J'aime les pipes francaises pour leur price et quality, > Yes can't argue, all aforementioned do correspond the truth,generally speaking,I have found french make pipes wheter,ButZ Choquin or Chacom and even Ropp,all thse St Claude made pipes offer very good Price/quality and based on my experience in past and now,these have less visual flaws or construction issues to be found in comparition with the medium priced Petersons.Nonetheless,should to be said,I'm observing all my French make pipes wheter Rattray,Chacom, Ropp, Butz they tend to smoke a bit hotter than Say My Savinelli or Petersons- especially if they come with walls on thinner side,yet as expected the draw is a bit more restricted-