I've been an admirer of Dr. Bob's pipes for years. He has a rustication technique that IMHO is unmatched. Anyway, I've been craving one of his pipes for some time, but either the shape wasn't quite right, or the pipe wasn't rusticated, or whatever. Anyway, I saw this one and fell in love with it. He also makes some terrific hawk bills--check out his site: www.drbobpipes.com . For those of you who may not be familiar with the good doctor, he's a practicing physician in Vermont who just loves it when people (including other docs) want to assail him with the dangers of pipe smoking. He's got the facts and figures and quickly makes mincemeat out of detractors. Anyway, here's my new beauty: