Glass is the perfect material to use in bongs. Glass material used in bongs doesn't burn, give off any odor or flavor, or add any impurities into the flavour or smoke. In contrast, wood and plastic can burn and melt producing toxic fumes. The same thing is true for steel and aluminum, they can vaporize with repeated use of lighters and produce poisonous fumes and cause important health problems. Glass is inert chemically.
Hand blown glass, has taken many forms and functions. Nowhere is this material more impressive and inspiring than in the beauty of blown glass bongs. The shape of the glass bong can be very artisitc, this is why glassblowing can be a labor-intensive process that involves an impressive combo of training and skill. Simply described, it involves the use of a metal blowpipe that is dipped into molten glass. The glass bongs artist blows into the pipe, which creates a bubble that is shaped with the use of simple tools, it is then cooled vert slowly over several hours so it doesnt crack the glass.
The method of blowing glass in a molten state first came around the first century B.C.E. by artisan syrian craftsmen. The technique was quickly adopted, and then developed, refined and distributed.During the Middle Ages, the worlds capital of glass making was mostly in Venice, Italy. Today glass blowing is used to create many product, including glass bongs, glass pipes and water bongs.
One of the most agreed benefits of glass is its transparency : It is nice to be able to SEE the smoke through the bong and this translucent optical qualities of glass bongs allow you to clear residual stale smoke before taking another hit. Stale smoke is bad because it tastes disgusting and very choking.Glass bongs are the professional and most healthy material to smoke any herbs. 95% of the people who smoke prefer glass because NOTHING comes close.