Old Hippie Memorabilia article

Discussion in 'Smoking Accessories Q&A' started by Storm Crow, Jun 26, 2022.

  1. This was just a fun article that I thought you might enjoy, sorry about the pictures not showing up.

    Cannabis collectibles tell the tale of prohibition, racism, and legalization
    Cannabis collectibles tell the tale of prohibition, racism, and legalization


    Weed memorabilia has come a long way from chillum pipes and “drug rug” sweatshirts. As cannabis and weed-adjacent companies embrace progressive legislation and slick branding, consumers and weed lovers are rushing to save all those trinkets from the increasingly bygone era of prohibition.


    Treasured by collectors for historical and personal value, prohibition-era marijuana memorabilia immortalizes a time we’ll (hopefully) never see again.

    Buckle puffers smoked at Woodstock
    Jake Fulteron has been on a quest to replace the handmade, hippie belt buckle pipe he lost at the 1969 Woodstock music festival, an endeavour that has amounted to “about 900 pounds of brass” in the form of buckle pipes, also called “buckle puffers.”

    He explains that “they sold these buckle puffers on lanyards. I ended up with a buckle puffer, they weren’t called that then, [and] I lost it. I spent a lifetime trying to get it back. It was a quest. I searched for decades.”

    (There were some photos of the chillums and belt buckles here, but they didn't show up. - GSC)
    These accessories double as chillum pipes. (Courtesy Jake Fulteron)
    Fulteron lost his beloved Woodstock belt buckle, and spent years trying to replace it. (Courtesy Jake Fulteron)
    A year ago, Fulteron finally tracked down one of these elusive buckle puffers: “it was in front of me, and I was like ‘that’s my pipe.’ I know what the hippie filigrees are—I have 40.” He estimates he has around 1,000 buckles total. (snipped but worth looking at for the old hippie stuff)
     
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