It's official - Winter is on its way here in Southwestern Ontario! I'm sitting in my office watching snow flurries dance outside the window - quite pretty if you ignore for a moment the 30km/h north wind that cuts everything to frozen ribbons. I'm also still adjusting to the clock's "falling back" an hour - a… Continue reading Cold Weather Piping – Welcome to Winter!
PLEASE NOTE: The latest, most complete version (v3.0) of the Brigham Shape Chart can be found in my book, Brigham Pipes - A Century of Canadian Briar , and includes more pipe shapes and images than ever before. ***** As promised, here is the latest version of the Official Unofficial Brigham Shape Chart, v1.2! This… Continue reading Brigham Shape Chart v1.2 Now Live!
The title of this post is a bit misleading – ok, it’s a complete bait and switch. I’m not talking about THAT pot at all (which should, of course, stay as far away from your prized briars, meers and cobs as humanly possible). Rather, I’m writing about a Patent Era Brigham 145 Extra Large Pot… Continue reading Showing Off My Pot as Canada Preps for Legal Cannabis
I'm excited to post this blog entry today as it marks the addition of a new shape to my collection of vintage Brigham pipes. Besides satisfying my "gotta get 'em all" fixation, this pipe also hits all the collector's marks for age, condition and grade. This time I'm working on a Patent Era (1938-1955) Brigham… Continue reading Adding a Patent Era Brigham 478 Townsman to the Collection
Hi folks, After many requests, I've created a Pipe Inventory page for the purpose of listing the surplus pipes left over from the closure of the DadsPipes Store. Each listing has a brief description of the pipe and a few pics. More pictures are available, so please ask if you're interested. In most cases, you can… Continue reading Limited Pipe Inventory Now Available
This was an interesting project for me, requested by the same piper that brought me the Brigham Sportsman Freehand I wrote about last time. He had been wanting a Churchwarden pipe for some time and brought me a handful of pipes he thought might make good candidates for a conversion. In the end, we selected… Continue reading A Churchwarden Conversion for a 1980’s Brigham 129 Author
Hello, everyone, and thanks for your patience while I have been getting settled in the new digs. I'm starting things off with an easy one - a quick tidy-up of a 1970's Brigham Sportsman. There are a fair few of these not-quite-finished vintage Brigham pipes kicking around, but this one is a bit unique for… Continue reading Easing Into Things with a Quick Refresh of an Unusual 1970’s Era Brigham Sportsman
Hello, everyone! We have more or less successfully survived our move - sifting, packing and unpacking 25 years worth of stuff does not come without at least a few headaches - and I'm happy to report that I've got my new office set up and hope to get back to posting restorations again soon. Setting… Continue reading Back in the Saddle – Sort of.
Welcome to Part II of Things I've Learned about Restoration over Three Years of DadsPipes Blogs! I ended Part I of this series on the topic of Sanding and Polishing using both MicroMesh pads and buffing wheels. That got me thinking about all the things I've learned about using a buffer, so that's where we're… Continue reading Things I’ve Learned About Restoration over Three Years of DadsPipes Blogs, Part II
Hi folks. I had a chance recently to read back through the last three years of DadsPipes blog posts, an experience I found both interesting and informative. Apart from becoming more comfortable writing the blogs themselves and some technical improvements in my photography skills, I have noticed several changes in my restoration process and techniques… Continue reading Things I’ve Learned About Restoration over Three Years of DadsPipes Blogs, Part I
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