A very interesting pipe, pugcasso. In my smoking days, I loved a good pipe. I had a couple of Petersons among others. I hope you will enjoy your pipe;nothing better than a fine pipe and good tabacco before a fire on a cold winter evening. I liked my meershuam lined briar, the calabash, and the long stemmed clay pipe. They all smoked cool and dry.

But then, having been horribly addicted to tobacco (3 packs a day for 30 years or so) and having had to have a heart transplant, I find it important not to smoke. I figure if I smoke one cigarette or one pipe, I'd just as well go ahead and buy a carton. (You know the old saying: One is too many and a boat-load is not enough!)

But I surely do appreciate a good pipe. And yours stands up by itself with that square bottom. A nice touch.