South Seas in a 1979 straight smooth Dr. Grabow pot. This pipe is one of my favorites. It's been with me through sleet, snow, rain, and storm, and a lot of life. It has taken a lot of punishment, and still delivers a really good smoke. I have not smoked it in about a year and a half because the only tobacco it's seen the last 20 some years is SWRA. I realize I'm probably several months away from smoking SWRA again, so I decided it was time to break out my old friend and smoke with it. I know I have many other pipes, some I bought, some bought for me, and many expensive ones given to me when my best friend died. My pipes are my friends, some more so than others. I don't distinguish the expensive from the cheaper pipes when it comes to how I feel about them. I suspect many of us are the same way.