Who IS The Next Rad Davis?

When I say the next Rad, I am talking about an artisan who besides making awesome smoking pipes with amazing hand cut stems, but does it for around 350-400.00 for a new sandblasted pipe that consistently has a nice ring grain blast. Rad was known for producing some of the best smoking pipes yet purposely kept his prices down.
I have been looking for someone who is as consistent as Rad, but honestly have been finding it difficult. Abe Herbaugh makes some really nice looking pipes in the Rad price range, but I am not sure yet if he will be able to keep his pricing in line. His demand is such that he may be tempted to increase his prices just because he can.
I have been told that Jerry Crawford could be the next Rad as his pipes allegedly( this is from Peck and we all know he has shit tastes in pipes) smoke similar to Rad's but so far most of the ones I have seen from him, do not match up quality off blast wise, many of his just don't have as detailed of a ring grain that Rad used to have.
One artisan that I consider to be in Rad's category is Scott Thile, I own one of his pipes and it smokes as good as any Rad I own and his stem work is right up there. Here is a pic of the lone Thile I own.


I like the fact that Scott has kept his prices lower than most especially since I see guys who have been at it far shorter charging more money.
Are there people out there who you know of that are more in the Rad category price and quality wise?

Duane, totally forgot about Bruce. I own two of his pipes and love them. Bought both as estates and got nice deals on them. I do look at his site a lot but most times pipes I like are 500.00 plus. I have noticed that his really nice blasted pipes are all over 500.00 and the ones where his blasts are not great he keeps in the 400's. If he priced his best blasted pipes in the low 400's then I would say he could be the next Rad, but he knows he can get more so he does. Rad would sell his best blasts for low 4's or even high 3's if there were no shank applications.

Duane, hell if he is a buddy, order me some pipes and tell him they are for you. lol
His blast work is really unique and I can spot it right off the bat. He could be the next Rad if he wanted the job, he would sell all his blasted pipes within a day if he priced them like Rad. For example, on his for sale page, the bent apple at the bottom, it would already be sold if he priced it at 395.00 instead of 500.00. Sure he will eventually sell it for 500.00 but you and I know it would have been gone within a couple of hours if he priced like Rad. He would make 200.00 instead of 250.00 but he woulld sell them so much faster that the volume would make him more money in the end. Rad had it down so he could make 2 pipes a day and that meant 400 a day times 5 days a week equals over 100k a year working 9-5 no weekends. When Rad sent out an email listing his pipes, the blasted ones were pretty much all gone in a couple of hours tops, watch how long Bruce's pipes sit at 500.00.

peck, I had no idea that Bruce was up there age wise, for some reason I always thought of him to be around my age. That Layton with the darker stain and all that birdseye is awesome, I would pay 300.00 for that one. lol
Who has the better stemwork of Layton and Crawford?

Bradley, that is a real nice blast, how is Ryan's stem work?

MLC, thanks, good to be back. Those blasts are really nice and the stems also look really well done. Not coating the bowls is a big plus in my book, I hate those bowl coatings. Ryan has certainly come a long way since he began. If Ryan can blast that consistently and keep his prices down, he might just be the next Rad, it sure would be a great reputation to have. I just checked his site and low and behold there was a pipe with my name on it. I will post a threaad in the pipe talk room showing pics of my first Alden pipe.