Thank you very much for the kind comments on this pipe. It´s really great to see this piece from your different points of view. When I saw it first, I really did not like it that much - the contrast stain, the ring, and the shape of that bowl is honestly not, what I usually like. But then I touched it and instantly developed an affection. That´s what it is for me with pipes - I really love to feel them.
Even if I know of course, that Thomsens workshop in Berlin is really far away from where most of you live - to visit that store is certainly the best way to buy his pipes, once you´re sitting at the table in his workshop / store, most prices are definately negotiable and, by the way, sometimes some residents from the US show up, just to have a little talk. So, if you ever visit Berlin, Thomsens store is a nice place to be.