Ma kahi lā maʻamau, hiki ke ʻike ʻia ʻo Chris "Special K" Uhlhorn, ʻo ia hoʻi ʻo Bongfather, ma IGTV e ʻaʻahu ana i kahi kapa Seattle Seahawks, e puhi ana i ke aniani me ke koʻokoʻo, e hoʻopunipuni iā ia me nā mea hana like ʻole, a wili i loko o ka umu wela.He paʻakikī ka hana pinepine ʻana i kahi bong a pono ke kōkua o ʻelua a ʻekolu mau kānaka.
Ua hoʻomaka ʻo Uhlhorn i kāna ʻoihana K Glass kūikawā ma Seattle i ka makahiki 1998 akā ua hoʻi ʻo ia i kona ʻāina hānau ʻo Eugene i 2005 e hānai i ʻelua mau keiki liʻiliʻi.Ua loaʻa iā ia kahi hoʻomana ma hope o nā makahiki i hala iho nei no kāna mau mea aniani hou, hiki ke loaʻa i nā hale kūʻai paka a me nā paipu ma Oregon, a ma ka pūnaewele Special K.
"ʻO kā mākou T-shirt e ʻōlelo ana 'ʻO kaʻu pod mua he K Special'," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo ia, "no ka mea ke lohe nei mākou i kēlā me kēia manawa a makemake wau iā ia."
Ma mua o COVID, ua ikaika loa ʻo Ullhorn ma ka ʻoihana pūnaewele akā ʻaʻole i kūʻai ʻia ma ka pūnaewele.I kēia manawa me nā kūʻai pūnaewele a me ka ʻohi ʻana, ua loli nā mea a pau."ʻOhi lākou i nā waiwai ma o kā mākou hale kūʻai," i ʻōlelo mai ai ʻo Uhlhorn iaʻu."ʻAʻole i hana mua kēia."
ʻAʻole like me nā pilikia kālā i hoʻokumu ʻia e ka maʻi maʻi i nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi o nā ʻano āpau, ʻike ʻia nā dispensaries cannabis a me nā keʻena poʻo.No Special K: "ʻO kēia ka manawa hoʻololi loa i kaʻu ʻoihana i 21 mau makahiki," wahi a Uhlhorn, ka mea i hoʻopau ʻia kāna ʻoihana kūʻai mai ka maʻi maʻi."Ke puhi nei nā kānaka a pau i ka mauʻu ma ka home, a ʻo ia ka mea kūpono loa no ka poʻe i koi ʻia e noho ma ka home no ke kauwela a makemake i kahi meaʻai ʻono."
Ua hoʻohui ʻo Uhlhorn he nui nā mea aniani e ʻike nei i ka ulu ʻoihana like."Ua piha wale lākou."A laila hiki mai ka 4/20 a me ka pōʻai mua o nā loiloi hoʻoikaika, ʻōlelo ʻo ia i kōkua i nā ʻoihana e hele mai $ 300 i ka lā ma ke kūʻai aku ma ka pūnaewele i $ 1,000 i ka lā kokoke i ka pō.
Ma Portland, ʻike paha ʻoe i Special K ma nā wahi a pau e kūʻai ʻia ai nā paipu a me nā bongs, akā ʻo Mary Jane's House of Glass and Nomad Crossing (4526 SE Hawthorne) kahi koho maikaʻi loa.
Noho ʻo Uhlhorn i kēia manawa ma South Eugene, kokoke i ke kula nui o Oregon a me kekahi mau poloka mai kona home kamaliʻi.“Ua loli iki mai ka makahiki 1991… Aia au ma ke kula kiʻekiʻe a kūʻai aku i kaʻu paipu aniani mua mai kahi hale kūʻai liʻiliʻi i kapa ʻia ʻo Clay Babies ma ka Fair Fair.He puʻupuʻu.ka ʻāpana i hoʻomaka i ka neʻe aniani nui o kēia wā, i hana ʻia e Snodgrass, ke akua o ke aniani.
ʻO Bob Snodgrass kekahi o nā mea kaulana a Eugene, nāna i hoʻomaka e hana i kāna ʻenehana i ka wā kaʻapuni me ka Grateful Dead i nā makahiki 1970 a me 80, a ua manaʻo ʻia me ka hoʻomohala ʻana i ka ʻenehana paipu aniani i hoʻohana ʻia a puni ka honua i kēia mau lā.Ma waho aʻe o Bob Snodgrass, ua aʻo pū ʻo Uhlhorn e pili ana i ka puhi aniani mai kāna hoa kula kiʻekiʻe ʻo Sky, ka mea a Uhlhorn i kapa ai he "super OG glassblower".Hoʻomaka nā hoaaloha e hana i nā paipu a me ka bong ma ke kua o Skye."Ua ʻike koke wau e hoʻopau wau me kēia," wahi a Uhlhorn.
I ka makahiki 1998, i kona noho ʻana ma Eastlake, Seattle, ua ʻike ʻo Uhlhorn i ke kaiāulu hoʻomohala, kahi i hoʻomaka ai ʻo ia i kahi ʻoihana puhi kīʻaha a me ka puhi bong."ʻO Seattle ka epicenter o ʻAmelika no ke aniani palupalu," wehewehe ʻo Uhlhorn.“Ua hana nā ʻōpio maoli no [ka mea kālai aniani ʻAmelika] Dale Chihuly.Ua wehe mākou i kahi hale hana aniani liʻiliʻi ma mua pono o ko Dale Chihuly," wahi a Uhlhorn.Ua ʻike ʻia ʻo Chihuly no kāna mau hana kiʻi he nui a puni ka honua a ua paʻa i ke ala no nā mea pena kiʻi he nui ma Seattle.
"E hele mai nā ʻōpio i hana ma laila i kā mākou hale kūʻai a hana mākou i nā bongs," wahi a Uhlhorn."ʻO wau ma kahi o 25-26 mau makahiki.ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ua hana wau i kēlā me kēia lā mai ia manawa.
I kēia lā, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaopopo maʻalahi i nā ʻāpana K Kūikawā ma kā lākou pūlima ʻāʻī ʻāʻī, nā lima curved a me nā kikoʻī curved.
"He ʻāpana maoli ka wīwī o koʻu ʻano pūlima," i ʻōlelo ai ʻo Uhlhorn e pili ana i ka hoʻolālā hoʻolālā Venetian."He hiʻohiʻona hoʻohana loa ia.Makemake nui nā kānaka i ka lima.Hiki iā mākou ke hana i ka ʻāʻī a hilinaʻi iki i hope.
ʻOiai ʻaʻole hele mai nā huahana a pau me ka ʻauamo aniani, ua hōʻike ʻia nā hookah K Kūikawā āpau i ka hui ʻana o ka waihoʻoluʻu me nā waihoʻoluʻu like ʻole (me nā wahi ʻālohilohi i ka pōʻeleʻele) a me nā ʻano epic like ʻole;ʻaʻohe ʻelua pōkā, nā aniani, nā bele, nā cones, nā kīʻaha a i ʻole nā hua manu ke ʻano like.
“Mahalo [nā mea kūʻai aku] i kēia ʻano.He nui nā wahine e hoʻomaopopo iā lākou iho ma ke kala o ko lākou lauoho a i ʻole nā kui.ʻO ia ke kumu i kaulana loa ai ka poni."Makemake lākou e hāʻawi i nā inoa iā lākou," wahi a Uhlhorn."Ua lohe au i kekahi mau hale kūʻai i ʻōlelo mai iaʻu, 'E Chris, pono iā ʻoe ka bong kaulana loa no ka mea, hoʻi mai nā mea a pau e kūʻai mai a haʻi mai iā mākou i kāna kapa ʻana.''"
Ma kahi o 99% o nā mea maka i hoʻohana ʻia e Special K (me ka ʻole o nā pena a lākou e kūʻai ai) he mau mea hana hou ma hope o ka ʻoihana.Hoʻokumu ʻo Uhlhorn i nā lima me nā tweezers, nā ʻoki a me nā ʻoki a hoʻohui i nā kikoʻī hoʻolālā i kēlā me kēia ʻāpana i ka wā wela."ʻO kēlā mau pā liʻiliʻi āpau e kōkua nui iaʻu e hoʻokaʻawale iaʻu iho mai nā mea lawe mai Kina," wahi āna.
ʻOiai ke mālama nei ʻo Uhlhorn i nā mea kūʻai aku o nā makahiki āpau, ua ʻae ʻo ia "he nui ka poʻe ʻōpio i hoʻomaka me kaʻu ʻoihana.Hiki iā lākou ke uku.Manaʻo wau he ʻāpana nui ia o ka holomua.
Wahi a Special K, ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka paʻakai pōhaku a me ka hamo ʻana i ka waiʻona no ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻana, a laila holoi me ka wai anuanu."Ke paipai nei mākou ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻohana i ka wai wela," wahi a Uhlhorn.“ʻAʻole pono e hoʻomaʻemaʻe ʻia.Hiki iā ia ke haki i ʻāpana.Ua aʻo ʻoe i ke ala paʻakikī. "Akā inā ua poino kahi hapa liʻiliʻi, e like me ke kīʻaha a i ʻole ke kumu lalo, e maʻalahi ke hoʻololi.
"ʻO kaʻu mau ʻāpana punahele nā mea aʻu i hana ai i ka lā ma mua," wahi āna."A ke hoʻohiki nei au aia kahi ʻāpana i ka umu i kēlā me kēia lā kahi e hoʻāʻo ai au i kahi mea hou a i ʻole hana ʻē aʻe…Ke loaʻa kahi holomua a hana ʻoe i kahi mea hou, ʻo ia ka mea ʻoluʻolu loa ".”
I ka nīnau ʻana inā makemake ʻo ia e puhi i ka mariuana me nā bongs, ʻōlelo ʻo Uhlhorn ʻae.
"Ke hana nei mākou i ka lā a pau," wahi a Uhlhorn."Ma ka home, pono wau e hele i ka hale kaʻa, aia kahi paipu liʻiliʻi hale.Ke hoʻāʻo nei au e noʻonoʻo, akā ʻaʻohe kānalua aia nā mea puhi i kā mākou hale kūʻai.He nani loa.
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Dec-13-2022