Originally Posted by
scarlson
Huh, seriously considering what that says about me. Recall I got my cracked Cinelli stem from my dad...

In the it pays to clean and polish bike parts department, i was polishing up a pre anodized Cinelli stem and saw a crescent shaped black line that would not polish out. was a “crack” well most likely a fault from the original forging.
Time to set aside, bummer as it is a French diameter, not easiest to replace.