Just visited the Missouri Meerschaum site from the Forums link and ordered a Dagner poker cob, which I've been coveting for a while. While poking around the site, I came upon a note informing customers that all their prices will go up in October, after some years with no price increases. So if you are filling your MM cob needs, you may want to do so before this occurs. Even with an incremental price increase, these are tremendous bargains. Some consider cobs a disposable pipe, and for those who take them camping, fishing, and in their vehicles, that's probably the right attitude. But in fact, cobs can be a permanent feature of your stable for decades or longer. I've outfitted mine with Forever stems in some cases. I have a large freehand (natural) that came with an acrylic stem. The attractive feature on the Dagner is the acrylic stem, in addition to its sitter feature and nickel band, pricey for a cob, very little money for a pipe. So, just a heads up from the Missouri Meerschaum people, if you're buying cobs, sometime before October is a good time to get them.