Tweaking Replacement On Charatan, Dunhill, Sasieni etc.

[snagstangl]

I like to mess with the stems of my pipes. If it gurgles, funnel the tenon; wont pass a cleaner, open the slot. Thank kind of thing. I wouldn't want to do this on original stem of many pipes. But I see quite often that the British made pipes like Charatan, Dunhill, Sasieni and Barling can be had with a replacement stem at a small fraction of one with an original. That looks like a deal to me if I could be even half way sure the stem is similar to the original. But I don't have any of these pipes with original stems to know what nuances the stems have, so I could attempt to replicate.
Any suggestions on defining features of stems from these makers?

 

[georged]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2J6IA5T7RTs

 

[snagstangl]

Dang it George. I was hoping you could give me some input. What can I say, I'm an overly broad thread killer. Kill em before they start.

 

[ssjones]

That's interesting, I've never felt the need to tweak the stems for any of those makers.

Castello? Get the files out.

 

[snagstangl]

I am talking about the replacement stems. I want to make sure they are similar to the originals. Lets say I get a barling without an stem, or without an original. The $60 verses $300 price. I can figure out what the outside is supposed to look like: saddle stem , oval stem hole that I assume is funneled, well done button. Plenty of pictures of the outside, but internals of the barling stem, aaaaaa? Not sure what to go for.
I guess my other option is getting pipes that are crapped out with cracked bowls, chipped stems, but still in good enough condition I could bisect the stems with a coping saw or something. But that might be expensive.

 

[ashdigger]

Snag, this probably doesn't help, but get an original of each and then you have a master copy.
Or, send them to GeorgeD for restemming.

 

[snagstangl]

Ashdigger, I think that is what I will be doing. GeorgeD only lives about 4 hours from me so the heck with the mail, Roadtrip!