The old stem didn't do the pipe any favors so I decided to go ahead and make a new stem. This one is vulcanite. I cracked the shank while trying to fit a piece of 1/8" delrin and had to cut the shank shorter than it had originally been planned. But I think it worked out OK. The marks on the rim are not flaws. They are Plateaux left from the block I made this from. I never remove Plateaux from a pipe.
You decide.
I think it makes the pipe look a lot better.
This one is a bit blurry
Oops! Jill my border collie just had to get in there.
Oh my gawd!!! An alien is sitting in my garage!!!!!?
You decide.
I think it makes the pipe look a lot better.
![JtUHaLx.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/JtUHaLx.jpg)
![E4mu97M.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/E4mu97M.jpg)
![duOZNpn.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/duOZNpn.jpg)
This one is a bit blurry
![H0nVj1y.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/H0nVj1y.jpg)
![lcNnopg.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/lcNnopg.jpg)
![iLuw2VL.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/iLuw2VL.jpg)
Oops! Jill my border collie just had to get in there.
![7FiW94v.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/7FiW94v.jpg)
![9XuGrel.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/9XuGrel.jpg)
![sB0bxuV.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/sB0bxuV.jpg)
![1Pb6eHX.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/1Pb6eHX.jpg)
Oh my gawd!!! An alien is sitting in my garage!!!!!?
![J9SigGf.jpg](https://i.imgur.com/J9SigGf.jpg)
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