View attachment 3865881984 Dunhill with a Cumberland stem won in a pipe smoking contest decades ago in Saint Charles, MO at the pipe shop of John Dengler. Currently smoking a blend called Telescopes that he developed for me before that contest. I rarely smoke this pipe, but it does smoke well. When I first got it, I was surprised that the smoking enjoyment was not any better than my much much cheaper pipes, both in terms of quality and reputation. I simply couldn't imagine that for all the money that was being asked for a Dunhill, in terms of pipe smoking quality, there wasn't a hair's bit of difference between what I already had and the Dunhill. Just looking at the pipe, other than the Cumberland stem and perhaps the bit, nothing really stood out as being superior. Oh well. Now I have 7 Dunhills. I've learned to appreciate them for what they are and not for what they aren't.