@telescopes - I assume that stem/shank is made in sections for disassembly and cleaning?Long stem Hillbilly cherrywood pipe made by a friend of my father many many decades ago. Smoking Ready rub in the bowl.
I'm wondering the same thing - have a bunch of longstems myself, and their stems are made of ash and are quite a bit thicker. Whatever the case, that's a real treasure!!@telescopes - I assume that stem/shank is made in sections for disassembly and cleaning?
Nope. One continuous piece from a long cherrywood stem. It’s cleaned using a very thin wire and water. The mouthpiece is bone. The bowl is bored out In such a way that it has a small hole at the very bottom that has a chamber below it where the stem enters. The pipe is well over 60 years old.@telescopes - I assume that stem/shank is made in sections for disassembly and cleaning?