My new fully worked bubbler set

[Armerad]

Hey everyone, pretty lucky day I've had today.

Nabbed this INSANE deal off my local Raleigh-Durham Craigslist, a 10.5" tall 14mm DI bubbler, which the guy bought only three weeks ago. He apparently really needed rent money, and sold it to me for only
100$ (His asking price was 120$).

http://imgur.com/a/JbVmQ


The pictures dont do it justice; it's a Galaxy Nexus, sorry! The linework is clean and many of the sections which appear as one stripe in the picture are actually 3+ lines, which the camera obliterated...

Edit: Thanks to Blue Lily Glassworks on Reddit, this piece has been identified as an Rx piece, blown out of Indiana (The squiggly box around Rx is Indiana's border)

 

[kingofnull]

Wow that's REALLY sick.

 

[Armerad]

Wow that's REALLY sick.

Thanks, it's my first non scientific piece besides a small dry spoon, it really enriches the experience using something so pretty .

 

[redglassgallery]

wow thats a steal! it would cost shops more than $100 for that piece wholesale over here

 

[SD_haze]

wowwie
Fully heady

My question is: is the downstem non-diffused? or like 2-3 hole diffy?

 

[Tweek]

Very nice.

I think this post is an excellent lesson...rent first, nice glass last.

 

[Armerad]

wowwie
Fully heady

My question is: is the downstem non-diffused? or like 2-3 hole diffy?

I've been trying to figure that out myself. If I shine a high powered light I can make out the general details of the downstem. At the very end it becomes slightly bulbous, making me think the glassblower put <=4 Holes on it. Compared to my single hole HVY beaker, the stackage bubbles are smaller and more even/consistent/higher stacking.

I'm guessing it's diffused, but I don't have any exacting proof.

 

[lookmomnohands]

Nice steal! I'm paying practically out the wazoo for my custom haha. I dig those disc shaped mouthpieces. He did a nice job on those horns too.

 

[Armerad]

Nice steal! I'm paying practically out the wazoo for my custom haha. I dig those disc shaped mouthpieces. He did a nice job on those horns too.

It was definitely a great deal. The guy said he had bought it ~3 weeks ago as an impulse buy for 380$.

 

[SD_haze]

It was definitely a great deal. The guy said he had bought it ~3 weeks ago as an impulse buy for 380$.

Dayum. Definitely diffused then
Gotta love a TI signature too

 

[Armerad]

Dayum. Definitely diffused then
Gotta love a TI signature too

I'm happy with it, that's for sure. The hollowfoot base requires a lot of water, although that keeps the bubbler bottom heavy and stable.