All Right Gents, Thank You for sharing Your thoughts, I real do appreciate Your helpfulness and input,now let us getting back to these Ashtons,just as of right now this morning I have been trying to smoke em with softy bits inserted, then I went on and tried wrapping these stems with three thin layers of Parafilm,and now the final experiment was done with non adhesive transparent silicone tape,The results as of my experiment were like:The use of softy bites are out of question,when using those softies I felt like if I had an adjustable wrench in my mouth,lol, whereas these tapes gave more or less satisfactory results.
So,presumably,I don't have anything left but to modify these stems with time,patience and right tools on hand.Otherwise these Asthons smoke very well and effortlessly right off the bat, stems were meticulously finished and fitted, draw and airflow is something comparable to what we have on Castellos,and now when I'm comparing these to my Castellos or Savinellis for that matter, I have come to conclusion the stem design on these Ashtons may leave something to desire,so If You ask me would I buy another Ashton?Probably not but instead with a bit of more money I'd have been perhaps opting for a brand new Castello.@ MikeThopson;Sure replacing stems with new ones thats an idea and worth considering,but at this very point the rates what this operation will bring along,I just can't afford nor justify these especially when I already had dropped a bundle of money buying these.
