Well, at last, the Bentons that used to be featured as Iwan Ries Exclusives house pipes have finally disappeared from the web site, so the page is blank. Apparently the source finally dried up, stopped production or directed it elsewhere. Now I am assuming, since the Exclusives category is still listed, Iwan Ries seems to be looking for another source of its house pipes. I hope they find a good one. In tribute to the old Benton series, I am proud I bought three over the years, a billiard, a Canadian and a compact Oom Paul, all great smokers and handsome but extremely reasonable pipes. I've been grumbling about the page for months, since all the pipes were listed as out of stock, and now finally they've cleared the slate. At least there is movement on this front.
