2.5" 14mm Color Horn Flower Bowl

2.5" 14mm Color Horn Flower Bowl

The horn is a colored glass spike pulled off the side of the bowl. It is there to be grabbed, which is a better answer to a hot slide than blowing on your fingers.

Think about the sequence of a normal hit with us for a second. You light, you pull, and then you have to remove a piece of glass that has had a burning ember sitting in it. Most people pinch the neck of the slide, which is warm, or the rim, which is worse. A horn moves the grip point away from all of that.

It also solves a second problem we rarely see mentioned: bowls roll. A round slide set on a table will find the edge eventually. A horn stops the roll, and that alone has saved a lot of glass.

The rest of the piece is, to our eye, conventional in the good way. Glass throughout, 2.5" in length, and a 14mm joint that matches most water pipes without an adapter.

Design Notes

The horn is the handle. Colored glass pulled to the side gives a defined grip that sits away from the heat.

Anti-roll by accident. A side protrusion keeps the bowl where you put it down.

Color for identification. The horn is the colored element, so you can tell it apart at a glance.

Familiar fitment. A 14mm joint means it swaps in for a plain slide with no fuss.

Nothing added. The whole bowl is glass. No hardware, no coatings to wear off.

Specifications

Advantages

• Horn gives a grip point away from the hot bowl
• Side handle keeps the bowl from rolling off a table
• Colored horn makes it easy to identify at a session
• Fits standard 14mm joints without an adapter
• 2.5" length balances well in most pieces
• All glass, so nothing degrades with heat or cleaning
• Easy to hand over safely by the handle
• Straightforward shape rinses out quickly
• Light at 6.0 ounces packed for shipping

How to Use It

We tell people the same thing every time: hold the horn, not the bowl. Sounds obvious, but people who have used plain slides for years reach for the neck out of habit for a week before it clicks.

We pack lightly and corner the bowl. When you set it down, rest it so the horn takes the contact rather than the rim, which keeps the working edge from chipping against a hard surface.

Pro Tip: Handles are the first thing to break in a bag. If you carry this bowl, wrap it or give it its own pocket rather than letting the horn take a knock against keys.

Made For

People who burn their fingers. This is the direct fix for that specific complaint.

Table-edge victims. A bowl that will not roll is a bowl that survives.

Anyone passing a piece around. A handle makes a handoff safer for both people.

Your Questions

What exactly is the horn?

It is a spike of colored glass pulled out from the side of this 2.5" bowl and left as a handle. It is part of the same piece, not an attachment, so nothing can come loose. Its whole purpose is to give you somewhere cool and secure to hold while removing the bowl.

Does the handle get hot too?

The horn sits away from the packed bowl on a 2.5" body, so it stays far cooler than the rim during normal use. Glass does conduct heat, so after a long back-to-back session everything warms up. Give it a minute between bowls and the handle stays comfortable.

Is the horn fragile?

A side handle on a 2.5" glass bowl is stronger than it looks in daily use but vulnerable to impact, because a protrusion concentrates the force of a drop. Treat it the way you would treat the handle of a mug: fine for holding, bad for landing on.

Will it fit my piece?

The joint is 14mm, which is the common size across most water pipes sold today. Compare the ground glass on your current bowl before ordering. Joint gender is not recorded in our specs for this item, so use your existing bowl as the reference rather than guessing from the photos.

Does the horn change airflow?

No. The horn is solid glass on the outside of the bowl and has nothing to do with the airway or the hole at the base. Airflow on this piece works the same as on a plain slide with a 14mm joint. The handle is purely about handling.

How should I clean around the handle?

Soak the whole bowl in isopropyl alcohol with coarse salt, then rinse warm, exactly as you would a plain slide. The horn does not trap smoke residue because it is solid, so it only needs a wipe with a soft cloth to clear fingerprints and dust after drying.

Care and Storage

Empty and rinse it after use, and give it a weekly soak in alcohol and salt. Rinse until nothing smells of solvent, then let it dry standing so water runs out of the airway.

Store it with the horn supported rather than bearing the weight of the bowl against a hard shelf. A cloth or a padded tray is enough.

Warning: Never use the horn to lever a stuck bowl out of a joint. That gives you enough grip to apply real force, and a ground glass joint under twisting pressure will break at the joint, taking the water pipe with it.

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