I find it hard to believe, but --
I loaded my new-to-me Peterson 440 straight billiard last night for this morning. After breakfast, I lit up a Swan Vesta and set the leaf alight. Draw was a little sluggish; I thought maybe I'd packed it too tightly, or a flake of tobacco was in the s\airway. A pipe cleaner would fix the latter. So I bring up the pipe cleaner . . . and can't find the opening. Huh?
Then I realized. I had the stem in upside down! A 180-degree rotation brought the P-Lip to the top and the pipe cleaner slid right in.
With a curved stem you'd never have this problem; but with a straight, it's possible.
I loaded my new-to-me Peterson 440 straight billiard last night for this morning. After breakfast, I lit up a Swan Vesta and set the leaf alight. Draw was a little sluggish; I thought maybe I'd packed it too tightly, or a flake of tobacco was in the s\airway. A pipe cleaner would fix the latter. So I bring up the pipe cleaner . . . and can't find the opening. Huh?
Then I realized. I had the stem in upside down! A 180-degree rotation brought the P-Lip to the top and the pipe cleaner slid right in.
With a curved stem you'd never have this problem; but with a straight, it's possible.