Peck,
Congratulations and Happy Birthday early. Every time I looked for one of J T Cooke's pipes it was the same story, sold, unavailable, Unfortunately, i.e. SOL..... I had about given up for the time being and went in other directions and then this showed up in a place I did not expect it to be.
First impression, sweet shape, then it's smooth and not a blast and I love a good blast, 90%+ of my pipes are blasts. There's nothing wrong with a straight grain, the few I have are beautiful to behold and smoke. So I hem, haw, talk myself out of it, go back and look at it, close the window, sigh you all know the drill, I bought it and couldn't be happier, I hope you get your 7 day set soon. Enjoy!