I spoke to 'Earl Jr.' a few days ago on facebook, he says he isn't taking orders for a bit as he's so backed up with work. Nice problem to have! With the quality of his work and the reviews of friends who own it tho, i'm not surprised...
Great artist tho. Said he works with any budget (no...
You can never be sure how its gonna turn out when it's from ABV... it will always taste yucky, and the overall strength of the effects will be muted. You could always try to remelt it by going through more purging... might fuse together and turn into taffy or wax. Good luck!
Two new pieces that arrived before Christmas...
One from a Secret Santa, the other from a new glassblower who gave me a deal :D
Check em out! Blaze turbine tube and a 6" minitube with a fumed marble and a triple dipped horn by Etch Glass (http://www.instagram.com/etchglass)
Merry Christmas all!
I aim my torch for the center of the nail and rotate slightly, blue flame just a cm or less from the nail... only takes 5 sec or so to start to glow, then just wait 4-8 seconds after the glow to hit (a bit faster than a Ti nail due to the lack of thickness in comparison). I use a flower bowl as...
It will probably be fine... just a $10 cheaper version :)
I'm sure any difference between them will be splitting hairs to be honest... haha i guess you'll find out :D
Yes, from looking at the picture of the one matthend grabbed to the one right in front of me, the bowl area in the center of the slits seems a little smaller and steeper on the $30 compared to the $40 quartzcastle. I think it will work fine, but the one thing about the quartzcastle design that I...
This is a quartzcastle:
This is the standard 'domeless quartz nail':
There are a few more styles beyond this (halen honey hole, pukinbeagle, club banger, etc.) but they are rare and/or expensive.
I, also, can't say enough about my quartzcastle. If i'm quick like a bunny, heat up can be less than 5 sec of torch time, which I love as a lonely dabber most of the time :p
I also find it carb caps well with a plugged flower bowl over top :tup: although it does cool very quickly due to the...
A recent grab off LYGA - the octorig!
Glass blown by Johnny Landini Glass out of Colorado
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Very happy with it thus far - she really rips!
I've had great work done by Colie Glass and I hear Jhanpixel (Aeon glass in the glass forum) is another great blower from colorado. I shipped up a piece of glass a few months back and it came without a hitch from Colie.
I see that colie's shop is currently down, but he does a recycler at about...