I'm Anthony's opposite: pray ye the man who tries to take my straight pipes away from me! But I thought ALL straights, with the exception of the freestyles, were a little monotonous, and a real practitioner of the Art should have at least a few full bends. And as fortune would have it, I found the Christmas line from Peterson for this year enticing. So I took a chance and got the LX, with a spigot no less, and the Xmas 106. Both were enchanting, and the full bend LX so much so I pulled the trigger for the trumpet shape bent. I loved the stem, which moved without interruption, into the stummel (which is why I don't like saddle stems) (Sorry to have forgotten the numbers describing the bent pipes.) I still have to learn how to properly smoke these enormous bents -- how to keep the smoke out of your eyes, for example -- but I think it's a good way to end the year.