I don’t own any Sav’s so I can’t say, but with as much volume as they churn out daily I guess it’s not surprising that a few are bad. I have a few poorly constructed Peterson’s and I only own 7, so I guess I’m more sensitive to it. Especially when you buy a higher end model and something is this blatantly off. The drilling is jacked on a couple of mine, I just choose to try and ignore it because they’re beautiful to look at. And when smoked properly (gently) they don’t tend to gurgle much, if at all, so no harm I suppose. To be fair, I love Peterson pipes. I don’t love any pipes as much as theirs. I’m not saying other manufacturers don’t have lemons, either. For the price this just irritates the crap out of me, more so because I want to buy a Kapp Royal and then I see this garbage. The stem on one of my Rosslare’s is similarly crooked and this is giving me PTSD lol.