Quote Originally Posted by JustTroItIn View Post
Yes and no. It's kind of a lottery. There are Grabows and Brogs that will smoke as well as any Dunhill, but I'm sure there are some duds. When you buy a higher end brand you are almost always going to get a tool that performs well at the job it was designed.
So in a nutshell... it's half insurance. Ironically my first pipe was a basket pipe that seems to do better than my brog and MM.

I really appreciate the time you've taken. I've researched this before and the resounding answer I've seem to come across was it depends lol.