At 79 USD, I'd be very surprised if it was machined. However, you can also tell by the shape of the stem body that it's forged. Sometimes forged stems will be forged and then machined but, again, that'll make 'em even more expensive. Face plates are sometimes machined and then mated with forged stems, but that doesn't look to be the case here.
March 3, 2022, 1:09 p.m. - Pete Roggeman
At 79 USD, I'd be very surprised if it was machined. However, you can also tell by the shape of the stem body that it's forged. Sometimes forged stems will be forged and then machined but, again, that'll make 'em even more expensive. Face plates are sometimes machined and then mated with forged stems, but that doesn't look to be the case here.