Smashraj84 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Nice review. I can definitely see how the color of the tobacco could stain the bowl. It'll be interesting to see how much of that you can get to come off. The bowl looks really nice as well.I kinda enjoy the ritual of poking holes into my foil, so I'm gonna stick to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gunsboy Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 I like the see-thru thing ... looks really nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monil Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Yep, nice review. I'm using a screen for the first time due to being out of foil and I've noticed no difference in the smoke, it's just a good! No more foil for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 Yeah for its price, I don't think I can justify buying one, even if they do look great. I would feel like poop if I accidentally broke it... But if they come out with a larger version in the future, I might consider it Good reviews mang! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzing Posted February 27, 2006 Share Posted February 27, 2006 just one hole in the middle, on the screen?why, that's brilliant.answers a lot of questions i had and confirms a lot of my theories about airflow and heat distribution. having lots of holes doesn't do anything but give you more holes to get clogged up by coals Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 How is it that it needs no foil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 It comes with a glass screen. Here, I'll draw you a picture (I'm bored, give me a break!): [img]http://www.hookahportal.com/screen.bmp[/img] It kind of reminds me of the picture you posted the other day Its surprising that with such a big whole the tobacco doesn't burn. With Japanese coals or quicklites the ash doesn't cause a problem either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzing Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 oh, as for the glass getting black with tobacco resin, this will actually cause interesting things to happen with the color. the reds, yellows, and oranges you see are made by "fuming", a process in which gold is vaporized and deposited onto the glass with a propane and oxygen torch at super high temperatures. blues are made from fuming silver instead of gold. as the glass darkens, these colors will become remarkably more pronounced and complex. i have a friend who does lampworking to make a living, and i've seen him make pipes that go from almost transparent yellow or red to incredible designs consisting of many, many colors. so unless you notice the cake on your bowl beginning to negatively impact the smoke, i'd say just leave it there. it gives character, and might even help with the heating. *Shrug* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PipeSmokeMcGee Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 that's pretty cool...I've seen those for sale different places and I've been curious to how they work. Thanks for doing that for me! I may have to get one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 The top half of the bowl is now almost completely blue with swirls going through it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PipeSmokeMcGee Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 oh man! that's even cooler! so it colors in like one of those "for-tobacco-use-only" pipes i've seen? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Posted February 28, 2006 Author Share Posted February 28, 2006 Yeah it acts exactly like those pipes. From what I've seen on TV, that is. They're called chameleons I think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavlakos_politakos Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 cool bowl dude.i dont know if i would pesonally invest in one,but if i found a bigger one id consider it.and dizz how would the resin caking up help heating? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzing Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 heh, some people call them that. chameleon is actually the name of a company that makes pipes, though. the ones i've seen that were made by them don't even have a lot of fuming, just colored glass, which is far less interesting. it's also more expensive. fuming is a technique used in a lot of glass working, though, not just pipes (i believe). as for a colloquial term for it, i'd just have to go with "color changing glass" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzing Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 oh and pav, at least on tobacco pipes (which are admittedly wooden and not glass typically) a good cake is considered essential to a good smoke. it's supposed to be kept down to a pretty thin wall, though. a lot of pipe tools have knives specifically for the purpose of shaving down the cake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 A glass screen? Doesn't it accumulate black crap??? Large holes are good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavlakos_politakos Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 [quote name='dizzing']oh and pav, at least on tobacco pipes (which are admittedly wooden and not glass typically) a good cake is considered essential to a good smoke. it's supposed to be kept down to a pretty thin wall, though. a lot of pipe tools have knives specifically for the purpose of shaving down the cake.[/quote] hmmm....im stumped on why this would help for a better smoke,but about the tool i know what your talking about because my father used to be a big pipe smoker(until he converted his ways toward shi sha)so hes got that stuff lying around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Yeah, my father smoked a pipe, too. I think its something people came up with, to be lazy. Cake is nasty, burnt on, it will affect the smoking, I would think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavlakos_politakos Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 but according to dizz it would affect it for better.i could see why it woould for worse,but i still dont see why it would help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashman19 Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 Now I don't smoke pipes, but I know people who do and they say when getting a new pipe, its important to build up a cake. It takes a couple weeks, but once you do it helps with something... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzing Posted February 28, 2006 Share Posted February 28, 2006 perhaps it helps regulate an even temperature throughout the bowl?i don't know , it's just what i've always heard as well. i've tried pipe smoking a few times, never really got the hang of it. i never inhaled, just sipped the smoke gently, but i still got a headrush that puts the worst stalest nakhla strawberry to shame i think i may have a high sensitivity to nicotine. i've never even been TEMPTEd to become addicted to cigarettes, and i have probably smoked at least 200 in my life. i can smoke as many as i want, then go months without. right now, it's probably been at least 2 months since i've had even one, and before that was probably a few months. whenever i smoke a cigarette, i get a very noticeable head change from it. hookahs generally kill me if i smoke a whole bowl to myself, or even with a couple of others. well, not so much anymore, because i'm building up a tolerance, but you get the idea..sorry for the off topic post ;p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahc87 Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 when smoking a pipe, you do want a thin layer of carbon on the inside of the bowl, but the more it builds up, the less tobacco you can put in the bowl , and if the layer of carbon grows to thick, the bowl of the pipe can crack. dizzing, most people do not inhale the smoke from pipes (like cigars). I rarely get a buzz from smoking a pipe (only when i accidently inhale), but when smoking a pipe or cigar, getting a buzz is not the point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ahc87 Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 a thin layer of carbon also provides a cooler smoke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dizzing Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 yeah. that's why i said, "i never inhaled." what do i look like, bill clinton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pavlakos_politakos Posted March 1, 2006 Share Posted March 1, 2006 thanks for the info dudes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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