The glue/vulcanite sounds the best but again, no extra stems at all... only been smoking a pipe a few months, just happened upon this lot being sold locally cheap and bought them on a whim.
I had a gift card for Stewmac.com that's been here 2yrs, finally used it the other day to get the micro-mesh pads and by coincidence bought the thin CA glue, so, should be here any day. I'll have to use the carbon dust.
I like trying new hobbies, so far enjoying this, and hasn't cost too much. Managed to get a good motor for $10, had a table, so made a buffing station, rest I got fairly cheap off eBay and locally. But, just started so, no extras/spares and such yet.
I would like to replace the stem totally, and can get a stem for about the same price of the glue. Downside is, I kinda like keeping things original if possible, especially since that Brigham has those dot-ratings on the side. Stuff like that and logos I'd like to keep. Reforming the button I think would be my 2nd option if the glue fails. I've looked at that stem and there really isn't much I can file down unless I make a very very small/low button.