The Liverpool is a Billiard variant, like the Lumberman, Lovat, and Canadian. Most closely related to the Lovat, the difference is merely in a tapered stem rather than a saddle stem. As you can see, that little detail makes a difference, with a tapered stem visually seeming more a part of the stummel and continuing the lines of the shank, whereas a saddle bit will truncate the extension and divert the eyes forward to the bowl. This piece from Ropp is a classic example, its arrow-straight shank-and-stem combination meeting the bowl with medium cheeking for a firm and traditional presentation.

Ropp's Ruby line presents a more colorful palette than the French marque's other series, dressing each pipe in a crimson sandblast. Such a stain hearkens back to old-school French and English pipes, and the retro style is furthered by the inclusion of new old-stock stems of genuine horn