Welcome to Part III of this series about a "lost" line of unfiltered Brigham pipes. This time, I'm working on the second of two Brigham "Canuck" prototype pipes circa 1940s or 1950s. As I wrote about in Part I, the Canuck line was produced until the 1960s. Production pipes were fitted with a non-filtered Vulcanite… Continue reading Re-Discovering Brigham’s Canuck Line of Pipes and Rehabilitating Two Prototypes – Part III
In today's post I'll be working on the first of two Brigham Canuck prototype pipes I wrote up last time. This Pot shaped pipe, probably made in the 1940's or early 1950's, was certainly showing its age when I brought it to the worktable to start cleaning it up. The body of the pipe wasn't… Continue reading Re-Discovering Brigham’s Canuck Line of Pipes and Rehabilitating Two Prototypes – Part II
Every now and again, a pipe collector comes across something really special. I had one such moment recently which I'm excited to share with all of you. A few months ago, I received an email from a gentleman in Hamilton, Ontario requesting some help in identifying a couple of old Brigham pipes he had acquired.… Continue reading Re-Discovering Brigham’s Canuck Line of Pipes and Rehabilitating Two Prototypes – Part I
This restoration was fairly simple - just what I was looking for after tackling a run of trickier repairs. This Trypis pipe hit the worktable in fairly good estate condition. The rim was hidden under a coat of lava but looked to be in decent shape otherwise. The stem was a bit oxidized and the… Continue reading Quick Shank Repair for a Trypis Canted Dublin
The Shedquarters Build proceeds apace - it's been a busy couple of weeks and I am really pleased with the progress. We had a bit of good weather (finally) this Spring, so took full advantage of two days of sun to get a coat of fresh paint on the exterior of the building, matching it… Continue reading The DadsPipes Shedquarters Project Part III – A Coat of Paint & Interior Rough-Ins
A DadsPipes reader and fellow Ontario piper dropped off a handful of eBay pipe purchases for me to go through before he added them to his rack and rotation. As many eBay pipe hunters have found, an estate briar listed as "cleaned and ready to smoke" may or may not actually be clean and ready… Continue reading A New Stem for a Savinelli Capri Root Briar 614
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
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