Eggplant Hand Pipe

Eggplant Hand Pipe by Goody Glass

The Eggplant Hand Pipe is a borosilicate glass hand pipe shaped like an aubergine — compact at under 12 cm, colourful as anything, and genuinely fun to pull out at a party. Made by Goody Glass, a brand that specialises in novelty glass pieces that actually smoke well, this one sits comfortably in your palm and draws smoothly for its size. It's a conversation starter that doubles as a proper daily driver.

What Makes This Eggplant Pipe Worth Grabbing

A novelty pipe that actually works is rarer than you'd think. We've handled plenty of shaped glass pieces over the years, and the cheap ones tend to have two problems: restricted airflow from awkward internal geometry, and walls so thin you're one fumble away from a bin job. The Goody Glass Eggplant Hand Pipe avoids both. The borosilicate glass has a decent weight to it — not heavy, but you can feel it's solid when you pick it up. The walls are thick enough that you're not babying it every time you pass it along.

The colour work is baked into the glass, not painted on. That matters because paint chips, especially around the bowl area where heat concentrates. After a few weeks of use, painted pipes look shabby. This one won't. The purple-to-green gradient stays vibrant through cleaning cycles.

At under 12 cm, it fits in a jacket pocket or a small festival pouch without any fuss. Compare that to a standard spoon pipe at 10–13 cm — similar range, but the eggplant shape gives you a slightly wider grip area near the bowl end, which makes it easier to hold without burning your fingers on a short pipe. If you've been eyeing the Pineapple Hand Pipe from Goody Glass as well, the eggplant is a touch more compact and sits flatter in your hand.

Specifications for the Eggplant Glass Pipe

Why You Actually Need a Novelty Pipe

Here's the honest bit: you don't need a novelty pipe. A plain glass spoon does the same job. The boring spoon lives in a drawer. The eggplant lives on the coffee table, gets shown to mates, and comes to every barbecue.

There's also a practical angle. If you're at a festival or a house party with 15 people and 6 pipes floating around, you'll always know which one is yours. "Pass the aubergine" is a sentence that leaves zero room for confusion.

The one honest limitation: this is a dry pipe with no water filtration, so hits can be warm on a deep draw. Pack smaller bowls — about 0.15 g — and take shorter pulls. You'll get smoother smoke and better flavour that way. If you want cooled, filtered smoke, you're looking at a bubbler or a small water pipe instead, like the Piecemaker Kali Silicone Bong. Different tool for a different job.

How to Use the Eggplant Hand Pipe

1. Grind your herb to a medium consistency — not powder-fine, or it'll pull through the bowl hole. A 2-piece or 4-piece grinder works well here.
2. Pack the bowl lightly. Don't press down hard. You want air to flow through the herb, not around a compressed plug. About 0.15–0.25 g fills this bowl nicely.
3. Hold the pipe with the carb hole under your thumb or index finger (it's on the left side of the bowl).
4. Light the edge of the bowl — not the centre. This is called cornering, and it means you get multiple green hits instead of one ashy one. Especially matters in a small bowl like this.
5. Inhale gently while covering the carb hole, then release the carb to clear the chamber.
6. Tap out the ash when the bowl is spent. A paperclip or poker tool helps clear any residue from the bowl hole.
7. Clean regularly with isopropyl alcohol (90% or higher) and coarse salt. Drop the pipe in a zip-lock bag with both, shake for 60 seconds, rinse with warm water. Do this every 5–10 sessions to keep airflow open and flavour clean.