All Right, I knew this all along that this my estate Dunhill Shell 197 which I just recently have bought from a reputable Italian vendor does have something wrong, and so it was ,the seller mentioned that the stem was not original but replacement,hence the fairly cheap price $ 160, so when it showed up at my door in only two days from the date of purchase I was already prepared to see something unusual but not this like twisted stem,if you ask me they shouldn't put this pipe for the sale ever ,needless to say we're working things out with the vendor,I suggested to keep the pipe and send it to repairshop if they would issue me with partial refund which should have covered my repair expenses but it wasn't to be,the trusted'seller did prefer that I'm to send the pipe back to them and so I did,sometimes pipes come and go in just one day time frame,nothing new to me ,been doing this dance more than once,there has been twisted, oxidized stems ,badly drilled pipes and all this with brand new pipes,it is regrettable that some vendors seem to have so poor eyesight that they don't even notice obvious manufacturing flaws
