Canadian Brigham pipe book.

[stdly]

I don't know how many Canadian pipe smokers frequent this forum and have Brigham pipes but I thought I would share the Christmas present I received.
It is a book on the history of "Brigham" pipes.
It it written by Charles Lemon who repaired three pipes for me earlier this year. He can fix Brigham maple insert pipes and did a great job resorting on one of my patent pipes. He extracted and reused the old aluminum filter insert in the new stem so it is old and new very cool.
I have 11 Brigham pipes and remember visiting one of their stores quite often back in the day.
I read this in one sitting and found it very informative on a subject that I was already interested in.

 

[Emile]

I don't know how many Canadian pipe smokers frequent this forum and have Brigham pipes but I thought I would share the Christmas present I received.
It is a book on the history of "Brigham" pipes.
It it written by Charles Lemon who repaired three pipes for me earlier this year. He can fix Brigham maple insert pipes and did a great job resorting on one of my patent pipes. He extracted and reused the old aluminum filter insert in the new stem so it is old and new very cool.
I read this in one sitting and found it very informative on a subject that I was already interested in. I have 11 Brigham pipes and remember visiting one of their stores quite often back in the day.

Hi, from Quebec !

I actually own 4 Brigham pipe, I don’t really know why but I really like Brigham pipes.

Maybe because mine are made in Canada

 

[deluxestogie]

Can you provide an ISBN for the book, or link to a site where it is available? My searches could not find it on Amazon or Thriftbooks.com.

Bob

 

[stdly]

Hi, wow very nice pipes I like the one dot at the bottom nice big bowl just looks like a cool smoke.
The one at the top looks like it has seven dots if so it could be a collector, the stamping is important.
The book has all the collective making systems for their pipes, even though Brigham did not keep very good records early.
I glad you enjoy smoking some of them as I do.

 

[stdly]

Here it is.

Books

Brigham Pipes – A Century of Canadian Briar 2023. 100pp. $32.50CAD + S&H LIMITED STOCK REMAINING In 1906, Roy Brigham began a small pipe repair business in Toronto, Canada. Through hard w…

dadspipes.com

 

[Emile]

Hi, wow very nice pipes I like the one dot at the bottom nice big bowl just looks like a cool smoke.
The one at the top looks like it has seven dots if so it could be a collector, the stamping is important.
The book has all the collective making systems for their pipes, even though Brigham did not keep very good records early.
I glad you enjoy smoking some of them as I do.

Definitely 7 dots on the stem, could be in the 700 series from de 7 dot system (1980-2001) but under the bowl it is wrote A506…

 

[stdly]

Charles has a version two of his Brigham shape chart on his site if you want to take a look version three is in the book.

The Official Unofficial Brigham Shape Chart

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 image…

dadspipes.com

 

[deluxestogie]

From the blog on smokingpipes.com

A Conversation with Charles Lemon: Author of the new book Brigham Pipes: A Century of Canadian Briar

The History Of Brigham Pipes

 

[Radagast]

I'd like to get my hands on an old Canadian estate Brigham one day.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

I have two five dots. I like how well they smoke but I think they're both ugly, haha. Now to locate them.

I'd like to get my hands on an old Canadian estate Brigham one day.

Antique shops aren't bad places to look for Brighams.

 

[deluxestogie]

The Brigham pipes all appear to have a "rock maple insert". I've never seen one.

• What does it look like?
• How well does it work?
• Does it need to be replaced?
• Is it difficult to clean?

Bob

 

[stdly]

The Brigham pipes all appear to have a "rock maple insert". I've never seen one.

• What does it look like?
• How well does it work?
• Does it need to be replaced?
• Is it difficult to clean?

Bob

Hi Bob,
The Brigham pipes before the patent years had no filter. After the patent they produced some non filtered pipe that had to small a shank for the filter system.
Here is a pic of two of my Brigham's opened the bottom one has the filter inserted.
The filter has a aluminum tip and are made of rock maple because it is plentiful in Canada.

It works well at absorbing liquid.
Yes you have to replace the filter and they are not cheap.
Easy to clean.
You don't have to use a filter if you don't want to

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

The Brigham pipes all appear to have a "rock maple insert". I've never seen one.

• What does it look like?
• How well does it work?
• Does it need to be replaced?
• Is it difficult to clean?

Bob

Those filters are a dowel that has been drilled through, end to end. I know someone that saw the production. It's a wooden straw with a metal end to attach it to the pipe stem. I've never used one.

 

[deluxestogie]

I wonder if the Medico paper filters would fit. They are 6mm x 53mm cylinders. And they are dirt cheap, relatively speaking.

https://www.smokingpipes.com/accessories/filters-and-adaptors/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=110363

Bob

 

[deluxestogie]

I was looking at a listing for a Brigham "Voyageur" pipe (a brute of a pipe!), since I am currently reading a history book called the Voyageurs. I noticed that it is made in Italy.

https://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/Brigham/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=574004#fullscreen

Looking at some of the other Brigham pipes, they are also made in countries other than Canada. (The "Rustler, by Wrangler" jeans that I'm wearing as I type this were made in Kenya, and the Hanes Henley shirt made in Honduras.)

Bob

 

[stdly]

Brigham pipes are not made in Canada anymore, they are made in France and Italy I believe and the aluminum tenon is now made of composite.
I do not own any of their newer pipes.

Here is a bad pic of the two filters together for size reference.

 

[ChinaVoodoo]

I think they are made by Chacom now

 

[Emile]

The Brigham pipes all appear to have a "rock maple insert". I've never seen one.

• What does it look like?
• How well does it work?
• Does it need to be replaced?
• Is it difficult to clean?

Bob

-They work well, no restrictions but sometimes small tobacco chunk tend to clog them
- I don’t replace them really often, when I use them, I use 2 filters. After each bowl when the pipe is cool, I replace it by the dry one and let the one I was using dry until the next change. A pair could last me more than a month
- clean them with a pipe cleaner same way you clean a stem

 

[Hemlock]

I don't know how many Canadian pipe smokers frequent this forum and have Brigham pipes but I thought I would share the Christmas present I received.
It is a book on the history of "Brigham" pipes.
It it written by Charles Lemon who repaired three pipes for me earlier this year. He can fix Brigham maple insert pipes and did a great job resorting on one of my patent pipes. He extracted and reused the old aluminum filter insert in the new stem so it is old and new very cool.
I have 11 Brigham pipes and remember visiting one of their stores quite often back in the day.
I read this in one sitting and found it very informative on a subject that I was already interested in.

Thanks for this heads up. Bought the book to support the author and read an intriguing truly Canadian story. I have a half dozen and enjoy Brigham’s. A few patent era’s too.

I am also a fan of Trypis pipes he worked at Brigham for a number of years and I can see a common style in some rustication.