This is the third pipe sent to me for repairs by a DadsPipes reader in Birmingham, Alabama USA. You can see by the first pics that this pipe continues the owner's run of large pipes - this David Jones rusticated pipe is a true fistful of briar! I've called this pipe an Author, as apart from… Continue reading An Internal Shank Repair and New Tenon for a David Jones Colossal Rusticated Author
This is the second pipe sent to me by the owner of the Ardor Urano S. Holmes pipe I wrote about recently. This time I'm working on repairs to a very nice Claudio Cavicchi Bologna 04 Bent Billiard. It's a larger pipe, the owner's tastes tending heavily towards over-sized Italian briars. Unfortunately for the stem… Continue reading Stem Repair and a Small Briar Transplant for a Claudio Cavicchi Bologna 04
Welcome to Part II of the DadsPipes Shedquarters build! In this instalment, I get the building foundation piers in, build a couple of beams and then sit back while the team from Old Hickory Buildings constructs the new shed on site. After a week and a half of rain, our capricious Ontario Spring finally provided… Continue reading The DadsPipes Shedquarters Project Part II – Foundation & Shed Installation
This pipe was sent to me by a DadsPipes reader for a little TLC. As the pics below show, the pipe was actually in pretty good condition other than some lava on the rim and a chunk of lower button missing from the acrylic stem. The smooth underside of the shank is stamped "DR" over… Continue reading Rim Cleanup and a New Button for an Ardor Urano S. Holmes Rhodesian
Every now and again I come across a pipe about which I can find no information. This Earl's Court Prince is one such mystery. All of my searching has turned up exactly zilch, zip, zero - rather frustrating, especially as it is a well-made pipe with some years on it. This series of pcitures show… Continue reading Stem Repairs and a Good Cleaning for a Handsome Earl’s Court Silver Mount Prince
It's Easter Weekend, a time of renewal and rebirth and a definite sign that Spring is finally upon us here in Southern Ontario. It seems appropriate, then, to make the first of a series of posts about a project that will impact DadsPipes considerably over the year to come - a new "Shedquarters"! We moved… Continue reading The DadsPipes Shedquarters Project Part I – Planning
I started collecting Brigham pipes almost accidentally - my dad smoked Brighams, so it was natural that my first briar was also a Brigham - and the collecting began in earnest several years ago when I embarked on the Brigham Shape Chart project. Since then, I have managed to catalog over 80 vintage Brigham pipe… Continue reading Adding a Brigham Shape 49 Bent Apple to the Collection
I found this Harcourt (made by Preben Holm for Dunhill in the late 1970s and early 1980s) on a recent wander through a local antique mall and couldn't pass it up. This pipe has beautiful lines - a long, slender bowl shaped like a Tulip flower, plateaux rim and shank end and lovely vertical flame… Continue reading Refreshing a Beautiful Harcourt B Freehand Tulip
A recent eBay purchase left me wondering about the habits and motivations of a certain subset of old pipe smokers, specifically those that seem to show no care or concern for maintaining their favourite briar companions. The eBay lot was made up of five old Brigham pipes which included both high end and entry level… Continue reading Reclaiming a Trashed Brigham 720
I replenished my refurb box with about a dozen new-to-me estate pipes recently. Among the new arrivals was this Brigham 6-Dot Bent Pear. In many respects, the pipe arrived on the worktable in excellent condition - the stem was like new, without any chatter or tooth dents or even oxidation; the majority of the stummel… Continue reading Rim Rescue for a 1980’s Brigham 659 Bent Pear
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