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ROOSTER APPARATUS BR IN G I NG S CIENCE TO T HE BO N G GAME WRITER / MAT THEW CRISCIONE; CANNABIS CONSIGLIERE
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have found the DOPEst bong on the planet! David Goldstein, known in some circles as ‘The Bongfather’, is the inventor of the Rooster Apparatus. His work has had a huge impact on my smoking experience which until now I was completely unaware of! Goldstein’s trade in glass blowing has deep roots. Goldstein’s mentor, a technical glassblower at the University of Maryland, developed his craft among instrumental scientists who played a large role in strengthening U.S. sonar and radar capabilities during World War II. Goldstein learned all of the finer points of glass blowing from this U.S. Navy veteran. David is thought by many to be one of the most prolific designers in the history of glass smoking accessories. From his humble beginning in 1976 developing what he says was the first ash catcher, Goldstein went on to fabricate a percolator in ‘79 as well. More recently, in 2010, Goldstein began noticing a lot of bongs incorporating high-end glass seals and thought, “why try and make a bong look like it belongs in a laboratory? Why not take a laboratory apparatus and turn it into a bong?” This realization led him to introduce the use of a fritted disk, previously used to wash gases with a liquid in a laboratory setting. After he assembled his first fritted disk bong in April of 2011, he knew he was on to something. Feeling as though he nailed the design, Goldstein sent his patent application in for his fritted disk-fitted smoking apparatus. Goldstein knew that he had created something unique – a smoking experience smoother than anything he had been exposed to before. The Rooster Apparatus, although not federally legal to use as a means of smoking cannabis, received its patent approval in 2015. A Portland-based laboratory, MEI-Charlton, conducted tests on the device which suggest that it effectively filters cancer-causing carcinogens from tobacco smoke. The benefits of this filter are hard to deny. The design of The Platinum model is unique with a hollow center, which reduces the initial volume of air needed to prime the chamber with smoke. Along with the smoke looking like it’s being carbonated by the fritted disk inside, the less you have to clear the less you tend to cough. And let me tell you I am the cough king. I choke on anything not edible. I was blown away by the smoothness of the hit. I started giggling because I wasn’t hacking up a lung.
•First “ash catcher” (1976) •First “percolator” double-chamber tube (1979) •First tube with trailed colored decoration (1981) •Colored “claw” hand pipe (1981) •First fully worked colored tube with ground (by hand) joints (1987) •First use of Hexagon base on tube (1994) •First adaptation of a gas washing bottle as a smoking accessory, the Rooster® Apparatus (2011)
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