I just ordered a Ropp like that the other day from Smokingpipes.com, except my stem is more grayish. Looking forward to getting it. Does it smoke good?
I like it! It's very small, but it has a really nice, big, conical chamber. The horn stem is a lot rounder than I'm used to, so it feels a bit slippery to clench, but I'm not someone who clenched a ton anyway. It gurgles a bit a few times in each bowl, but most pipes gurgle for me when new. Most eventually grow out of it. So far, I have been using it for Virginia-based tobacco and they seem to taste really good out of it. It has been especially kind to Pease's Embarcadero. All in all, pretty satisfying pipe for the price!
Now smoking Peterson Irish Flake in a Stanwell billiard.