Peck, i think i am going to make an automated response to your "new pipe threads", because i end up saying the same exact thing every time: something along the lines of how beautiful and awesome it looks and how i am envious of your collection while at the same time stoked for you for getting to enjoy a vast array of such wonderful pipes by such amazing artisans. Don't think i have seen 1 pipe you have posted that i didn't dig on some level.....except that gargantuan ugly ass ardor you posted in that "ugly pipes" thread. I think it was your first pipe or something like that, IIRC.