I'm glad that Regal is smoking good for ya Jay. I gotta agree with you about the older pipes. I find that the newer pipes smoke fine,but- I smoke mostly filtered pipes, they don't quite measure up in the "fit and finish" as well as the older pipes. Even so,for what they cost they are a decent pipe,especially the Royaltons. It would be nice if they still made some of the shapes they used to make.