Blog by Steve Laug
If you have followed rebornpipes for any length of time you know that I love older Orlik pipes and have restored and/or repaired many. I have several older Orlik Dugout cased pipes in my collection. The pipes are to my eye quintessential British pipes in classic shapes and styles. They are well made and have a lot of charm to them. The ones that I have vary between small (Group 1-2 Dunhill sizes) to medium (Group 2-3 Dunhill sizes). Needless to say when this booklet was posted on the Pipe Club of Brasil Facebook Group by Victor C. Naddeo who is the Administrator of that group I snagged a copy. To me it not only provides some of the background history that is hard to find on these pipes but also a wishbook of shapes that I would love to add to the collection. I decided to preserve it on rebornpipes. The shape book is a great addition to my historical documents section on the blog. Thank you Victor for posting this and the other booklets that you have been sharing. I am really enjoying the current batch of posts that you are putting on the Pipe Club Brasil Group. I invite others to check out the group on Facebook. Here is the link: https://www.facebook.com/groups/1001391469961131/ 
Steve,
Thanks for posting the Orlik material. This info on Orlik is hard to come by. I’ve been keeping my eyes open for such info for several years, without much luck. I have only one Orlik that I picked up for $7.00 almost 20 years ago at a flea market near St. Catherine’s ON. It was in rough shape and looked like it had spent a long time languishing in a damp basement. At that point in time I didn’t know anyone like yourself who refurbished pipes, so I called the Brigham factory over on Ripley Ave. to see is they could help. They said sure, bring it over, so when making a pastoral visit at a hosp. not far from there,( Yes I’m a retired pastor ) I dropped the pipe off at Brigham’s. I think they were still finishing pipes at their shop at that time and they had a small, mostly female staff. I picked the pipe up a couple of weeks later and was amazed at how they had brought it back to life. Aside from a couple of small nicks on the inner rim, it looked new. I have had no luck in dating the pipe, but I’m guessing it is from the 50’s or 60’s. It is an Orlik natural, shape # TN504T. It has a metal inner tube type tennen that is securely fastened to the bit. I guess these little mysteries are part of what makes pipe collecting fun. Thanks for all your informative blogs.
Thank you Lowell, like you I am a fan of these pipes. I too am a pastor (now serving in an NGO rather than a parish). Not sure if or when I will retire though as I am moving close to my 65th year I can feel the compulsion. Thanks also for the kind comments on the blog.