Thanks, Kevin, for fixing that post. I did as you suggested the first two tries, but the post only showed "img" or something like that. I then used an alternative link that photobucket provides, and that worked. By then, there were two, as the first try had appeared as well. I'll do it as you suggest in the future. As for the Ben Wade, it was from an estate of a Sacramento fellow (where I live) that was purchased by an ebayer back East. I guess it just wanted to come home! I'll photograph the shank marking and bit tonight and post them. The bit slips onto a middle transition piece, which, in turn, is threaded to an insert in the stem. Don't know if these terms are correct, but I'll show the connections tonight. This pipe is light for it's size, and is just a delight to smoke. I seem to be collecting pipes based on their bowl size lately--large ones for extended smokes, and smaller pipes to use when I have time constraints, and not much in between.