Our Striped Glass Sherlock Pipe is a fun, colorful twist on the original wooden style. Similarly, glass gandalf pipes have a long neck with a small, deep bowl. While you may not be slaying orcs from the comfort of your living room, it’s hard not to impress with either of these classic pipes in hand. These days, it’s evident that hand pipes have come a long way since those days in the parking lot at the Grateful Dead shows. First off, let me start by saying that many glassblowing and pipe making techniques first developed by Snodgrass himself are still widely used today.
One of those people was named Bob Snodgrass, and he would later become famous as the man who invented the modern glass pipe making industry as we know it. Bob Snodgrass was the first to fume his glass with Gold and Silver to produce mind-bending colors after resin started to build up inside. He was also extremely close to being the person to invent the all-in-one glass bong. Bob Snodgrass, and his apprentice and glass bong inventor, Cameron Tower, are still kicking and still lampworking to this day. The mouthpiece of the hand pipe is where you put your lips up, to inhale all of that tasty smoke.
The most important step is to fill the pipe so the quantity and blend are suited to your tastes. Our Pink Beaker Bong features a straight downstem slide percolator with diffusion slits to further diffuse smoke or vapor. In addition to the excellent function, the beaker chamber allows you to draw big rips, with little to no drag.
Some companies are making silicone or 3D printed ones to sell to the clumsy crowd as indestructible. Others are moving toward aluminum and other metals with new designs to help cool down hits before they reach your lungs. Other companies are making hand pipes that use the sun for combustion or have a built-in heating element, vaporizers bongs meaning no lighter, no problem. People of all shapes, sizes, colors, religions and cultural backgrounds have a relationship with smoking that does not seem to be going anywhere any time soon. Dry glass pipe styles include chillums, glass blunts, one-hitters, sherlocks, spoons, steamrollers, and specialty pipes.
Cleaning your glass pipe is easy; just let it soak in a bit of isopropyl alcohol or other glass-cleaning solution, rinse with hot water and you are back in business. When smoking weed, not grinding the herb will result in a poor smoking experience as it will burn unevenly and potentially clog the pipe. Grinding is even more important if you are using a one-hitter or a small bowl. Grasscity has a range of weed grinders available, including electric and magnetic grinders. Glass Blunt – a more modern twist on the classic chillum, glass blunts offer an expandable, sliding herb chamber so you can pack as much or as little as you want.
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Sherlock – These increasingly popular pipes are aptly named after the famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. With their long, vertical handle, these are just plain fun to hold and make addition to any collection. Some sherlocks have a flat base which allows them to stand upright, preventing your herbs water pipes from falling out. The Gravitron creates big, efficient hits through gravity and pressure. Then pack the bowl with dry herb and insert it into the joint at the neck of the bottle. Once the bottle is full of smoke, remove the bowl and place your mouth over the neck, inhaling as you lower the bottle.
This new and improved version 2.0 Gravitron® boasts a fivefold increase in glass thickness and upgraded platinum cured silicone grommet for a tighter seal. The 19 mm female ground joint now fits any 19 mm male bowl and the flange at the top of the neck makes lifting the bottle a breeze. The inline percolator provides just the right amount of percolation for this micro rig as well. Blasting water side to side creating excellent circulation, the HEMPER Pyramid rig produces smooth smoke fit for a king. And although this post is about cleaning glass bongs, you should be aware that you should not try to clean an acrylic bong with alcohol. Any glue that holds the bong together will disintegrate with the alcohol, rendering it useless.