Don't get me wrong here guys, the bong will be used if I get it, and then stored away when I'm not using it. I'm not going to say I don't think it looks nice, but I will not show it to anyone unless we're going to smoke out of it, and sure, I think a pretty piece is a nice thing to appreciate while you're high, but then I put it away and get out the video games or start the writing. The reason I bought the cheap one in the first place is because I wanted a bong since I'm tired of pipes, they always get broken if they're glass(by my brother) and they're too hot if they're metal. The plastic one was cheap, durable and hits harder than any pipe I've used. I wouldn't consider getting this thing, except for its great reduction in price, the fact that the other guy is a really close friend who I've smoked many times with (and who's quit smoking entirely, actually now). Main reason for not wanting to get it is because it's glass (though if I buy it my brother will never, ever, know of its existence in the house), and because I already have the other that get's the job done.
But I don't know, maybe I'm in danger of sounding like that guy, but I do think a piece, especially any handmade, has its own personality, thus the reason I stick to the idea of naming them, and I think some are superior to others at least to a certain point (great, its six feet long, has eight chambers and is shaped like a grateful dead bear, how do you smoke it?). I think it's like anything like that, you know, say a tobacco smoker's fine, hand carved pipe he's used for years, perfectly seasoned and familiar as his own hands. The bong in question is not like, covered in all sorts of weird glass shapes and colors or extra chambers or anything extravagant. Other than the single swirl of a couple shades of blue along the deep twist, its plain, clear glass.
