My Mr.Brog Old Boy. Cost very little for a brand new pipe and I naively expected alot. Firstly the product image on the ebay store I bought it from was very handsome, the pipe I got was not the same. They are all different, I know, but the 'rustication' was just amateur!
Smoked alright though, but soon the finish on the black section began to flake off and bubbles appeared.
I contacted Mr.Brog for a replacment. After a longer wait than I wanted, I got my new pipe. Not smoked it a great deal but smoked alright, the stem is a little ovely bent at the tip and I can't get a cleane down it properly. Fine other than that though, but I would not buy a textured finish model from them again, far too basic and rushed look. Smooth all the way if I buy again.
This is the replacement. I've only smoked heavy latakia in it so far, so for the sake of it it'll stay as a designated latakia vessel.