Bringham Help - Anyone seen a 4 Dot with this stem?

[JSPiper71]

Hi All, my ATPA (All Things Pipe Addiction) has reached new heights. I’ve now started buying up all the estate pipes I can find and begun a little restoration hobby. So much to learn, but I‘m getting pretty good at basic restoration. I came across this nice little Bringham and was wondering if anyone has seen a 4 Dot with a stem like this? I can’t seem to find them in any of their pipe charts or history. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Jacob74]

I haven't seen a 4 dot, but that's a dental bit. Here is a thread from a while back on a 2 dot with that style. Brigham Estate Restoration (14 pictures) :: Pipe Talk - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/brigham-estate-restoration-14-pictures.30413/

 

[JSPiper71]

I haven't seen a 4 dot, but that's a dental bit. Here is a thread from a while back on a 2 dot with that style. Brigham Estate Restoration (14 pictures) :: Pipe Talk - https://pipesmagazine.com/forums/threads/brigham-estate-restoration-14-pictures.30413/

Thanks for the tip. I knew someone here would know. I've never heard of a dental bit before. So much to learn still. I wonder if it originated before or after Peterson's PLip?

 

[GreatWhiteNorthPiper]

I've never seen a Brigham with that kind of stem before. My guess is that it's likely a replacement stem of some kind. But I could be wrong of course. I always thought that Brigham used regular fishtail stems.

 

[JSPiper71]

I was wondering about that, but who and how would you replace the stem with the 4 dots? And the fact that Jacob provided another link to a Bringham 2 dot with the same stem, it's likely that they made them at one point. I've tried to find more details about the dental bit and it looks like it came from a company called Falcon and was made for those who had dentures. But Bringham's is different than the Falcons. @JimInks @sablebrush52 can you guys help out here?

Attaching pics of it now that it's been cleaned and restored

 

[sablebrush52]

The bit is interesting. Looks like a "dental" bit, usually for people with dentures. A number of manufacturers offered them. I don't know a lot about Brigham. There's an article in Pipedia.

 

[kcghost]

Never seen one my life.

 

[JSPiper71]

I think it's an 80's or maybe even 90's era pipe. They changed the dots system in 1980 to 7 dots as opposed to 6. The Bringham label was also changed then. This lasted until 2001, when they were no longer made in Canada, moving to Italy. I just can't find anything on this stem. I met the Bringham rep at my local B&M. Maybe I'll reach out to him.

 

[peteguy]

Send this guy your question. You will get the answer from as close to the source as you will find. Charles is a great guy and has a lot of knowledge about Brigham. Does authorized repairs and everything.

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[JSPiper71]

Send this guy your question. You will get the answer from as close to the source as you will find. Charles is a great guy and has a lot of knowledge about Brigham. Does authorized repairs and everything.

Contact

Contact me to ask about your repair or restoration or just to say hi and talk pipes! Email: DadsPipesRestorations@gmail.com Mailing Address: DadsPipes.comPO Box 39 St George Brant POSt George Brant…

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Emailing back and forth with Charles. He suggests that this is a custom stem that was made for someone when Bringham still did manufacturing here in Toronto. You could get stems replaced and customized if you were so inclined. Anyway, nice find! I have another strange Bringham with a Twin Bore stem I bought from the same guy that is not a size Charles has seen before. He tells me that it could have come from Herb Bringham himself who after retirement would often drop by and make one-offs. They would always be rated as 5 Dots. I asked whether it meant this pipe was work 1M$. He said that was unlikely!