I'm a big fan of Briarworks and Moonshine pipes and saw today they released a tapered stem version of the C22. I enjoy watching the Stuff and Things tobacco reviews and saw Bradley had recently been gifted one of these by Briarworks so I guess the response was great enough for these to go into regular production. The saddle stem usually on the C22 Billiard they've been producing looks good but this new Billiard just has that classic look that I can't say no to. I picked one up and if I had a little more wiggle room in my budget I probably would have picked two up haha! I'm not affiliated in anyway, but I've never had a bad smoking Briarworks or Moonshine pipe and I'm looking forward to getting my hands on this one.