Here is quite a special piece. For one, I used Acrylic for the mouthpiece. I have not used Acrylic in many, many years and I am not sure I like working with it anymore! I have really gotten use to Ebonite and while Acrylic has it’s benefits and is very beautiful material it is challenging to work with. But I said that when I began to use Ebonite. In any event it is a beautiful mouthpiece but not to worry, I am not converting back to Acrylic! The second thing that makes this a special piece is that it is the same pipe I was roughing out in the article on Smoking Pipes written by Chuck Stanion titled, Larry Roush Phoenix of American Pipe Makers. https://www.smokingpipes.com/smokingpipesblog/single.cfm/post/larry-roush-the-phoenix-pipe-makers The article was written in 2021 and I have been saving this piece until the right moment to finish it. Well, the moment arrived on the anniversary of D-Day. I had every intention of finishing this piece for myself but when my good friend Mark said he wanted a pipe for his son I thought I had the perfect pipe. Liam is a down to earth guy and I thought this poker would be the perfect fit. I feel this piece turned out beautiful and the blast is stunning. Hand cut Acrylic mouthpiece w/Delrin tennon, hand made solid sterling silver “Wide Rope” fitment. Thank you very much for looking and your consideration of my work.