My First "Made in Canada" Pipe

I've got Swiss made pipes, Italian, English, American, Russian and even a Japanese pipe, but this is my first Canadian pipe. It's a Briarmeer and has an odd cutout bowl with a meerschaum insert as you can see in the second picture. The pipe appears to not have been smoked often, which is probably not a good sign. These are the seller picks. It actually looks somewhat better in person and should clean up really nicely. I'll do that this weekend.
Does anybody else have a Briarmeer? If so, what do you think of them?

Steve, in a Reborn Pipes entry had done some pretty good detective work. Here is his entry:
Reborn Briarmeer
Mine is just about like new and will only require a ream and clean. Looking forward to firing it up this weekend!

Here she is cleaned up. Seems to be good quality briar and craftsmanship.

With the recent addition of my second Briarmeer pipe I'm officially a collector.

What looks like cork is actually a meerschaum plug. It's supposed to soak up the moisture from combustion.

The bulldog smokes just fine. The other one has a tighter draw than I prefer because of the way the airway is drilled in the shank. It's at a pretty extreme angle and the tenon of the stem partially obscures the airway. I'm pretty sure I can fix that.
I have to say, moisture has never been a huge problem for me. And I think the sacrifices that had to be made in the design and line appeal of these pipes (particularly the bull dog) really isn't worth the intended benefit. In short, I think the meerschaum thing is pretty much just a gimmick. But these Briarmeers represent a long history of pipe makers in addressing the problem. The history is what interests me and the reason I collect pipes like this.
The briar quality seems to be good. Fit and finish is...well...maybe a little mediocre but not too bad. If I see another up for auction I imagine I'd go for it.
By the way, a company called Briacraft did take up the Briarmeer name sometime after the original company went out of business, so you may see some pipes with that name with a full meerschaum lining.