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05-14-2005, 10:42 AM
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Whats a Water Pipe
Water pipes are made in many different sizes and design. On top of each pipe you'll find a bowl in which you can place your favourite smoking blend. When lit, the smoke is drawn through water before reaching your mouth and lungs. The water has an important filter effect. A large part of carcinogens like tar are filtered by the water. In addition, the water cools the hot smoke and the protecting mucous membrane of the lungs will be less harmed.
Water pipes find their origin in the Ottoman Empire: once a world power with a high level of civilisation. Water pipes where called `Narquile' then. Turkey is all that remained of this impressive empire. Water pipes are still very popular in the Middle East. Water pipes in these regions are used to smoke special kinds of tobacco, like honey and apple tobacco. Smoking and sharing a water pipe amongst friends can be seen as a sign of friendship and trust.
When smoking your favourite smoking blend with a water pipe you don't use tobacco. Just the pure herb will do. By not using tobacco you will only get pure herbal elements in your lungs creating a feeling that is more intensive and clear. Tobacco has a contrary effect. A combination of these two makes you dull and tired sooner. You need to smoke more to feel good. This is sheer an effect of the addition of tobacco. The water in the pipe filter's a great deal of the tar and other carcinogens from the herbs, making the smoke even more pure.
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Whats a Bong
A bong is a sealed chamber half-full with water. A pipe with a bowl on the end goes into the chamber under water level. Another pipe with a mouthpiece on the end enters the chamber and stays above water level. You put tobacco in the bowl, light it and suck on the mouthpiece. This will lower the air pressure in the chamber, causing air to travel from the bowl, through the water, into the chamber and into your lungs. As the smoke enters the chamber through the water the smoke cools down and a large part of carcinogens like tar are filtered by the water. When you remove your thumb from the hole, the smoke shoots straight up into your lungs, so beware!
It is thought that the bong is older then the original water pipe and is actually the predecessor of its Ottoman family member. The theory states that thousands of years ago Asian explorers took their smoking systems with them on their long travels and left their bongs at Ottoman trading places.
When smoking your favourite smoking blend with a water pipe you shouldn't use tobacco. This way you'll only get pure herbal ingredients in your lungs creating a feeling that is intensive and clear. The water in the bong filters toxins like tar from the herbs. A bong seems similar to a water pipe but the feeling you get from it is different. With a water pipe one slowly draws the smoke through a hose and water. Using a bong the smoke will pass the water very quickly and shoots right up into your lungs. You'll feel it right away, where the effect of a water pipe is more relaxed.
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Whats a Smoking Pipe
A large variety of pipes is widely available in shops or by mail order. When using a pipe it's possible to smoke a combination with tobacco or to just smoke your favorite smoking blend pure. Place a small amount on a wire mesh or screen in the head of the pipe and light it whilst dragging on the other end.
Our modern smoking pipe is copied from traditional smoking pipes of Indian tribes. They considered their pipe as a connection between heaven and earth. Pipes were also used in Asia, Africa and India. The Aztecs used a hollow piece of reed to smoke with. From the 15th century onwards, the pipe has flourished in Europe. Nowadays, pipes are made of nearly all sorts of material like glass, stone, metal, wood and bamboo. Each of these materials has it's own pro's and con's. The consumer mostly chooses the model that they like best or which is easiest to clean.
Using a water pipe or a bong ensures you that the feeling you'll get is very pure as you don't need to use tobacco and the smoke is filtered by water. However, you won't always have the time nor the place to use a bong or a water pipe. Smoking Pipes are great for their ease of use and portability. Beware of the fact that using extra tobacco will make you feel dull and tired sooner. Instead of feeling more energy you'll feel tired. Some amongst us like this, but if you don't: do not combine!
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Whats Color Changeing Glass
A glass product that needs extra attention is Color Changing Glass. The name speaks for itself, by adding special supplements this glass gets the most beautiful colors and besides changes color and can be made in very beautiful shapes, it also has the quality of being very hard and only really breaks if one drops it on a hard surface. Nowadays, other products besides the smoking pipe are available. Many glass blowers make real works of art which are very expensive to purchase. Because these objects are now looked upon as art, a collectors market is starting to develop in which the design of certain artists can increase in value.
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Whats Cast Stone
Cast stone is a material used to make smoking pipes. Because the material is less hard then stone it is easily shaped in any desired shape. These pipes are used similar as stone pipes only the shape is different: mainly fantasy forms like birds, trees or dwarfs.
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Whats a Chillum
The Chillum is a kind of narrow funnel made of clay and other materials. The funnel can only be used for smoking when it has a filter stone inside it or the smoking substance will fall right into your mouth. To avoid burning your hands the Chillum is being smoked through a cloth.
Originally the Chillum was made from fired clay but they also exist in wood, stone and glass. It is thought to originate in India, although they were also found in South America. The Chillum is special as its origin is purely spiritual. The holy men from India, the Sadhu (Hindu Priests), have been smoking their Chillums for thousands of years. Smoking a Chillum for a Sadhu is like drinking red wine for a catholic priest. In the sixties the Chillum started being used in Europe and America by the Hippie movement.
Smoking small Chillums brings hot smoke directly into your throat. The larger the pipe, the colder the smoke gets, and the more smoke you'll get in your lungs. The more smoke you'll get, the more of off your head you'll get... For a more mellow smoke, pick a smaller one. Smoking a Chillum is always better than smoking a cigarette: it's faster and you don't need any tobacco.
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Whats a Dug Out System
A Dug Out System is a very small portable smoking instrument. It has the size of a small flat lighter. This small container has a cavity at one end and a mouthpiece at the other. You press the cavity into a small container of cleaned, chopped herbs to fill it and then it is lit like a cigarette and inhaled steadily until everything is smoked. You only get one inhalation per filling, therefore this instrument is also called a one-hit. They are perfect for those who like to smoke just a little at a time.
This American invention is perfect for those who want a few quick puffs. It's fast and you don't need any tobacco. You can carry it with you all the time and it gives you the opportunity to smoke without it being noticed. In critical situations you can even pass it off as a cigarette holder!
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Whats a Vaporizer
Vaporisers have a built-in heating element, which heats the your favourite herbs to a sub-flammable temperature, thus activating and releasing all the all active chemicals in the Herb of your choice. As you don't burn the plants only the active/healing chemicals and the etherical oils vaporise. This way you inhale all the good parts of the herb without the tar and carbon monoxide, which are hazardous for lungs and health.
The first vaporiser was made in 1995. Soon it proved to be very suitable for medical use. A lot of effort and research is done to develop a vaporiser that doesn't burn the herbs and leave an odourless, green-brownish powder after vaporising. The vaporisers of today offer a method to smoke in a healthy and tastefully way.
The effect of vaporising is the purest feeling you can imagine. Compared to water pipes the effect comes on gently but vaporising gives you a sensation that is more intense and clear. Vaporising is done without tobacco. Using tobacco makes you feel wasted and makes you tired sooner. Not using tobacco makes the working of the Vaporizer more pure.
Technology of Vaporization
Vaporization, or volatilization is a process which releases the essential, active elements of a substance without burning it. Vaporization implements a cutting-edge convection technology which releases just enough heat and air to discharge these vital elements but not enough heat and air to actually combust the material.
Advanced microchip technology ensures an exact temperature to overheating or burning the plant substance. This eliminates many of the harmful byproducts of combustion.
For example - tobacco. When tobacco is smoked, the plant itself is burned. This burning creates carcinogenic and otherwise toxic substances such as tar and carbon monoxide.
In contrast, when tobacco is vaporized it will release only its active element, nicotine, in the form of an inhaleable aerosol.
Vaporization produces NO smoke, little or no tar or other toxic elements. This is because, unlike combustion, vaporization does not induce substantial denaturing of the substance. When a substance is "denatured", its chemical make-up may change when catalyzed by, for example, flame. New compounds are then created which were not inherent in the plant itself.
One of the greatest assets of vaporization technology is the very fact that vaporization does not substantially alter the compounds being vaporized and does not create any elements that were not originally present in the source material.
Digital Vaporization on an individual level is on the verge of revolutionizing the smoking cessation industry.
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Pappers
A lot of smoking is done with different sorts of pipes but there is another important smoking aid which can be used: cigarette paper. Smokers who prefer a cigarette can create the exact cigarette they want with papers of all sizes and textures. African, Indian, Spanish, Jamaican and American papers are just the beginning.
Different cultures all around the world used rolled up dried leaves, mainly palm leaves, corncob leaves or tobacco leaves to smoke with. This custom originated not only from South and North America but also from Asia and Africa. Real cigarette paper could only be used after the invention of paper in China, 2 BC. It is known that the Chinese, soon after the invention of paper, started to use this paper to smoke herbs and tobacco with. From here the custom slowly spread to Italy and Spain. In Europe, smoking with cigarette paper started from the 16th century onwards.
A cigarette is usually made of special smoking blends combined with tobacco. Because of the use of tobacco you'll feel more wasted. If you like a more intensive and pure feeling, you should not use tobacco in your favourite smoking blend.
Unhandy beginners or advanced smokers who are too busy to roll a decent cone shaped cigarette can use the Futurola. This roller is easy to use. Simply fill the roller with all the ingredients, rotate the roller and...Voila, there you go! The Futurola comes in handy to roll your cigarette inside out as well. You'll use less paper and because of that, your spliff will taste better.
This info was copied from Easy Bong (http://shop.grasscity.com/shop/clickthru.html?id=web420)
Whats a Water Pipe
Water pipes are made in many different sizes and design. On top of each pipe you'll find a bowl in which you can place your favourite smoking blend. When lit, the smoke is drawn through water before reaching your mouth and lungs. The water has an important filter effect. A large part of carcinogens like tar are filtered by the water. In addition, the water cools the hot smoke and the protecting mucous membrane of the lungs will be less harmed.
Water pipes find their origin in the Ottoman Empire: once a world power with a high level of civilisation. Water pipes where called `Narquile' then. Turkey is all that remained of this impressive empire. Water pipes are still very popular in the Middle East. Water pipes in these regions are used to smoke special kinds of tobacco, like honey and apple tobacco. Smoking and sharing a water pipe amongst friends can be seen as a sign of friendship and trust.
When smoking your favourite smoking blend with a water pipe you don't use tobacco. Just the pure herb will do. By not using tobacco you will only get pure herbal elements in your lungs creating a feeling that is more intensive and clear. Tobacco has a contrary effect. A combination of these two makes you dull and tired sooner. You need to smoke more to feel good. This is sheer an effect of the addition of tobacco. The water in the pipe filter's a great deal of the tar and other carcinogens from the herbs, making the smoke even more pure.
http://shop.grasscity.com/images/whatisabong.jpg
Whats a Bong
A bong is a sealed chamber half-full with water. A pipe with a bowl on the end goes into the chamber under water level. Another pipe with a mouthpiece on the end enters the chamber and stays above water level. You put tobacco in the bowl, light it and suck on the mouthpiece. This will lower the air pressure in the chamber, causing air to travel from the bowl, through the water, into the chamber and into your lungs. As the smoke enters the chamber through the water the smoke cools down and a large part of carcinogens like tar are filtered by the water. When you remove your thumb from the hole, the smoke shoots straight up into your lungs, so beware!
It is thought that the bong is older then the original water pipe and is actually the predecessor of its Ottoman family member. The theory states that thousands of years ago Asian explorers took their smoking systems with them on their long travels and left their bongs at Ottoman trading places.
When smoking your favourite smoking blend with a water pipe you shouldn't use tobacco. This way you'll only get pure herbal ingredients in your lungs creating a feeling that is intensive and clear. The water in the bong filters toxins like tar from the herbs. A bong seems similar to a water pipe but the feeling you get from it is different. With a water pipe one slowly draws the smoke through a hose and water. Using a bong the smoke will pass the water very quickly and shoots right up into your lungs. You'll feel it right away, where the effect of a water pipe is more relaxed.
http://shop.grasscity.com/images/aboutpipes.jpg
Whats a Smoking Pipe
A large variety of pipes is widely available in shops or by mail order. When using a pipe it's possible to smoke a combination with tobacco or to just smoke your favorite smoking blend pure. Place a small amount on a wire mesh or screen in the head of the pipe and light it whilst dragging on the other end.
Our modern smoking pipe is copied from traditional smoking pipes of Indian tribes. They considered their pipe as a connection between heaven and earth. Pipes were also used in Asia, Africa and India. The Aztecs used a hollow piece of reed to smoke with. From the 15th century onwards, the pipe has flourished in Europe. Nowadays, pipes are made of nearly all sorts of material like glass, stone, metal, wood and bamboo. Each of these materials has it's own pro's and con's. The consumer mostly chooses the model that they like best or which is easiest to clean.
Using a water pipe or a bong ensures you that the feeling you'll get is very pure as you don't need to use tobacco and the smoke is filtered by water. However, you won't always have the time nor the place to use a bong or a water pipe. Smoking Pipes are great for their ease of use and portability. Beware of the fact that using extra tobacco will make you feel dull and tired sooner. Instead of feeling more energy you'll feel tired. Some amongst us like this, but if you don't: do not combine!
http://shop.grasscity.com/images/whatiscolorchangingglass.jpg
Whats Color Changeing Glass
A glass product that needs extra attention is Color Changing Glass. The name speaks for itself, by adding special supplements this glass gets the most beautiful colors and besides changes color and can be made in very beautiful shapes, it also has the quality of being very hard and only really breaks if one drops it on a hard surface. Nowadays, other products besides the smoking pipe are available. Many glass blowers make real works of art which are very expensive to purchase. Because these objects are now looked upon as art, a collectors market is starting to develop in which the design of certain artists can increase in value.
http://shop.grasscity.com/images/whatiscaststone.jpg
Whats Cast Stone
Cast stone is a material used to make smoking pipes. Because the material is less hard then stone it is easily shaped in any desired shape. These pipes are used similar as stone pipes only the shape is different: mainly fantasy forms like birds, trees or dwarfs.
http://shop.grasscity.com/images/whatisachillum.jpg
Whats a Chillum
The Chillum is a kind of narrow funnel made of clay and other materials. The funnel can only be used for smoking when it has a filter stone inside it or the smoking substance will fall right into your mouth. To avoid burning your hands the Chillum is being smoked through a cloth.
Originally the Chillum was made from fired clay but they also exist in wood, stone and glass. It is thought to originate in India, although they were also found in South America. The Chillum is special as its origin is purely spiritual. The holy men from India, the Sadhu (Hindu Priests), have been smoking their Chillums for thousands of years. Smoking a Chillum for a Sadhu is like drinking red wine for a catholic priest. In the sixties the Chillum started being used in Europe and America by the Hippie movement.
Smoking small Chillums brings hot smoke directly into your throat. The larger the pipe, the colder the smoke gets, and the more smoke you'll get in your lungs. The more smoke you'll get, the more of off your head you'll get... For a more mellow smoke, pick a smaller one. Smoking a Chillum is always better than smoking a cigarette: it's faster and you don't need any tobacco.
http://shop.grasscity.com/images/whatisadugoutsystem.jpg
Whats a Dug Out System
A Dug Out System is a very small portable smoking instrument. It has the size of a small flat lighter. This small container has a cavity at one end and a mouthpiece at the other. You press the cavity into a small container of cleaned, chopped herbs to fill it and then it is lit like a cigarette and inhaled steadily until everything is smoked. You only get one inhalation per filling, therefore this instrument is also called a one-hit. They are perfect for those who like to smoke just a little at a time.
This American invention is perfect for those who want a few quick puffs. It's fast and you don't need any tobacco. You can carry it with you all the time and it gives you the opportunity to smoke without it being noticed. In critical situations you can even pass it off as a cigarette holder!
http://shop.grasscity.com/images/whatisavaporizer.jpg
Whats a Vaporizer
Vaporisers have a built-in heating element, which heats the your favourite herbs to a sub-flammable temperature, thus activating and releasing all the all active chemicals in the Herb of your choice. As you don't burn the plants only the active/healing chemicals and the etherical oils vaporise. This way you inhale all the good parts of the herb without the tar and carbon monoxide, which are hazardous for lungs and health.
The first vaporiser was made in 1995. Soon it proved to be very suitable for medical use. A lot of effort and research is done to develop a vaporiser that doesn't burn the herbs and leave an odourless, green-brownish powder after vaporising. The vaporisers of today offer a method to smoke in a healthy and tastefully way.
The effect of vaporising is the purest feeling you can imagine. Compared to water pipes the effect comes on gently but vaporising gives you a sensation that is more intense and clear. Vaporising is done without tobacco. Using tobacco makes you feel wasted and makes you tired sooner. Not using tobacco makes the working of the Vaporizer more pure.
Technology of Vaporization
Vaporization, or volatilization is a process which releases the essential, active elements of a substance without burning it. Vaporization implements a cutting-edge convection technology which releases just enough heat and air to discharge these vital elements but not enough heat and air to actually combust the material.
Advanced microchip technology ensures an exact temperature to overheating or burning the plant substance. This eliminates many of the harmful byproducts of combustion.
For example - tobacco. When tobacco is smoked, the plant itself is burned. This burning creates carcinogenic and otherwise toxic substances such as tar and carbon monoxide.
In contrast, when tobacco is vaporized it will release only its active element, nicotine, in the form of an inhaleable aerosol.
Vaporization produces NO smoke, little or no tar or other toxic elements. This is because, unlike combustion, vaporization does not induce substantial denaturing of the substance. When a substance is "denatured", its chemical make-up may change when catalyzed by, for example, flame. New compounds are then created which were not inherent in the plant itself.
One of the greatest assets of vaporization technology is the very fact that vaporization does not substantially alter the compounds being vaporized and does not create any elements that were not originally present in the source material.
Digital Vaporization on an individual level is on the verge of revolutionizing the smoking cessation industry.
http://shop.grasscity.com/images/aboutcigaretteapaper.jpg
Pappers
A lot of smoking is done with different sorts of pipes but there is another important smoking aid which can be used: cigarette paper. Smokers who prefer a cigarette can create the exact cigarette they want with papers of all sizes and textures. African, Indian, Spanish, Jamaican and American papers are just the beginning.
Different cultures all around the world used rolled up dried leaves, mainly palm leaves, corncob leaves or tobacco leaves to smoke with. This custom originated not only from South and North America but also from Asia and Africa. Real cigarette paper could only be used after the invention of paper in China, 2 BC. It is known that the Chinese, soon after the invention of paper, started to use this paper to smoke herbs and tobacco with. From here the custom slowly spread to Italy and Spain. In Europe, smoking with cigarette paper started from the 16th century onwards.
A cigarette is usually made of special smoking blends combined with tobacco. Because of the use of tobacco you'll feel more wasted. If you like a more intensive and pure feeling, you should not use tobacco in your favourite smoking blend.
Unhandy beginners or advanced smokers who are too busy to roll a decent cone shaped cigarette can use the Futurola. This roller is easy to use. Simply fill the roller with all the ingredients, rotate the roller and...Voila, there you go! The Futurola comes in handy to roll your cigarette inside out as well. You'll use less paper and because of that, your spliff will taste better.
This info was copied from Easy Bong (http://shop.grasscity.com/shop/clickthru.html?id=web420)