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Happy accidents happen from time to time.  In 1886 Dr. John Stith Pemberton created a product that you’ve likely consumed.  A pharmacist and, coincidentally enough, a drug addict sought to create an alcoholic beverage that would help wean people off the drugs they consumed. Voila!  Coca-Cola was born.   What does this have to do with glass pipes?  Around 1990 Bob Snodgrass (pictured left), a fervent Dead Head, made a happy accident that changed the smoking world forever.  He was blowing glass and one hand, holding silver, got too close to the flame torch.  Voila!  Color changing glass was born and...

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Dictionary, What is? -

We’re back again with another entry to our Smoke Shop Dictionary Series!  If you haven’t already, you may want to peruse Part 1 & 2.  Smoke culture has a lot of lingo that goes along with it, so it can be helpful to make sure everybody is on the same page. Here’s a fresh batch of smoke shop synonyms and vape vernacular for your educational pleasure:  Sesh - short for “session”, a sesh is a smoke break for herb-lovers Spoon Pipe - the prototypical glass hand pipe, shaped like an especially cartoonish eating utensil Taster - synonym for a one-hitter,...

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Vaporizers, What is? -

What is a Vaporizer?  How to Smoke Without Smoking Ah, the vaporizer.  Such a broad category, the term might conjure emotions of elation or frustration.  It’s a device that heats things hot enough to turn them into a gas, but not so hot that they burst into flames. Which begs the question, what exactly are we vaporizing?  And things get hairy. Technically, you could vaporize all sorts of things.  Water, alcohol, even ketchup. But when relatively normal people talk about vaporizing, they’re typically talking about either nicotine solutions called e-liquids, or herbs and herbal extracts.  We want all the benefits...

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Glass Pipes, What is? -

The nectar collector, also called a vertical dabber, honey straw, or dab straw, is one of the sexiest ways of consuming herbal concentrates.  It’s simple, it’s efficient, and it’s cost-effective.

A nectar collector consists of 3 main parts: Tip, Body, and Neck.  These may be fused into a single piece, or modular for portability, interchangeability, and ease of cleaning.

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Glass Pipes, What is? -

What is a bubbler you ask?  Congratulations, you have officially graduated from Smoker’s Elementary School!  The glass bubbler pipe is the hand pipe of the pros, the apparatus of the A-listers, the choice of connoisseurs...Ok, ok, I’ll stop But seriously, bubblers are the bomb.   What is a glass bubbler pipe? One cold winter night, a water pipe and a hand pipe were cuddling, watching Disney+.  Nine months later, the glass bubbler was born! The glass bubbler is a pipe small enough to hold easily with one hand, but with a chamber for water that provides the cooling and filtering effects...

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