Larryson pipes are amazing.
Somewhere around here is a a brief discussion of them started by Rafter. I think it's in the "PAD Desires" thread. I'd expect that $400 pipe is going to do nothing but appreciate in value as he becomes more and more a force to be reckoned with. I don't think he's even a full time pipe maker yet and does heat and air work as a day job.
To me his skills and talent are easily in the same league with the "elite" makers like Chonowitsch, Eltang etc.