I got it in the mail yesterday and just fired it up. I highly recommend an Eric Paulson Devil Anse if you are looking for one. The price isn't bad and the draft hole is right at the bottom of the bowl. I love this pipe.
Thanks guys. Piper, Thats bare briar you're seeing. I'm working on breaking it in right now. Trying to take it real easy since this is the first pipe I've smoked without a coating already in the bowl.
mp, great looking pipe,congrats. No need to worry about a naked bowl, fill it to the top and smoke away. I personally enjoy the flavor of the briar at the end of the bowl,has a kind of nutty flavor.