Bought it from a gentleman that had inherited it from his Grandfather, paid below 300$, would have been pissed if I had paid what DR Dunhills go for, smokes good, but so do my other pipes, a lot of my other pipes beat it, Ardor ,Becker, Perri, it's like a Mercedes you may think it's the cats meow but it's just a car, Rolex comes to mind, been haveing an explorer for over 20 years, but honestly it just tells time. The old cajun