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Walter Chronic · 05-19-2010, 02:13 AM

I like glass don't get me wrong but,sometimes I dont't
like how fragile they can be.
Growin up uzin a No.4(think thats rt.) bong from US Bongs
so, Im partial IGuess
anyway,the newer plastics all crack after a few monrhs use
what's up w/this ans the lack of good acrylic?

graybeard · 05-20-2010, 07:49 AM

I don’t have any answers for ya bro, but I have been wondering the same thing. I remember US Bongs was the bomb back in the day. The first acrylic bongs that I know of. They were very successful in my neck of the woods in the 70’s. Back then the only other bongs I saw were ceramic. A friend of mine had one that I really liked…hard to describe, but I’ll try. It was probably 10 or 12 inches and clear acrylic with a one hit bowl. If you looked down on it, it was a horizontal oval shape and I believe it was slightly curved down like a frown. I think they all had one hit bowls, but you could take the bowl off of your metal pipe and screw it on there for a “party bowl”…

HappyHemphog · 05-22-2010, 03:10 AM

U.S. Bongs used to have a place right off I-270 just north of Rockville, MD. I remember driving up the highway and seeing the huge sign on the building. Was really awesome to see it lit up at night.. a huge "US BONGS". I believe they went out of business when MD passed their anti-paraphernalia law.

To this day, I still have and prefer my 18" straight tube. Nothing in my 30+ years of smoking has been able to deliver a huge clean hit that I could hold without my lungs feeling like they were being coated with resin. Unfortunately, I've not had anything to use in it in a long time now.

I used to own one of their largest models, the Capitol Hill. Man was that thing a monstrosity of tubes and chambers! They used nice 1/8" thick acrylic, not the cheap 1/16" crap used these days. The wooden sleeve with threaded insert that slipped on the stem allowed you to put any standard threaded bowl on from a one-hit to a party bowl on it.

Cheers!
Hempy

bobcat1963 · 05-24-2010, 03:29 AM

They were great,I had a US2 and a Capitol Hill.The US2 fit perfectly into a metal toolbox,and when I customized my van I made a hiding spot for the Capitol Hill.

Backwoods Bud · 05-27-2010, 12:35 AM

I had a U.S. Bong back in the early 80's. Don't remember the model but it was about 7 inches tall, clear with one hit bowl. I kept it behind the seat of my Yota 4x4. Great for taking bong rips on the freeway!

Harvest · 05-27-2010, 01:29 AM

i still got my jbd

and some others.

10-18-2010, 01:52 AM

I grew up in Rockville, home of U.S. Bongs and I heard that they were pretty much roughed up by the IRS. Supposedly they confiscated the Uncle Sam Posters as well.
You can see a small version of the poster here:
https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=191906

lime6161 · 10-18-2010, 03:26 AM

I had the six-shooter gatling bowl on my clear 18in. Slid right over those plastic downstems. awsome.

sanjuan · 10-18-2010, 04:40 AM

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Originally Posted by Walter Chronic

. . . anyway,the newer plastics all crack after a few monrhs use
what's up w/this ans the lack of good acrylic?

Bing "Very Thick Acrylic Bong" -- I just bought the bubble model from a Dutch site. A review said it passed the "pissed off girlfriend" test.
I like it but the carb hole seems located for a lefty and the base needs to be glued on.

10-20-2010, 11:58 PM

I just remembered that at one point they did have short-lived website, usbongs.com but they were only selling original stock of the posters...no bongs.

05-19-2010, 02:13 AM	#1
Walter Chronic New Member Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 7	What happened to US Bongs? I like glass don't get me wrong but,sometimes I dont't like how fragile they can be. Growin up uzin a No.4(think thats rt.) bong from US Bongs so, Im partial IGuess anyway,the newer plastics all crack after a few monrhs use what's up w/this ans the lack of good acrylic?
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05-20-2010, 07:49 AM	#2
graybeard Watchin TV with the Radio On Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Dixieland, Top Down, Sun Shining In Posts: 79	I don’t have any answers for ya bro, but I have been wondering the same thing. I remember US Bongs was the bomb back in the day. The first acrylic bongs that I know of. They were very successful in my neck of the woods in the 70’s. Back then the only other bongs I saw were ceramic. A friend of mine had one that I really liked…hard to describe, but I’ll try. It was probably 10 or 12 inches and clear acrylic with a one hit bowl. If you looked down on it, it was a horizontal oval shape and I believe it was slightly curved down like a frown. I think they all had one hit bowls, but you could take the bowl off of your metal pipe and screw it on there for a “party bowl”… __________________ In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. --Thomas Jefferson Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety. Benjamin Franklin, 1759 'Government's view of the economy could be summed up in a few short phrases: If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. And if it stops moving, subsidize it'--Ronald Reagan 'Government is like a baby: An alimentary canal with a big appetite at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.'--Ronald Reagan
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05-22-2010, 03:10 AM	#3
HappyHemphog Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: In a field of hemp Posts: 482	U.S. Bongs used to have a place right off I-270 just north of Rockville, MD. I remember driving up the highway and seeing the huge sign on the building. Was really awesome to see it lit up at night.. a huge "US BONGS". I believe they went out of business when MD passed their anti-paraphernalia law. To this day, I still have and prefer my 18" straight tube. Nothing in my 30+ years of smoking has been able to deliver a huge clean hit that I could hold without my lungs feeling like they were being coated with resin. Unfortunately, I've not had anything to use in it in a long time now. I used to own one of their largest models, the Capitol Hill. Man was that thing a monstrosity of tubes and chambers! They used nice 1/8" thick acrylic, not the cheap 1/16" crap used these days. The wooden sleeve with threaded insert that slipped on the stem allowed you to put any standard threaded bowl on from a one-hit to a party bowl on it. Cheers! Hempy __________________ A Walk Through Hempy's Garden Click on my Avatar for more information on Hempy's Garden and Step-by-Step Pictorials. And God said, "Behold, I have given you every herb bearing seed, which is upon the face of all the earth,..." - Genesis 1:29 KJV From the garden to the table, from the table to the bowl, may it cleanse your mind, body and eternal soul.
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05-24-2010, 03:29 AM	#4
bobcat1963 Parker Schnobel Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Its not the destination...Its the journey Posts: 3,660	They were great,I had a US2 and a Capitol Hill.The US2 fit perfectly into a metal toolbox,and when I customized my van I made a hiding spot for the Capitol Hill. __________________ I Miss You Buddy Boy,You Went Before Your Time Love You Baby Girl Your Still My Girl Poodle Yes Pumpkin,You Too And the new addition Cutie Pie Little Parker Schnobel Is The Carpet Shark
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05-27-2010, 12:35 AM	#5
Backwoods Bud MJ QC Tech Join Date: May 2008 Location: Down Copperhead Road. Posts: 510	I had a U.S. Bong back in the early 80's. Don't remember the model but it was about 7 inches tall, clear with one hit bowl. I kept it behind the seat of my Yota 4x4. Great for taking bong rips on the freeway! __________________ I'd rather die on my feet, than live on my knees and I don't ask for anyone's permission to be free.
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05-27-2010, 01:29 AM	#6
Harvest Capofamiglia Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 937	i still got my jbd and some others. __________________ "Leave the gun, take the cannolis" CA Medical patient, in compliance with California Prop 215/SB420
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10-18-2010, 01:52 AM	#7
Rabbi Reefer Guest Posts: n/a	I grew up in Rockville, home of U.S. Bongs and I heard that they were pretty much roughed up by the IRS. Supposedly they confiscated the Uncle Sam Posters as well. You can see a small version of the poster here: https://www.icmag.com/ic/showthread.php?t=191906
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10-18-2010, 03:26 AM	#8
lime6161 Newbie Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 8	I had the six-shooter gatling bowl on my clear 18in. Slid right over those plastic downstems. awsome.
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10-20-2010, 11:58 PM	#10
Rabbi Reefer Guest Posts: n/a	I just remembered that at one point they did have short-lived website, usbongs.com but they were only selling original stock of the posters...no bongs.
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