I just got these "Personal Reserve" pipes in the mail two days ago from Ebay for about $20 a piece. They were sold by Barry Levin of Levin Pipes International back in the late 80's and early 90's. Barry Levin was an early pioneer in the world of marketing estate pipes - he sold pipes by sending out mailers with actual photo prints of the pipes offered for that month. These mailers were much anticipated and recipients would rush to pick out the pipes they wanted because it was first come, first served. You'd call Barry and make arrangements for payment and wait for your pipes to arrive in the mail. Anyway, he had this Personal Reserve line of pipes made and these particular pipes were made by Bill Taylor of Ashton Pipes. I didn't know that when I bought them, but found out later with a little Google research. I've been smoking the bent Dublin and it smokes very good; the billiard is unsmoked as of yet.