Thanks for all the nice comments guys. I really have been flip flopping all over about buying an American carver. I really looked around for a while and luckily I ran across this one which called to me. I have seen too many weird shapes and a lot of small pipes. I cannot see myself smoking a blow fish, or volcano, or a tulip or a saucer or many of these wacky shapes. They are pretty to look at , but I like my pipes to look like a pipe.
gwtwdbss, if a realtor had brought me this deal I would have been out well over 10k for a commission, I figure a Rad Davis pipe is more than fair, maybe a few Rad Davis pipes are in the future, now that I think of it.