If I decide to smoke it, it will have to be with a wine themed or flavored blend. The stem and deity demand it!?
If it were a 9004 and not a 904, I would have paid 3 times what I paid for it.? Not to mention I actually bought a pipe with an acrylic stem.
And a brand new one at that. ?
It’s hard to fault a guy who knows what he likes, especially with fine looking pipes like you have. Even with an acrylic stem, lol. Broadens your horizons, right?
Weird isn't it??
I blame the stem. I've got two meers with deep red stems that remain unsmoked so the new 904 may be display only like the Giubileo d'Oro 904 I bought last year. Still with the alcohol reference, it may be my Pembroke pipe.?
?Ardor is next!
He made me a sandblasted egg with a vintage red bakelite and ivory stem for Christmas a few years ago. He offered to make me a yachtsman once but I told him I liked seeing his originals.?
sorry to ask but why? I personally have not noticed any real difference in stem types. But some people don't like acrylic and I just have to wonder why? Cause I am sure there is a reason.
I hate acrylic. Even when I had teeth they were painful to bite down on. Much prefer ebonite, bakelite, and juma.
I must be lucky. I can't really tell much of a difference. They all feel comfortable to me. Oh and also that means it really is just a preference you would notice if it was effecting you.
