My first pipe was a Bari, which was ok to start with, my second a Peterson with P-lip, with which I burnt the roof of my mouth and nearly gave up pipe smoking. My third pipe was a Savinelli, which smoked cool and dry and let me taste the tobacco from the first smoke. I have meanwhile mastered to smoke the P-lip and have among others gathered Stanwells, BCs, Petersons and a lot more Savinellis. They are all good pipes and smoke well, some better, than others, but Savinellis are always great smokers.