Thursday night I finally decided to actually smoke that pipe to make sure I would enjoy it on Saturday. So I loaded it with some PA, easy peasy. 10 min into the smoke the entire stem turned fricken green with oxidation. I am pissed and I did not have time that night or Friday to soak it in Oxy Clean and clean it. I am glad I only paid 40 bucks for it, it was listed as New but now not so sure. And to be honest I cant tell you how it smoked because when I saw the stem I got so mad I just dumped the PA and loaded up another pipe.