IDK, this is way old, and that glass pipe i found was a relic from the 80's; the kind of pipe we used to take into the parking lot and smash at 4:00 AM to try to get some sleep, ugh. "Gettin lonely", we used to call that... Shoulda cast it in resin or something but i lost it...
Uhhh, yeah, well...Luckily I'm not sentimental at all and am not easily triggered by, say, using a crack pipe to smoke spice. I've found the experience quite different from yours and its saved me tons of money. And i used to be poor, now I'm just cheap, so it really works out well for me to do something like the following:
I've taken to using a modified crack pieapproach, using stems from multiple sources- glass droppers, cheap chillums, etc- loaded with a good size chore pellet, then some spice melted into that, and finally another chore pellet to act as a "flame shield". Low tech, ghetto, whatever you want to call it, they provide a consistent 1-hit breakthrough (IF that's the aim, or small hits, wtvr) with -40mg doses and a torch. There's some loss, and some taste sometimes, but honestly I've gotten better, more consistent hits through these than from my buddy's GVG.
Also, they can be premade for a individual or group session, eliminating fumbling with spice while high or arranging doses as a sitter allowing one to be more fully present.
ALSO, with the eye droppers, i can just put them back together and screw the cap back onto the bottle; it adds a level of stealth security and ease of transport, worry free about breakage.
Sine experientia nihil sufficienter sciri potest -Roger Bacon
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