Looking into pipes...

[OC Richard]

I'm also not a fan of imitation ivory, and these have a classic, universal look.

Very true! I too hate imitation ivory (and imitation horn) and I'd much rather have an all-metal-mounted set.

I used to have an old set of Lawries, probably from the 1950's, that looked just like your McCallum there except lacking the slides.

Nickle slides were uncommon in the old days, and the basic sets with blackwood projecting mounts usually had plain wood slides, nickle ferrules, and either nickle caps or ivory rings at the top.

Here's my blackwood Dunbars fully mounted in aluminum. Inexpensive, lightweight bling.