Y'all have seen the pic's of my 100 year old meer. Well truth be told, I rarely smoke it because it
is just a pain. Has a metal stinger and the drilling is weird. It's drilled thru the shank almost to the bowl,
but then they drilled from the bowl into the airway. They evidently couldn't get the angle into the bowl
from the shank. With the stinger I couldn't get a pipe cleaner to pass thru the stem and bit and the draw
was like sucking mud.

So tonight I took a drill bit after the shank and bowl. Opened it up to where I have a free flow of air,
no noticable resistance. I then took a bit and drilled the bit opening down to the bend in the stem.
Used a cutting disk in my dremel and removed the end of the stinger and took the drill bit to open it
to the bend from that direction. I noticed that while drilling out the remaining portion of the stinger
that the drill bit was pulling amber dust as we as metal filings. I believe I found the major issue
that was hampering the draw. I believe the set the stinger in hot and scooped the side of the stem
filling the stinger with amber. In any case, it now smokes perfectly, easy draw, clean flavors, and
is a cool pipe to bat !