Help! Which Stem for Which Pipe?...

[Sacred_summit]

I have a Spigot 314, 312, and 307 and I keep them side by side on my desk. After a smoke I remove the stem and lather it with my butcher's block conditioner, I then set the stem beside my pipe chamber in a pipe stand and let it rest until I smoke it again. The last two days I've had all three sitting like this because I've been smoking my Deluxe systems. I grabbed all three stems to buff off the butcher's block conditioner so I could put the Spigots back together as they had been sitting without a stem for the last two days, but I was tired and not paying close attention. I realized that I mixed up the stems and now I have no Idea which goes on each pipe... They all look very similar.
I have not yet tried to put the stems back on my pipes, because I wanted to ask for help first.
Do any of you know how I can figure out which stem goes on which pipe?

 

[warren]

Of course not! You'll have fit 'em and eye all. Only thing I can think of. By the way, what purpose does the conditioner serve?

 

[Sacred_summit]

Here is a photo.

I am guessing that the stem on the left is for the 307 as it looks to be the biggest.

The middle stem might be the 312 because it has a greater bend & my deluxe 312 has an extreme bend in the stem.

That leads me to believe the stem on the right is for the 314, but I honestly have no Idea! I am just guessing at the moment.

Thanks for your help guys!

 

[TheIronMonkey]

Do you have photos of the pipes you bought (i.e., pictures of them from the vendor, like smokingpipes.com)? You could match them up to the photos based on length, thickness, or bend.

 

[Sacred_summit]

Of course not! You'll have fit 'em and eye all. Only thing I can think of. By the way, what purpose does the conditioner serve?

It's a combination of mineral oil, carnuba wax and bees wax. I lather it on my stem after every smoke and it rests for a day or two before I buff it off with a micro fiber cloth. It seems to slowly layer after each application so my vulcanite stems now have an incredible shine with lots of protection from oxidizing. I have done this with my pipe bodies as well about a dozen times or so. They have an Incredible shine and a nice layer of protective wax which is nice when it's pouring rain and I'm smoking my pipe whilst walking my dog. I really should buy an umbrella lol...

 

[Sacred_summit]

Here are the photos of my pipes.

 

[captainsousie]

Here is a photo.

I am guessing that the stem on the left is for the 307 as it looks to be the biggest.

The middle stem might be the 312 because it has a greater bend & my deluxe 312 has an extreme bend in the stem.

That leads me to believe the stem on the right is for the 314, but I honestly have no Idea! I am just guessing at the moment.

Thanks for your help guys!

Given the other pics, I'd say 2, 3, 1.

 

[AroEnglish]

Here is a photo.

I am guessing that the stem on the left is for the 307 as it looks to be the biggest.

The middle stem might be the 312 because it has a greater bend & my deluxe 312 has an extreme bend in the stem.

That leads me to believe the stem on the right is for the 314, but I honestly have no Idea! I am just guessing at the moment.

Thanks for your help guys!

L-R 307, 314, 312

 

[captpat]

Going forward I recommend keeping the stem with its respective stummel, or don't disassemble multiple pipes at a time.

 

[Hillcrest]

Its hopeless ! Send them all to me for disposal and start over !

Or make them fit:

 

[kcghost]

They all have different lengths to the spigot so that should tell you which is which.

 

[Sacred_summit]

LOL. Uncle Buck was one of my favorite movies growing up as a kid.
I want to thank everybody for their help. To the poster above, sadly I moved my stems after I took that photo. I wasn't able to figure out which stem was which from the photo I took, so I couldn't use your post stating which stem was for which pipe. I finally managed to figure it out though. I put an enlarged photo of my pipe up on my computer screen, and I took one of my pipes and inserted the three stems while I held my pipe close to the screen so it overlapped the photo, eventually, I found the pipe/stem combination that was identical to the photo.
I'll never make that mistake again!

 

[LotusEater]

If you can’t tell which stem goes with which stummel why bother worrying about. Consider it a win- you now have 9 pipes instead of 3.

 

[RPK]

go on https://www.smokingpipes.com/ web site and bring up each pipe and match to the picture.

 

[Sig]

Cram them in and smoke away.
Let the pipe gods sort it out when the pipes are "gone".