Rather interesting ...

[jboatman333]

http://www.chameleonglass.com


read the stuff about imports .

[kbinkster]

Wow. That was very good. It was well written - intelligent and easy to read. I hope that the pipe shop owners and anyone else contemplating buying imported pipes and toys read that.

[duh]

some good info, but some biased and unscientific info as well....

" Imported Glass fails 100X more often than domestically produced products"
"Glass dust is 100X MORE DANGEROUS THAN ASBESTOS!"

Both of these claims are very very BOLD, and are not supported...

[Primathon]

Good read. I especially like this part:


Imported Pipes = Child Slavery + Terrorists + Dangerous Glass Dust + Lousy Quality + American Artists Out of Work.
Now that's a bold statement. I'd say that it's only about 75% true, but that's just me...

[Brian Newman]

The definition of terrorism is using fear for political ends. This claim is terrorism.

[jiminyrootkit]

Main Entry: ter·ror·ism
Pronunciation: 'ter-&r-"i-z&m
Function: noun
: the systematic use of terror especially as a means of coercion
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[IrieGuy05]

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YALL DAWG

[kbinkster]

You mean all that stuff about imported glass was untrue?

[Kalera]

It contained enough misinformation to cause many readers to question the whole thing. That's the problem with mixing bad information with good; it tends to make people dismiss the good information as well. I think that particular bit of writing is doing the art glass community more of a disservice than a service.

[Julian]

I think that particular bit of writing is doing the art glass community more of a disservice than a service.
I'd be real surprised to see a large wholesaler of pipes doing that!!
Seriously now, I don't know - Chameleon selling stuff like 'The Econo Bubbler' for $37.50 back in the day didn't hurt business much. Does anyone feel about them like they did about 101 North, or is Chameleon okay?

[christopher]

A friend at work recently found out I got back into blowing glass, but knows that I don't make pipes any more. "I wish you did," he said to me. "I just spent $40 bucks on one and it broke like a week later." After questioning him on it a little more, he said he thought it was because of his jet lighter, that it cracked the bowls. He said most of them last at least a year, though. He said he bought it at a "cigarettes cheaper" type store, and after a week the whole bowl just kind of fell in.
I explained to him that it was not his jet lighter, and that his jet lighter probably doesn't heat the glass to near the strain point of boro (Not sure about that, just what I thought). I told him it was because it was a piece of crap, and that a well made pipe would never break because of a certain kind of lighter.

The thing about drilling out the bowls is true.

[smutboy420]

I've seen vases drilled out to make bongs But thats the only time I have seen a hole drilled in a pcs.
tho i have seen them where the hole is bust busted threw the glass and left all jagad and shit . But I haven't seen many that are drilled.
I like the part about
"Imported Glass fails 100X more often than domestically produced products"
I thought thin crappy blown glass just broke easier then nice thick even glass does.
Um thats true regardless of the geographial location that its made at.
About the only thing that educated me on. Was to be weairy of that place making them broad wide open claims.
I dislike crappy inports as much as the next guy. But let them fail on the own marets. no need to start just making stuff up out of thin air against imports. cause thats all the artical did was pull stuff out of there ass.
Most import glass is shity ennough who needs to make stuff like that up to dis it?

[Sol]

educate not diseminate?(sp)?