And a comment on the cobs, though the comment above in jest, I don't own a single briar that smokes as well as my cobs. Dunno if a higher quality briar is the ticket or what, but I've got about a dozen estate briars, mostly kaywoodie and graybow and other OTC type pipes, none of them smoke as well as my MM pipes which I have about a dozen. They're pretty, but save for the one bulldog that loves English blends, I've not found any to out perform a MM cob.