My son and family are house minding for a few days for a friend.
Time to enjoy a couple of bowls without a 5yo granddaughter busily buzzing around.
I got a few samples in sometime ago.
Trying out Sam Gawith's Black Forest
In a Peterson XL90 bent billiard, silver ferrule and vulcanite stem
The vulcanite is poor quality.
The pipe was bought new a couple of years ago. And kept in a dark cupboard always.
The stem oxidised in a short space of time despite that.
I used toothpaste to remove the oxidation which resulted in a few micro pits.
Disappointing
Otherwise the pipe is a fine smoker.
The thick walls of the bowl means the pipe barely feels warm in hand.
And the curve of the stem makes lighting a cinch - able to see the whole surface of the bowl easily without singeing nose or eyebrows.