Dan,
The older Pivo stems can really look quite stunning. For
better or worse, they never seem to have updated their designs
and at some point the forgings - or castings? - began to look
rather ragged. It's as if they never cleaned up their tooling
because they felt the end (of their company) was just around
the corner.
Now, I've been referring to their aluminum alloy pieces. I'm
certain I've seen chrome steel stems from Pivo that were just
beautiful.
Cheers,
Fred Rednor - Arlington, Virginia (USA)
> All this talk of the AVA death stems reminds me of Pivo stems
> that look
> almost identical, yet I never hear anything about them. Are
> they much
> more reliable and as collectible? I've got at least one in
> the parts
> bins. I've always thought they were nice looking stems, but
> most of my
> really old stems are too short a reach for me anymore.
>
> Dan Artley in Parkton, MD
>
>
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