Quote Originally Posted by Lostmason View Post
I noticed that,must have been the flash.I'm going to give it a try this way and see how it feels first,but if I change my mind I'll let you know.It had a stinger in it
but since it wasn't a twist-in I took a pair of pliers and pulled that tooth.Anywho,Thanks for the offer Pete.
Stems (usually) start out straight and are bent during manufacturing. Older molded stems seem to straighten out the most because of time, the way that the base vulcanite stock was made and the bits shaped (molded).

Good luck giving it a go watch out for embers.


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