Rooster Apparatus Fritted Disc Percs by Dave Golds...

Dave Goldstein, the man behind Rooster Apparatus had noticed a trend in smoking accessories. They were no longer colorful objects and were looking like a scientific laboratory apparatus. David has a long history working with laboratory glass and thought of using a fritted disc to function as a diffuser in a water pipe. In the laboratory setting when a chemist’s objective is to scrub gas from a sample, the preferred...

Interview with glassblower AKM

AKM interview by – Justin Hale AKM and I sat down as Hurricane Sandy made landfall to discuss how he got into glassblowing and what’s he currently up to.       JH: When did you first discover your desire to create? AKM: Creating stuff has been something I’ve done since I was a kid. I’ve always made stuff, like bows and arrows with my dad, just simple things. My grandfather made pocket knifes on...

Mothership Glass Lands at Kulture

Mothership Glass has officially been released! The product line is the collaborative effort of Scott Deppe, Jake C, Dosa and a number of other glass blowers.  While on the phone with Scott, he told me they wanted the Mothership Glass designs to have no room for improvement when they were released. Anyone can tell the designs have gone through extensive R & D. The look of these are unlike anything else on the market....

Kulture Releases Their Line Of Water Pipes

In the past we’ve put a lot of effort pushing other company’s brands and many have come and gone. So we decided it was about  time to put out our own line. So without further ado, we are very pleased to introduce our very own line of water pipes!  This is a 100% American made product line. We  worked closely with some local glassblowers in Richmond in order  to design and manufacture the slides and diffusers....

Jay Massey Tattoo Machine Pipes

I met Jay at the Glassroots Art Show last year and met up with him there again this November. Jay Massey started blowing glass in 2006 and is a resident artist at Austin’s Flameworks where he gets to work alongside and learn from some of the best glassblowers in the country. Jay made his first tattoo machine pipe to trade it and enjoyed making it so much he kept on making more! He had some nice machines he made...

WISPR by IOLITE Review

When Oglesby & Butler introduced the IOLITE to the world it was the first fully portable vaporizer. No need for batteries or recharging, as it is fueled by butane and functioned via a flameless butane catalytic heater and regulated by a precision bi-metal thermostat. The WISPR vaporizer is the latest product from Oglesby & Butler and it’s more than just IOLITE 2.0. O&B reached out to SF design firms Thing...

Buy Pipes, Water Pipes and Smoking Accessories Fro...

In January 2011 we opened our online store. Now you can shop at Kulture even if you aren’t near one of our brick and mortar locations. You can browse our ecommerce store by either product category or by product manufacturer. We also accept international orders, we ship worldwide!  Many of the most popular water pipe brands are available in our online store, including 4.0 Glass, Hitman Glass, Mobius Glassworks, SYN,...

Resinate Cleaning Solution

I met Marco, the creator of Resinate at the International Glass Show in LA. We talked a bit and he gave me bottle to try out. I love trying out new products, so I went back to my friend’s apartment in Silver Lake and he went into the kitchen to set up. Before I got in the kitchen he screamed out that he was done. The Resinate had worked instantly, cleaning a couple months of resin off in seconds! So I ordered dozen...

Kulture Voted Style Weekly’s Best Head Shop ...

This just fell into our lap. We got a call from Style a couple weeks ago announcing we had been voted the best head shop in Richmond. I was surprised, because I didn’t realize the “Best Of” issue was coming around. Thank you Style readers who voted for...

AKM Brings fire from the torch to Kulture’s ...

We met up with AKM in Vegas and scooped up these items. The second they hit the shelves, they started selling. The demand for his work has been going through the roof lately! Don’t worry though, we have more on the way. AKM is about to be featured in the next issue of RVA Magazine. We’re so happy to see glass featured in Richmond’s local art & culture magazine! You know his demand is about to reach even...