Quote Originally Posted by MadSativa
I sent "Bates" as in psycho, the link to your pics, hes the blower of 505 glass, heres what he had to say,

Bates:thumbsup::
"I recomend changing too 19mm 505-difuser(fused) and 18mm bowl male joint, Ice catcher is not a problem however I would like to place it in a spot where main tube is not so intricate, so as not to interfear with artist work. There is one problem I forsee and that is with the fume, the fume is the color changing effect that is fused or put on the glass. A fire session must be done to properly harden and set the glass, in this process at times the fume can completely burn off. This all depends on a number of things, If the color is to burn off we can refume however there will be an extra fee for fire and fume. Fire fee is the fire session in which the glass sets, every time the peice is put to fire that is another fire fee. Also of coars their is an unknow color glass factor, this is not a fee but more a agreement. Colors of glass are sometimes achevied by fireing at different temps. What this means is some color will change after refiring, an example could be a peice that comes in for custom work and is red, but after firing is clear yellow. Allot of times this can be fixed buy refiring the peice after it has come to temperature, and usualy this can bring back the red. However in some cases the color can change or completely burn off. This again depends on a number of things. 505 GLASS uses all the best product we can get our hands on and our goal is provide our customer with functional glass art and a good price. Prices will be listed when the website is up, as far as a store front, we want to focus on a global market and a store front as of now does not interest us but possibley a studio in the future. Right now we are very busy making product for opening and local art shows, our focus is basicaly differnet colors right now although there have been some customs. In the near future we will come out with more lines of glass. All glass is made in the USA and proud of it, all glass is blown with only the best vibes in mind."


Me the MadSativa imp:; after all that he called and said "tellem it is still all up to him if he wants a bubbler out of that peice or a chandaleir we are willing to talk."
I'm still interested however if there a chance that my bong is gonna get ruined then forget it. Can he give a rough estimate on price? or even just to get a glass on glass joint put on it with no tube extension? I appreciate all your help! I cant wait till your shop is open, i'll deffinetly be making some orders... plus me and my friend have been looking o open a local glass shop in salem, ma, maybe when and if that finally does happen we can work somthing out and we can feature your work there!