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<p>[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 364702, member: 55"]Yes. The hard-rubber pipestem material might be tricky to identify unless you've done some pipe-making. One might think it plastic, but it has a softer "ring" on the teeth than plastic, which is why it makes a more comfortable stem for a smoker than plastic. Plastic is also not as amenable to bending to a desired curve, compared to the hard rubber.</p><p> Sold to the trade in unfinished straight form, hard rubber pipestems have an airway, but are unpolished.</p><p>One needs to file off any excess flashing, shape the end to fit the pipe-socket, and polish, using a series of progressively finer grits. During this process the smell of heated rubber is unmistakable. </p><p>If bending to a curve, one puts a pipe-cleaner down the stem to prevent collapse of the airway. The curve of your stem looks just like what I'd expect from this process, as does the socket end; one doesn't usually polish that end.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="all_fakes, post: 364702, member: 55"]Yes. The hard-rubber pipestem material might be tricky to identify unless you've done some pipe-making. One might think it plastic, but it has a softer "ring" on the teeth than plastic, which is why it makes a more comfortable stem for a smoker than plastic. Plastic is also not as amenable to bending to a desired curve, compared to the hard rubber. Sold to the trade in unfinished straight form, hard rubber pipestems have an airway, but are unpolished. One needs to file off any excess flashing, shape the end to fit the pipe-socket, and polish, using a series of progressively finer grits. During this process the smell of heated rubber is unmistakable. If bending to a curve, one puts a pipe-cleaner down the stem to prevent collapse of the airway. The curve of your stem looks just like what I'd expect from this process, as does the socket end; one doesn't usually polish that end.[/QUOTE]
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