One of My Canadian Brighams

[mcitinner1]

These pipes are left natural when they're made. I treated them with Odie's Oil and carnuba. The carnuba didn't bring out the sheen anymore than the oil did. The oil must have some wax in it. I know the pipe looks somewhat unfinished, but I guess that's the look they were going for.

 

[pruss]

That's a "Sportsman" series pipe which Brigham used to make and sell at the old Toronto Sportsman's Show. These pipes were of the same quality briar as their associated finished pipes (3 dot - 5 dot) and were sold with the rough(ish) just-filed look that you see on yours. They were also left unstained to colour up naturally while smoking. Folks at the show would be able to watch pipe-makers rough out the pipe, fit the stem, and perform cursory finishing (usually topping and sanding the bowl) before buying the pipe at the show.
These pipes were sold at a discount to the traditional smooth and rusticated finishes found in B&M stores are were typically thicker walled. They were definitely working-man pipes.
You won't get the polish on these pipes that you do with a smooth finished pipe as Brigham Sportsman pipes won't have had the same level of finish sanding as a smooth pipe would.
Enjoy your pipe!
-- Pat

 

[mcitinner1]

Pat, THANK YOU for that info, your story falls right into place. I've kept wondering about the story behind these pipes. I've had five of them for a while now, and decided what I was going to do with them when I saw the thread on Odie's Oil. I smoked this one for the first time today, and it's a goodie. I actually like the rustic look they have. I'm going to save this thread.