The Dragon Shooter Steamroller

In my 14 years experience there has been one hand blown glass pipe that has epitomized my goals as a retailer: innovation, quality, and price. The Dragon Shooter Steamroller is an invention, an affordable heady, and one kick ass steamroller all in one functional hand blown glass pipe. Smokin Js has been selling the dragon shooter steamroller for over 10 years!

This Dragon Steamroller has Shooter in the name for a reason.  Our pipe has a secondary carb hole!  On the side of each Dragon Shooter Steamroller is a tiny carb hole specifically engineered and designed to cool the smoke and shoot it into your lungs.  Think about a regular pipe that fills with smoke until you release the carb and then the smoke goes into your lungs.  Our "Choker Hole" on the Dragon Shooter allows a little bit of air into the cylinder while you are smoking that shoots the smoke into your lungs.  This tiny stream of air also helps cool the smoke before it gets to you.

The Choker Hole adds a cool secondary effect to the smoking experience.  When smoking with the Dragon Shooter Steamroller you can plug and unplug the secondary carb to create cool smoke effects inside the shooter.  We have been able to create smoke swirls, waves, rings, and other effects.


Check out this video of Jeff showing off the Dragon Shooter Steamrollers by Gus Glass Studios

This super cool pipe could fetch outrageous prices, but not when you are buying from Smokin Js!  We have two glass blowers that make our dragon steamrollers:  Gus Glass Studios and Garrett Cooksey.  Garrett makes our smaller mini version that comes with the very affordable price tag of $44.99.  For a pocket Dragon Shooter Steamroller, that is a great price.  He also makes a large bubbler for ONLY $129.99.  Gus Glass Studios makes several different sizes and models starting at $59.99.  Our most popular Dragon Shooter Steamroller is the Gus Glass Studios Double Dragon which is made from beefy tubing and has two dragon heads.

We have segregated our Dragon Shooter Steamrollers in our Special Offers section on the Smokin Js web site.  When ordering you can always request colors in the comments box at checkout.  We will always email or text the current pictures of models available to ship immediately.  Your satisfaction is the most important thing to us.  Customers are always blown away by our customer service.  Give us a try and find out why :)

Featured Artist - Scott Sherrell

Smokin Js has been in business for 14 years.  In that time I have always tried to feature and promote local artists that not only offer quality products, but also are quality individuals.  I believe very much in the karma of a hand blown glass pipe.  I think that customers want the very best glass from the very best people.  At Smokin Js we don't buy hand blown glass pipes off anybody who passes through town.  I try to develope relationships with the artists to make sure we get a consistent quality product, and the artist receives ample compensation for their work.  My goal is to offer HIGH quality hand blown glass pipes at a LOW price; all made and sold by HIGH quality individuals.  By making this extra effort and having higher standards our customers can be assured when they hold their new pipe in their hands they know it comes from a good place.


We are going to start a new feature at Smokin Js.  Periodically we are going to feature one of our glass blowers and share more information about them.  Each featured artist will have a special section in our stores, a blog article written about them, and their products featured on SmokinJs.com.

Scott Sherrell at his Studio in Portland, Or

Scott Sherrell

Scott Sherrell has been blowing glass for fifteen years, fourteen of which for Smokin Js.   He is based in Portland, Oregon.  He lives with his girlfriend Christina, who is an important part of his business and life. 

Scott grew up in SW Portland.  As a youth he developed a love for motocross.  He credits his interest and love of motocross for helping him avoid the bad elements that SE Portland is known for.  Scott rode competitive motocross for 25 years, starting when he was 15 years old.  Scott didn't just ride, he became a part of the motocross community in the Northwest.  For eleven years he volunteered and worked at the Washougal Motocross Park.

Scott managed an automotive wrecking yard when he was bitten by the glass blowing bug.  He was interested in art glass and the beauty of glass figurines.  Scott's interest in glass blowing took him to a blower that made pipes, and his form of artistry was born.  For a year Scott would work during the day and blow glass at nights.  It was after this year he decided to take the leap of faith and make lampwork a full time occupation.

Today Scott enjoys the freedom of owning his own business.  He and Christina are a family operation.  He likes to blow glass when he is in a good mood, with good music, and a good atmosphere.  "The pieces I create are a part of my life," said Scott.  He may not make the fanciest and most expensive pieces, but each one of Scott's glass pieces is a testament to his skill at creating affordable color changing glass pipes with character and goodness at heart.  Smokin Js is the only place where you will find Scott's glass.  He is excited about some new white glass tubing he just received, and we should have some brand new Scott Sherrell creations soon.  You can find him on Facebook.

Scott Sherrell produces the best fume and raked pipes available.  I have been astonished throughout the years at the consistency and beauty of his pipes.  Each one always has a perfect bowl and carb hole.  His fume work is amazing in that the quality and consistency of the fume remains the same from one pipe to another.  I don't think there is another store out there that can claim their cheapest glass pipe is made by an artist of fifteen years, but at Smokin Js our $9.99 simple silver fumed pipe is made by Scott.  His dry hammer, side-car, and sherlock pipes are some of my favorites.  Each pipe he creates has amazing color changing qualities.  He uses a special technique where he encases his wrap and rake work with a layer of clear.  This technique gives each pipe increased durability and amazing clarity.  You can truly see his experience and skill in each pipe he makes. 

Two great examples of Scott's Raked and Fumed Beaded Pipe.  Both are amazing color changers.

Amazing consistency.  Scott's pipes are a picture of perfection and yet unique to themselves.

Pictured here is Scott's Side Car Hand Pipe.

Every one of Scott's pipes has a perfect bowl and perfect holes.

4/20 Grand Prize Winner

King George

WHAT'S UP!?!

There was a time... When I first started at Smokin Js, it was like Christmas every day that I came to work! After learning several of the methods and styles of glass blowing, eventually like all good things you have in abundance the magical "newness" began to wear off. HOWEVER....There's Never a dull moment Here @ SMOKIN J'S!!

Twice a year we get to do our BI-ANUAL CUSTOMER APPRECIATION RAFFLE!!! Something we like to do here @ Smokin Js to say THANK YOU to all our happy Customers!! There's nothing more gratifying than when the happy Raffle winner comes back in and tells me about the trials and tribulations I had to endure to get them to actually buy a Ticket! lolol 

I had the GREAT PLEASURE of handing out the Grand Prize to the recent 4/20 winner, who was one of the dudes that I wrangled into playing!! For some weird reason, he was glowing like a bank of stadium lights!!!

Never a dull moment here @ Smokin Js!!!!

4/20 Drawing Details

It's that time of the year again.  Smokin Js does two raffles per year, once at 4/20 and New Years.  We are very excited about our grand prize for the 4/20 raffle.  It is a Blaze1 Heady custom water pipe.  The water pipe has layer upon layer of custom work blown into every square inch of it.  The piece includes a matching heady bowl, a sweet custom matching drum magnification bead, and an attached nug jug.  These custom pieces are hard to come by.  We charge $1,199.99 for your own custom piece, and there is a 4 month wait time for delivery.  Those facts alone make this grand prize a one-of-a-kind opportunity.

BUT WAIT !!!  THERE'S MORE !!!

We are giving away $2,500 worth of product in the raffle.  There are 9 consolation prizes, and we will be giving away door prizes all day at each store on 4/20.  Here are pictures of some of the consolation prizes.

Vapor Blunt Vaporizer.  Brand new on the market - $269.99

One of the best and coolest new portable vaporizers.

Hear no evil, see no evil, speak no evil.

Convict Glass Mural Water Pipe with Pinch Bowl.

One of the most popular High Times covers ever.

Framed in a nice 24 x 18" Silver Frame.

Giant Kaos poster featuring their water pipe with

Cheech & Chong on the cover of High Times.

36" x 24" Black Frame

Red plasma light up Cyclones wall clock.

There will be many more consolation prizes including t-shirts, hand blown glass pipes, a subscription to Skunk Magazine, and complete roll-your-own sets.  Also, all prizes will come with extra goodies and Smokin Js brand products.

There will be $2,500 in prizes given away.  Tickets are $1.  Tickets are only available at our physical retail stores in Centralia, Longview, and Vancouver.  Must be 18 to enter.  Do not have to be present to win.  Only 1 prize per customer.  Drawing will be held at our Centralia store at 4:20 on 4/20 2012.  Door prizes will be given away at all three Smokin Js locations on 4/20.  Good luck.

Pure Steam Stone Review

Here at Smokin Js we get a lot of new products.  Some of them don't last at the store very long, but most of them become very popular with our customers and our employees.  I have a good feeling about this product I am about to share with you.  This one is for the hookah lovers, old and new.  Get ready for something that tastes wonderful, has no tobacco, no tar, and no nicotine what so ever!  Pure Steam Stones are the name of this new shisha.  They are these little white stones that have been infused with rich flavors and a wonderful aroma.  Instead of actually burning tobacco to get that thick smoke, you are vaporizing the stones.  You use these stones like regular shisha tobacco ... you mix up your product very well, then place it in your bowl with your coal on top of the product, and your coal heats the stones, which steams the flavoring and the glycerin into a vapor like smoke (steam).  Now when I heard the description of this before I got to try it, I was worried there wasn't going to be the thick clouds of smoke, which is what I enjoy the most out of smoking hookah.  But be surprised my friends!  This glycerin based product gives you plenty of smoke clouds to enjoy with your friends, with a burning time that I was more than satisfied with.  I experienced about an hour in a half to two wonderful hours per bowl of Pure Steam Stones.  Another thing that I really noticed and liked was that when I left my bowl for five minutes I didn't come back to a harsh smoke like I do with regular shisha tobacco, it was just as smooth as it was when I left it.  These steam stones are wonderful by themselves, but like any other person who experiments with their flavors, the Pure Steam Stones are also great mixers.  I tried mixing it with my regular shisha tobacco; I put the tobacco product on the bottom of the bowl where it was not touching the coal and I put the steam stones on the top.  I found this very pleasant to smoke.  I got to enjoy that head buzz I like, but with a smoother and thick smoke without burning my shisha at all.  The Pure Steam Stones just heated up the tobacco as if it were actually vaporizing it.  To all my hookah connoisseurs out there, next time you stop by any one of our Smokin Js locations, take home one of our many flavors of steam stones and enjoy them for yourself.

I hope this review helps and finds you in good spirits and health,

Kat

PURE Glass Settles Court Case

Years ago PURE brand water pipes were created in California.   The manufacturer was on the cutting edge of water pipe design and function.  Success breeds imitation.  Soon after the rise in popularity of PURE brand water pipes, a foreign importer started counterfeiting the brand and water pipe designs.  The original PURE Glass company took the foreign importer to court over the trademark dispute.  After years in court, the original PURE Glass manufacturer has settled to end the costly battle.   Unfortunately, the original PURE Glass has sold the brand name to the foreign importer.  As of the January 1st, 2012 the PURE brand is no longer manufactured and owned by Americans.
At Smokin Js we only carry American made hand blown glass products. Therefore we will no longer be selling the PURE brand.   All of our PURE brand water pipes currently in stock are made by the original Pure Glass manufacturer.   We are having a clearance sale on all our PURE Glass water pipes.  The sale prices are significantly discounted and already built into the price available in our stores and on our web store.  We have limited styles available at our physical stores.  Our final stock of original PURE Glass water pipes can be found in our "special offers" section of our web site.  The good news is that the original PURE manufacturers created a new brand name a year ago (Amsterdam Design Studios), and we currently carry and will continue to expand this line of quality hand blown glass water pipes.

Employee Picks

Katie - I'ts the begining of the year and everyone has new goals and resolutions. Thoughts pondering through your head as to what you know you aren't going to do again, but not quite sure as to how to change this year. I know I think to much about these type of things.  I'm always trying to improve the old Katie into a new edition, but still staying true to myself. It's a difficult task, and sometimes when you ask other's opinion, they don't quite have the answer. Honestly, the only way to live life is to trust your heart and your insticts. However, there are a few things that I like to use to send me in the right direction.  Right before the new year I was introduced to Tarot cards. I've heard about them, but not quite sure how they worked or how it would benefit me by trying them. My friend brought her deck over when we were all hanging out and I jumped at the chance to see what the cards had to say. Surprisingly, I was pleased and reassured with the reading.

Tarot Decks aren't meant to be a fortune teller, but rather guide you to your own answers. Some psychiatrist such as Carl Jung believed they work by synchronicity.  Synchronicity by definition is the simultaneous occurrence of events that appear significantly related but have no discernable causal connections. Tarot cards help guide you to your own answers.

To start the reading, I lit some of our awesome Nag Champa Votive candles I bought from Smokin Js to set the mood, dimmed the lights and lit some Natural Satya incense. Having a calm, quiet comfortable environment is always best when doing a reading so the person recieving the reading can concentrate on what they are trying to get out of it. I was given the deck to hold, to feel energies, to put my own hopes and desires into what it might tell me. Often, People can ask a general open ended question to guide the reading with the answers they might be looking for. I had no idea what I expected to hear, but I was at the point of accepting everything that has happened for what it is, and just wanted to feel where I was in the world & how others were affecting me.

I shuffled the cards and felt how heavy they were, it was a different feeling than holding a normal deck of cards.  I could feel the powerful effects it had to offer. I love feeling oras and this deck was goregous, bursting with eye-catching art and positive energy. I shuffled it until it felt like it was in the right order then I spread them out in a rainbow "U" shape for her to digest. She felt over the cards, and one by one picked the ones I felt were calling to me the strongest without me even saying a word or looking down. It was like a crazy conspiracy but at the same time, I knew she knew the deck well and was pleased with every card she picked up - like it was destined. She proceeded to lay out the cards in order in one of the most common spreads called "The Celtic Cross". There are many types of spreads, some focusing on aiming at certain questions or types of readings. She drew 10 cards and placed them down one by one in the cross. Each position has a meaning for that card, and she read them one by one, according to her Tarot Card meaning book she had on hand. It was energizing and comforting to be reassured by what I knew my heart was truely telling me.

I can't wait for my next reading and what I have still yet to learn about my life.  For someone who thinks too much, it definitely helped soothe my burnt wired ends tingling up in my brain. I'm crossing my fingers for someone to find a deck that makes them think of me. I've heard from many people your not suppose to buy your own deck, and that doing so gives altered readings or bad luck; but they make great gifts, and I've happily bought one of our beautiful decks we have at Smokin Js for a good friend for Christmas. She was in love with the art and the thought. Whatever the future holds, I feel it getting brighter. It may be just another year, but treat every teardrop as a waterfall, soak up the sun and don't worry about a thing. Cause every little thing, is gonna be alright. ;)

Peace, Love and Butterflykisses

King George - I'd be lying if I didn't say that I LOVE THE SMOKIN JS NECKLACE PIPES!!  You too can sport my favorite counter-culture fashion wear.  Each necklace pipe comes complete with a colorful hemp necklace.  The whole product is American made, **cough cough**, by me, King George!  That's right, I make the hemp necklace and the hand blown glass pipe attached :)  The necklace pipe is perfect for shows, concerts, raves, and judging events.  It's completely covert in the fact that it tucks right into the t-shirt, but don't leave it loaded ;)  If you want your own custom necklace pipe just order it at SmokinJs.com and mention what color or colors hemp you would like the necklace to be made from in the comments section at checkout.  I will make it happen!

Jeff - My favorite product at Smokin Js is the super sick Reverse Shower Head Sherlock Bubbler.  Shower head percolators are new in the industry and you won't find one at a better price at only $149.99.  As with all Smokin Js pipes it is American made.  It's a natural perc so no skinny downstem means it won't get clogged or have limited air flow.  This piece allows draws ristriction free ;)  The shower head also makes a super cool effect with the smoke that's hard to take your eyes off of.  I've smoked out of every piece available and this bubby is too good to be true, especially for the price.

Lucy - My favorite item at Smokin Js is the Absinthe Brew Kit.  I bought it for a white elephant gift party.  Half the people were fighting over it for the alcohol fact and the other just for the novelty.  It's a great way to bring family and friends together to do something creative and fun; whether it be for a party or a rainy day.  It's a three day process, which is awesome because it will make a Tuesday or Wednesday look that much better while you wait for the weekend.  The effects are different depending upon which alcohol you use and the process ... that means you gotta buy more than one lol ;)  I didn't see any little green devils, but I did find it an amazing experience that I want to try again :)

Tmo - My favorite product at Smokin Js is the 4 stage 2.25" Grindhouse Grinder.  It has the best bang for the buck out of all the grinders on the market.  You get the grinder, micron screen, and collection tray.  It's made from aircraft grade aluminum.  The teeth pattern shreds as good or better than any grinder I've experienced.  The thread spacing and pitch where the pieces screw back together are perfectly smooth and won't be hard to start, even with the build-up that occurs from years of use :)  To top it off, this HIGH quality American made grinder comes with rounded edges in the collection tray, and a triangle shaped scraper.  When you want all the pollen, you get it with zero loss!

Alex - I absolutely love the Smokin Js 4" Sandblasted Pipes.  The sand blasting accentuates the unique hand blown fume and rake pattern that each pipe comes with.  This pipe is an American made winner!  To start off, the sand blasting gives it a unique look.  Also, I consider the sand blasting to be slip resistant to help minimize careless accidents.  In terms of function, these pipes comes with a large extended carberator.  The blower creates a great draw with the shape, size and carb design.  We always have new colors and patterns coming through the store.  You can request a color in the comments section at checkout and we will be sure to make it happen :)

Kat - My favorite item at Smokin Js is something I haven't seen anywhere else ... our Hookah Bowl Converter Pieces!  I still do not own a single water pipe, and I wouldn't use it much anyways.  I'm always on the go and hand pipes work perfect for me.  However, the little glass on glass hookah bowl converter piece turns my hookah into an herb water pipe with awesome whip attachments :)  The small converter piece turns your hookah into a cleverly disguised water pipe, which is very convenient for myself.  Using my hookah as an herb water pipe makes me feel different and unique when I bring my friends over.  This utensil gives a whole different outlook on smokin it up with my friends :)