That Canadian was my first "good pipe". That long sleek profile classes up my pipe rack. Lovats are good too, I much prefer the saddle bit. But most of the lovats I've seen are much shorter. The Brigham Canadian I have, I can see into the bowl well enough to light properly due to its length.
Very nice! Thats a beauty! Think I've grown as fond of dublins as I have billiards. Clean classic shaped pipes. Always up to add more petes to the stable too hahaExactly! The military mount makes it perfect.
I have my reliable old 307 bent billiard from the '80s, and have ordered an Arklow 606 sandblasted pot. But on the Peterson Pipe Notes blog, I caught pics of an Antarctic explorer, Tom Crean, taken with his Dublin Pete, and thought that would be a cool pipe:
256. Tom Crean and His Peterson Pipes in the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration
Tom Crean (1877-1938), known affectionately as “the Irish Giant” by his shipmates, was a member of three expeditions to Antarctica during the Heroic Age of Antarctic Exploration (1897-1922), distin…tinyurl.com
Next year!
I agree about the looks. It's merely that the Brigham pipes are so *long* -- 7 inches?!
They are very long, just a hair under 7 inches.
