But like, I've never had that happen. Maybe it is my Luck Charms underwear.
And, my post was fraught with warnings to those who do not have fine motor skills, which is most people by the way some will send off pipes to have them reamed, or do not make their own replacement stems. But, some of us...
For me, it's just that this whole hobby is full of myths. Pipes not passing pipe cleaners makes a bad smoking pipe. Warm pipe stem removal. Water in pipes. All tobaccos are cased. Briar quality... anything Briar Lee has posted... so much mythos.
If it weren't for people challenging mythos, we'd all be killing people to Zeus or tossing perfectly good virgins into volcanos.