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 water 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.
These are slick tubular pipes that can be made from a variety of materials such as glass, ceramic, bamboo, wood, etc. These pipes actually date back centuries and have been used commonplace for many years in countries such as India. These are great if you like the taste and experience of smoking out of glass, but you want something that is portable and doesn’t take up a lot of space. Wood has been used to make cannabis pipes for centuries.
As time passed and smoking remained a popular activity in many cultures, different styles and pipe-making materials came about. Even as recent as a few decades ago, it was not uncommon to see people smoking tobacco and other dried herbs from hand pipes carved from stone, made of ceramic clay, corn cobs, or even metal. These days, the preferred material to make hand pipes out of is borosilicate glass. Our artists use a meticulous process to carefully craft each piece of our glass pipes to perfection. From the structural aspect to aesthetic considerations and all of the fine details that go into ensuring the finished product is of the highest quality — it’s an intense process!
This bong features an awesome inline perc to help you enjoy those big clouds. This bong hits amazing but also looks amazing due to it’s frosted moon chamber. Our beloved Small Wide Base Water Pipe has a fresh look, exclusive to GRAV.com. The same sweeping curves and compact size that make this a fan favorite have been updated in smokey green-grey glass with black accents. If your bong contains a percolator, you may have to pour some straight through the stem hole to get it to the bottom. If you need acetone for bong cleaning, look for it in the paint thinner section of a hardware store.
This is typically where you would add any design elements, like a twisted body, colorful rocks, fuming, or anything else like that. Factory pipes on average tend to break easily, don’t work as well and just feel cheap — but not ours! All Fat Buddha water pipes are handcrafted from the start to be the best. No single style is the best because everyone has their own preferences and needs for a glass pipe. To decide which option is right for you, it’s important to try out several different pipes.