually the weakest part of a pipe and can be easily damaged accidentally. That was the case with the subject of today's post, a striking Le Nuvole pipe in a shape I have dubbed… Continue reading A New Tenon for an Italian Le Nuvole Chubby Pickaxe
I've worked a lot on other people's pipes lately, so thought it was high time I cleaned up an estate from my own box of Refurbs-in-Waiting. In this post I am working on a pretty Jobey Virgin Prime 345 in a Bent Pot Sitter shape. As you can see from this series of pics, the… Continue reading Repairing Rim Dents and Stress Fractures on a Pretty Jobey Virgin Prime 345 Bent Pot Sitter
The pipe on the worktable today is a good example of how Brigham made good use of old stock left over from discontinued product lines. I think this practice was very much in line with Herb Brigham's penchant for tinkering with pipe shapes and his son Michael's focus on efficiency and cost-savings in the 1980s.… Continue reading A New Stem for a Brigham 4W5 Freehand
Here is another pipe from the box of repairs I've been working through recently. This time I'm working on a lovely Peterson Christmas 2012 B11 with a very unfortunate issue - a long crack running up the bowl. Ouch! Here is the pipe as it looked when I first brought it to the worktable. I… Continue reading Pinning a Cracked Peterson Christmas 2012 B11
Just before the COVID shut-downs hit I was sent a box of 25 estate pipes to repair. Many were straightforward tenon replacements and the like, but among the more interesting repairs was this BBB briar and gutta-percha pipe. Here is the pipe as it looked when I brought it to the worktable. As you can… Continue reading Making Repairs to a Cased 1876 BBB Briar & Gutta-Percha Pipe
The Coronavirus pandemic is keeping most of us in self-isolation, and I am no exception. While I am missing my usual wanders through antique shops, I have a fairly full box of estate pipes to work on while holed up. This Brigham 354 is one such pipe, acquired as part of a larger eBay lot.… Continue reading A Quick Refresh for a Stunning 1980's Vintage Brigham 354
Here is another eBay estate pipe find sent directly to me by the buyer for restoration. This time, I'm working on a Shamrock 268 by Peterson that looked to be in fairly good condition when it arrived. The last pic above should give you a clue as to what was lurking inside the stummel -… Continue reading Freshening Up a Tired Peterson Shamrock 268
This pipe has been a project for a while, one that I have worked on in between other repairs over the last few months. The pipe in question, a Medico Medalist, had been knocking around the bottom of my refurb box for some time when I finally decided it was due some attention. It was… Continue reading From Junker to Jazzed – A New Vision for a Battered Medico Medalist
The Province of Ontario, , like many other jurisdictions worldwide, has declared a State of Emergency in response to the COVID-19 Pandemic. I am still accepting pipe repairs and restorations through this period, though I am taking extra precautions to limit social exposure, including limiting my runs to the Post Office. To ensure that your… Continue reading DadsPipes COVID-19 Update
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