This rather worn-looking Brigham Sportsman is the last of the pipes I found on my birthday pipe-hunting excursion back in December. The pipe had certainly been well enjoyed by its previous owner, though I'm not sure exactly how much care it was given. This "rough and ready" approach to pipe maintenance is somewhat to be… Continue reading Reviving a Hard Smoked 4-Dot Brigham Sportsman Shape 42
Tag: Stem Repair
Stem Repairs and a General Freshening for a “Made by Millville” Full Bent
My wife took me out for a birthday lunch a week before Christmas. We had a lovely meal and spent the rest of the afternoon wandering a local antique mall looking for pipes. I came home with a few briar goodies to add to the refurb box, one of which I could not wait to… Continue reading Stem Repairs and a General Freshening for a “Made by Millville” Full Bent
Replacing the Mortise & Tenon on a Sultan Carved Meerschaum
Today's post is a bit different than usual; instead of a complete restoration, I'm going to focus on a repair that is surely one of the most common when presented with a damaged meerschaum pipe - replacing a Push-Pull fitting, the small plastic/Delrin parts used to create a strong mortise and tenon joint between stem… Continue reading Replacing the Mortise & Tenon on a Sultan Carved Meerschaum
Salvaging a Burnt and Cracked Blatter Select Freehand
This is the second of two dilapidated Blatter pipes gifted to me by a pipe friend before Christmas. I wrote about the first restoration here. This pipe is somewhat larger in size and, as you will see, the restoration turned out to be similarly larger in scope. Unlike the first Blatter pipe, this one arrived… Continue reading Salvaging a Burnt and Cracked Blatter Select Freehand
Repairing Stem and Shank Troubles on a Reg’d No Stanwell Brazilia 21
I’ve worked on several Stanwell Brazilia series pipes over the years. The series name and inherent character come from the shank extensions made of, in the early days, genuine Brazilian cattle horn or, more recently, of faux horn made of acrylic. Of the two versions, I prefer the look and feel of the genuine horn.… Continue reading Repairing Stem and Shank Troubles on a Reg’d No Stanwell Brazilia 21
Repairing an Old Repair on a Bari Pearl 7080 Bamboo Bent Billiard
Every so often, I receive a pipe for restoration that has been worked on before at some point in its past – sometimes professionally, but more frequently by a well-meaning piper attempting to save a cherished smoking companion. This Bari Pearl is a good example of the latter category. When I brought this bamboo-shanked Bent… Continue reading Repairing an Old Repair on a Bari Pearl 7080 Bamboo Bent Billiard
Bowl and Stem Repairs for a Brigham 489 Bent Acorn
This Brigham 4-Dot was a surprise gift from my daughter, who came across it at a local antique fair. She got a good price on it due to its rather rough condition, which she figured I could remedy without too much trouble. I brought the pipe to the worktable to assess the scope of the… Continue reading Bowl and Stem Repairs for a Brigham 489 Bent Acorn
Repairing Deep Tooth Dents in a 1940’s Dunhill Shell LV1 Straight Brandy
This pipe was sent to me for stem work to address some deep tooth dents. The rest of the pipe was in excellent estate condition, and arrived already cleaned (!), which meant I could focus on the work requested. Here are pics of the pipe as I first saw it on arrival. As you can… Continue reading Repairing Deep Tooth Dents in a 1940’s Dunhill Shell LV1 Straight Brandy
Rehabilitating a 1980’s Brigham 217 “Round Bulldog”
By far one of the most popular of pipe shapes is the classic diamond-shanked Bulldog, in either straight or bent versions. In the Brigham catalog, these are Shapes 16 and 26, respectively, but they are not the only pipe shapes labelled as Bulldogs by this producer. Also on the list are the Shape 25 Squat… Continue reading Rehabilitating a 1980’s Brigham 217 “Round Bulldog”
Reviving a Kaywoodie Super Grain 98B Straight Bulldog
The diamond-shanked Bulldog is one of the most ubiquitous and most recognized of the classic pipe shapes. Every maker had one, and it seems that just about every pipe smoker had at least one example in their rack at one point. This Kaywoodie Super Grain 98B is as classic as they come. Coming to me… Continue reading Reviving a Kaywoodie Super Grain 98B Straight Bulldog
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