Some quick thoughts. The pipe is very comfortable to hold. It feels solid. Loading the pipe with rubbed out SG BBF was easy since the bowl diameter is 3/4 inch, and 1.5 inches deep, so it held a good amount of tobacco. It smoked great. No odd flavor or taste detected. Smoked great to the bottom of the bowl. It got a bit warm up top of the pipe but cooled quickly. It really didn't get that hot on the bottom half of the pipe. When it did, it cooled quickly. Overall an excellent smoking experience.
Running pipe cleaners is easy. I can run a pipe cleaner through the pipe without removing the stem.