One-hitter (smoking)

Midwakh (U.A.E.), shown with and without a stem-mounted filter. Traditionally used with dokha, an Iranian sifted tobacco product with admixtures of other herbs.
Kiseru, with handcrafted metal head and mouthpiece; traditionally used with kizami, a finely shredded Japanese tobacco product. Flexible extension tube of matching diameter can substitute for the stiff bamboo stem.

A one-hitter[1] (also oney, bat, tay or oney bat) is typically a straight slender smoking pipe with a small bowl designed for a single inhalation, or "hit," of smoke from burning cannabis, tobacco or another herbal preparation. Traditionally, they have been made from clay or wood and, more recently, from glass. They have a miniature smoking pipe with a screened, narrow reception crater, or "bowl", designed for a low-temperature single inhalation, or "hit" of cannabis, tobacco or other sifted herbal product.[2] It is distinguished from western-style large-bowl pipes designed for strong tobaccos that are burned hot and tasted but not inhaled. By properly distancing a lighter flame, users operate at vaporization temperatures and minimize combustion waste and toxicity.[3][4]

Traditional national varieties of one hitter pipes include kiseru (Japan), midwakh (Middle East), sebsi (Morocco) and some narrow chillums (Nepal, India, Jamaica).

A one-hitter can be considered drug paraphernalia in certain regions.[5][6]

Dugout

Wooden dugout box with cigarette-styled one-hitter, technically a small chillum (with end-to-end channel); in the illustration, the sucking end is upright.
Sebsi (Morocco) with clay craterhead and long wooden tube for which flexible plastic hose might be substituted, as with certain vaporizers or hookahs.
A modern cylindrical aluminum dugout with multiple special features[7]

Brands of cigarette-sized one hitters for inconspicuous public use are marketed with a rectangular (or sometimes cylindrical) wooden case with two compartments, the larger to store a stash of herb and a narrower, cylindrical hole to store the "bat" or pipe.

Modern adaptations from craft-centric companies use fine and rare woods, bone, acrylic, aluminum, steel, titanium, other metals or plastics, adding features such as grinders, poker storage or lighter chambers. Carried in a shirt pocket, they are a tangible "replacement" for the pack of cigarettes when one is eliminating a smoking habit.[8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tom Dalzell; Terry Victor (27 November 2014). The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English. Routledge. pp. 567–. ISBN 978-1-317-62512-4.
  2. ↑ "Smoking cessation: herbal alternatives - Wikiversity". En.wikiversity.org. Retrieved 2011-04-20.
  3. ↑ Eleazar David Melendez (2013-06-19). "9 Mind-Blowing Marijuana Gadgets That Will Revolutionize Weed Smoking". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  4. ↑ Enochs, Elizabeth (2015-09-28). "11 Weed Hacks For The Resourceful Stoner". bustle.com. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  5. ↑ "Police Blotter: Missing wallet in Hanover; wanted person in Hackettstown". Daily Record. 1 December 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  6. ↑ Phil Garber (2015-11-30). "Pot busts persist on Thanksgiving weekend in Mount Olive". New Jersey Hills. Retrieved 2015-12-06.
  7. ↑ http://www.allin1-e.com
  8. ↑ Tarantola, Andrew (2012-09-07). "Ed's TnT Dugout Review: The Classy Way to Carry Your Cannabis". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2015-12-06.


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