Oxidation

This Brigham 503 Billiard is the second pipe I worked on from the lot of seven 1980’s vintage Brigham pipes I purchased before Christmas. Unlike the Brigham 562 Student pipe I wrote about previously, which featured a mix of smooth and rusticated finishes, this Billiard is fully smooth with a contrast stain that makes full… Continue reading A Bevy of Brighams – Part II: Refreshing a Brigham 503 Billiard

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Reclaiming a Hard-Smoked Brigham 4 Dot Prince

March 11, 2017September 10, 2017 Charles Lemon

I picked this Prince shaped pipe off eBay some time before Christmas. As I recall, the online photos weren’t the best quality but sufficient to show that this pipe had seen some hard use. When I brought it to the worktable, the scars of the past were obvious – the bowl was thickly caked, the… Continue reading Reclaiming a Hard-Smoked Brigham 4 Dot Prince