Happy New Year everyone! New year, new pipe, new tobacco! I am currently breaking in this Chacom GC, but it smokes like a champ from the first draw. A few members here have been praising Chacoms highly, so I took the plunge, and I can't believe how good it is. Thank you for your service, fellow pipers! I also removed the metal filter, and the draw is so ample, it reminds me of a Castello. The Davidoff English mixture ain't bad too...