Vulcanite or other?

[cigrmaster]

colcolt, your Ferndown is vulcanite. It is the high quality German kind which hardly ever oxidizes. I use the Obidisian on my Ferndowns just to keep them conditioned.

 

[colcolt]

I thought it was. That one and the Nording and Peterson 307 are the only other ones, maybe the Dunhill and I'll research that. The Winslow has an acrylic stem.

 

[tbradsim1]

Harris, just a thought, I bought a shoe buffer, 2 heads , one black, one red, chrome body I believe the brand is old dremel, really handy for polishing without going to the extreme, picked it up go 50$ on e-bay, for my vulcanite stems I do this, buy a cheap chap stick with sayilic acid in it, read the ingredients has to be this, after smokeing coat the end with Chapstick, leave it for a little while, then wipe with paper towel, stems will gleam, works for me. The old cajun

 

[cigrmaster]

Bradley, thanks for the tip, I will have to go on line and see what I can find.
colcolt, your Dunhill is vulcanite.
edit: I found plenty on Ebay for around 50.00. I am thinking I might have to grab one.