redstar - i'd still have ash and shit in with the gold in the filter. that's why it got its name... the blackschlager bong. because it still has flakes... but theyre definately not gold, lol

i did the hole using a 1/2" glass drill bit and a LOT of patience. that was the biggest glass bit they had at my local hardware store, so then i made the hole bigger with a dremel bit. and then i etched the words in with the dremel too. fucking painstakingly long... haha.