Originally Posted by
unterhausen
I always wondered why some of the vintage European stems were known as death stems. I don't think I have seen a broken one of those. Certainly I've seen more than my share of broken modern faceplates
AFAIK it was only stems made by AVA (possibly not all but maybe one model in particular ?) which was referred as the death stem(s) ... and with good reasons.
There’s one here :
https://forum.tontonvelo.com/viewtop...33911&start=30