Thanks a million for any and all cob updates. We must support MM. A great American Co. I try to buy all, and everything from MM, and often give their pipes away to friends. Not to long ago, I read that MM had over 100 employees, and now down to 40+ (please correct me if this is wrong). The other side of this is that the cobs smoke GREAT. R Santia makes double cob, custom pipes with a briar bottom plug. GREAT. Dave Neeb, (Mkelaw Pipes) sells R. Santia.