Hi Everyone, as mentioned in my introduction post, BOTL needs quite a bit of updating, patching and whatever else I might come across. Over time BOTL may be unreachable on occasion as I do migrations or updates, etc. Just be patient - we'll be back! I'll generally try to keep these maintenances until later in the evenings.
Before you smoke some crazy amount of bowls through it, take some before pictures and then take some more pictures in a few months to see and compare how much change occurs in the coloring of the pipe. It's pretty awesome. I've been doing that with my Nording freehand.
It was quite strange, every bowl I smoked the tenon and mortise joint got tighter. The first one I just twisted with my hand as usual, the second I really had to give it everything, the third I couldn't crack by hand and it came undone with a slight twist in my teeth, the fourth wouldn't come undone and the stem shattered when I tried to twist it... Not real happy!
You'll probably have to send it to a pipe repairer for a new stem.
