[The following article is from our “High-Brr-Nation Cannabis Guide” which is packed with fun, interesting stories about surviving the winter with weed. Check ’em out here!—eds.]
On a typical day, Kris “Special K” Uhlhorn, AKA the Bongfather, can be seen on IGTV vibing out to classic tunes, wearing Seattle Seahawks gear, and blowing a piece of glass on a stick, manipulating it with various tools before rotating it into a hot kiln. Oftentimes the process for a particular bong is so complex it requires assistance from two or three people.
Uhlhorn started his business Special K Glass in Seattle in 1998, but moved back to his hometown of Eugene in 2005 to raise his two small children. Over the last couple decades, he’s built a cult-like following for his stylish, new age glass pieces that can be found in smoke shops and pipe retailers all over Oregon, as well as on the Special K website.
“Our next T-shirt is gonna say ‘My first bong was a Special K,’” he says, “because we hear it all the time, and I love it.”
