Well shit.
>>996218I know both of those are, but on the little Y-shaped piece sometimes the knob at the bottom is removable too. It's so you can easily swab out the whole pipe and let built up moisture drain away.
>>996396Some people report that Virginia tobaccos keep getting better over the course of 20 years or more. I'll have to take their word for it-I'm not willing to wait quite that long.
>>996637Not yet. It's been out of production for a good long while now. I think probably because it uses Syrian Latakia, and that's been off the market for 12 years now with no return on the horizon thanks to the geopolitical situation there (among other things).