There are many gorgeous examples of the pipe carver's art posted on Forums regularly these days, but I remember some years ago when they were almost a daily feature. Especially two members come to mind, although there were probably more than a dozen at one time who shared photos of their artisan pipe collections. The late great fish'n'banjo did photos of himself smoking his vast number of museum piece pipes for years. You might think he was bragging, but because of his generous nature, I always thought of it as sharing. I'd nearly always look at his posts and respond. Likewise, peck who is still an active member but not posting nearly as much, would post some magnificent acquisition every week or three. Maybe it was just because I was less familiar with artisan pipes than now, it was a whole new world. I felt that left an opening for a guy (me) who specialized in factory pipes at more modest prices, but I did, and do, appreciate the high end items in all their art and craftsmanship.