Beautiful pipe! I've got 2 meers as my daily smokers and while the won't replace me Favs in my heart they sure make great daily smokers for us guys not into cobs.
No, I happened across it while browsing The Country Squire's website, a B&M in Mississippi, it must have been sitting around their shop for some time, the silver band was completely black when I got it, lucky score for sure.
That is a wonderful pipe. I love clean, smooth pipes otherwise it becomes like smoking a garden statue that you feel should have a fountain or similar. I dislike carved or ornate pipes as they seem to be dust or dirt traps.