I have both the lower and the upper, and I concur. The "lower" two I have are very fine smokers. As are the uppers. The lowers have a bit more wood on them it seems, and they burn a bit cooler because of this. No flies on the budget bunch. The "lower" are more heavily sandblasted, perhaps because their wood isn't as pretty. But it's still briar.
Yep, we all have enough "micro" plastics in us to make a decent pipe stem....some of us may have enough for a Churhwarden stem.Yes, marketing is part of it . . . give 'em what they want. And i seriously doubt that any more the a very small percentage of the public knows what a colloidal vehicle is. Nor do they probably care. But they use one every time they take an ointment medicine and many other food substances. Otherwise the stuff would separate and wouldn't look nice.
Processed "cheese" in a jar is a good example.
