When are you going to make a test morta so I can smoke it and decide if I like morta
My very poor explanation is that it started During WWI. The soldiers in the trenches needed to be able to disassemble their pipe when hot and the tapered mortise and tenon allowed that without worrying about the usual consequences of a friction fit tenon no longer fitting after removal from a pipe. The usual taper is 1.5-2 degrees on both the tenon and mortise.The reinforcing ring helps to keep from splitting the mortise.Why is that called a military mount?