When the glass blower is happy with the length and size of the pipe neck, it’s time to create the bowl. They do this by applying the torch directly to the end of the neck while simultaneously blowing into the cool end of the glass tube to create a bulb at the hot end. As they blow into the glass, the artist continually turns the glass to maintain an even shape. The glass blower starts by adding heat to a tube of glass. Right off the bat, the glass blower can proceed one of two routes. They can either use the tube to create one weed pipe or they can heat the tube and break it in half to form two smaller weed pipes.
Creating a glass hand pipe takes an immense amount of skill, attention to detail, and a LOT of heat. Glass comes from heating up a mixture of silicates and sand to an extremely high temperature. Once at this temperature, your sand will start to turn to a molten goop.
We are proud of the brands of glass tobacco bowls and pipes we carry. SMOKEA® is grateful to have strong relationships with top brand names allowing us to carry amazing quality glass from top notch glass blowers all over the country. The variety of styles and designs in glass are endless! We offer the modern minimalistic style of GRAV to the beautifully artistic pieces from Empire Glassworks. Glass smoking pipes couldn’t be any more simple to use. Place the ground herb or tobacco mix into the smoking bowl, torch it, close the carb cap, and smoke away.
Bubblers – A spoon pipe with an additional water chamber blown into the glass to hold water, giving the resulting smoke some water filtration. Additionally, glass blowers employ multiple methods to add colors to their pieces. Some artists use heat to melt flecks of pigment into the initial glass tubing as they shape and complete the pipe. The glass blower uses a tool to punch one hole in the bottom of the bowl for the mouthpiece and punches another on the side of the bowl for the carb hole. After, the artist places the bowl on a flat surface and gently presses down, giving the bowl a flat bottom so it doesn’t tip over when in use.
Style is big in the world of glass weed pipes, both in terms of the shape of the pipe and the colors used in the glass. The process through which cannabis glass hand pipes are made relies heavily on traditional glass blowing techniques. A really good way to break down whether it is a good idea to purchase something or not is to create a pros and cons list. Well, in the interest of streamlining your experience, we have already started that very list for you. Below you can find our small, but comprehensive list of the pros and cons of glass hand pipes.
Steamrollers have a reputation for hard, hot, rips and are not recommended for beginners. To use, simply pack smoking material into the end, apply flame and inhale. There is another downside to clay as a material for pipes, and that is the fact that it can become heated up pretty vaporizers bongs easily. The flame from your lighter could cause the bowl to become incredibly hot, which could result in a burn on your hands. In order to avoid such inconvenience, try to take short fast hits from a ceramic pipe and be careful not to hold the flame to it for too long.
Often referred to as smoking a “bowl” our borosilicate are perfect for tokers of all kinds. Unless you are looking for a bubbler, glass hand pipes typically offer you a dry smoke, meaning there is no water-based diffusion of your smoke. Luvbuds is a leading dispensary and smoke shop supplier in Colorado and across the United States.