In January of 2018 I saw this fist-filling saddle stem Billiard on the online auction block from a seller in Hillsdale, Indiana.  The obscured grain had great potential, but the stem needed a good bit of help.  I put out a bid and brought this stout Billiard home to Bulgaria where we lived at the time.  It found its way to the ‘For “Pipe Dreamers” ONLY!’ collection for pipe men and women to commission benefitting the Daughters of Bulgaria, an effort that my wife and I founded in Bulgaria that continues today helping women and girls who have been trafficked and sexually exploited.Pipe man Mike from Tennessee heard the whisper of this pipe and the McMillian Sports joined other pipes he commissioned.  I appreciate Mike’s love of pipes and the fellowship that pipes create with likeminded folks.  I also appreciate Mike’s other hobby of threading and creating flies…