I have a few -- Chacom, BC, Genod. One favorite is a little Chacom yacht I bought several years ago. The bowl walls are thin, so sometimes I hold the shank instead of the bowl, but it gives a good smoke. EWA, sold mostly by Iwan Ries I think, makes some good little pipes for around forty bucks, little churchwardens and some shorter stem pipes, but proper quality and good little cookers. The French pipe making community has admirable pride in their products and always seem above their price point in quality, both craftsmanship and design. The French were the original users of briar, and their design inspired most of what we think of as classic English shapes. French pipes are generally well made and fine looking, to me.