EXCEPT for the stem's cross-sectional profile through the bite zone. There is a subtle, hard-to-see-unless-you're-looking-for-it "keel" down the center, and the edges are thin and sharp. Result? It's the least comfortable stem I've ever had between my teeth. The pipe rotates side-to-side, no position feels right, and the edge digs into the corner of my mouth.
If I didn't happen to have a repair guy living under my roof
---if I was stuck with it---I'd sell it at the next opportunity. Further, if it was my first Dunhill I'd think twice about ever getting another.Really. It's that bad. Something effectively invisible to the Man on the Street is that bad.
The lesson should be obvious. NEVER sacrifice comfort or usability for visual style in that critical area. (Radney the Davis is a good example of someone who knows this well... his bite zones have only the gentlest of radii top and bottom---they're functionally "flat"--- and his parabolically-contoured edges are slightly thicker than is popular these days. That his customers always come back is no accident. Details add up to a total experience, and he pays attention to all of them.)
Now, back to your regularly scheduled programming.
