Thanks one and all. I tend to limit my pipe buying to Rhodies and Dogs (PAD control) and I buy pipes because I like how they look but even more importantly based on how they smoke. The XL21 is what I think of as a perfect pipe. Each of us has his preferences and no one is better than another but the Peterson Bulldog (XL 21)is mine, with a smooth easy draw, a substantial tobacco chamber and a bit that lends itself to sipping. The style is classical and Peterson's better grades are always finished well. All seven of the pipes in this set share the same style number but each is a unique representation of that style. No two are the same. As the father of five children, there wasn't a lot of money for pipes in the budget. Much of my collection consisted of Estate pipes I reconditioned. The kids are grown and gone now, the mortgage paid and I don't owe anything to anyone so I promised myself a matching set of pipes that had never been smoked by anyone else. The Pipe Gods saw fit to grant that wish.
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