Feeling great this morning. Took my first walk with some DGT HH bulk ODF (broken flake) in my 9 1/2 yr old MM Pride 2nd using a vulcanite stem I had Ed Shulte from Vero Beach make for my Barling Military Mount apple.
When he sent the pipe back it had the stem inserted and the pipe was in a basic mailing envelope. I smoked the pipe and there was a crack in the shank. I can't say it wasn't there already. I got the stummel w/o a stem originally, and I think I smoked it once or twice using something that sorta fit, before I went for the replacement from Ed, and didn't notice the crack then. Anyway, the stem works in several cobs.