Knifers
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Template:Wikify-date The origin of knifers (also, "knife-hits" or "blades" or in england "hot-knives") is obscure, although some claim Grey's Harbor, Washington to be the true birthplace. Regardless, knife-hits are correctly performed using two, relatively thin-bladed butterknives (stainless steel is highly recommended for health reasons,) heated using a blowtorch with a pencil flame nozzle. The reason experienced knife-hitters don't use stovetops is to prevent "faceplanting" into the stovetop (occasionally, the effect achieved by knife hits is so drastic that a person may momentarily lose conciousness) or the ground, as a result of standing while receiving the "knife hit." Since its original introduction as a method to conserve one's supply of cannabis, smokers have begun appreciating the advantages of taste and purity that knife-hits offer, similar to vaporizers, for a fraction of the cost. This had led to the development of "glass knives" or "wands," of blown glass or pyrex. These are shaped either like traditional butter knives, or rods with flat, coin-sized glass heads at the end. Glass is considered superior to steel as a heating element, mainly because of the "clean taste." The heating elements (knives/wands) are heated over the torch until the adminster judges them to be hot enough. If done correctly, the resulting "patty" of cannabis is brown - black and completely roasted. If it is done too cold, the patty will still retain yellow and green coloration, and a significant amount of cannabinoids will remain. If it is too hot, the patty will crumble into black, or even white fragments. Using one of the heating elements, the adminster selects a condensed ball (typically .25 to 1.5 cm in diameter) of cannabis previously laid out on a convenient, nonflammable surface, and used the heating element to lightly touch and lift it. An even more frugal way to do it is to use a safety pin or sewing needle and skewer the ball. The recipient will then hold the skewer in the opening of the bottle, or beneath his/her lips.
A "hooter" is the device used to correctly receive a "knife-hit." It is either a glass or plastic bottle, (almost all dedicated knife-hitters use glass, because of the tremendous taste difference,) cut or broken at the bottom. In the case of glass bottles, they are ofted heated over a torch or stove, and then dunked in cold water, or tapped out with a metal rod. The rough edges are then sanded down. If the knife-hitter has access to glass-cutting equipment, more spectacular results may be achieved, such as a Galliano-bottle hooter. Specific bottles may be used for specific purposes; a galliano bottle for "bang" and a hot-sauce bottle, the mouth of which is small enough to place in the nostril, for a devastating "nose-hit." The hooter acts as both a funnel, chamber and burn-preventing device. Glassblowers have begun blowing complex and decorative "hootongs," but the basic principle is a regular hooter, with a second container (this closed at the bottom) which acts as the water-chamber, and a glass tube carrying smoke out of the hooter chamber, to the water chamber, the water chamber is then connected to the mouth piece; essentially it is a water-filtered knife hit. Better versions have corkable-carbs and ice-racks (like an icebong.)
Solid to gooey hashish may be used to great effect with this technique, using a safety pin or needle as a skewer, as in the technique mentioned above, one may place extremely small balls of hashish - .5 mm - 3 or 5 mm. "One hit knockouts" are virtually guaranteed if pieces bigger than 5 mm are used.
The effect brought about by knife hits is usually felt immediately, and lasts for 30 minutes to 3 hours, depending on tolerance, and body chemistry. It is much stronger and more sudden than traditional smoking methods.
Spotting
This form of "smoking" is also referred to as "SPOTS". Commonly used in New Zealand as a form of conserving ones stash. The art of spotting requires very steady hands and in some cases, a great deal of trust in the knifer (known as a driver). Many a Kiwi has taken this form of smoking around the world and flabbergasted many civilisations with its potency.
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