Well, thanks for the warm welcome (but would I expect anything less from pipe-smokers?!). To answer the one or two questions I've noted here, there's only my cousin, Antoine Grenard, still making pipes (Chacom), over in Saint Claude. I know some newly-made 'Comoy' pipes have been appearing and it's not very clear to me who's supplying them and on what basis... As for me, I was brought up in the UK, lived for a while in Paris and Monaco (yuck) and am now ensconced in the woods between Venice and the Slovene border. As soon as I've found the right area, I'll post one or two photos of things that might be of interest!