I cant say how happy and excited I am to have my new son — Ed's TnT

THIS ^^ should have been the lede, Ed!! Name, size, health, PICS!! So glad for you, your wife, and your boys to have yet another brother. So happy for you all.

Glad the shop is back in business!! I'm sure you won't miss a beat getting sales and shipments going again.

Probably need to reach out to you via PM, but I bought a dugout from you some time back as a gift for a friend and, yeah...I know...combustion...but I'm thinking about getting one for myself. But its going to have to be some kind of spectacular piece of wood. You know from shotgun stock pics that I love highly figured wood.

Let me reach out to you via PM and of course it would be no rush. I know you have plenty of back orders and I'm not in a hurry for this. Let's talk.

By the by, getting any sleep? hahaha

Take care, Ed. ALWAYS good hearing from you.

So I got some work done in the shop this past week, has been a lot of fun getting back in the groove and I must say the first day was a bit weird and took me a while to get the steps back down but by the second day I was making chips by and covering the floor in em. Yall have no idea how bad my habit is of wood hoarding. I have found all kinds of gems again when unboxing and setting back up. Even found a couple more pieces of Myrtlewood from the ZapMan and a few other absolute stunners. Here's another live edge Myrtlewood



I know some of you follow me over at IG, if not I made a post there showing a Thuya burl piece that had a crack and separated while I was sawing it. You may not know how spiky and pointed they can be, some can even hurt ya if you got jabbed by one. I was turning a piece of Thuya and wouldn't ya know it, dang it tore out and a piece flew off. I couldn't just trash it, this piece has way to much character, just finished working it, sanded and waxed it to what we have here



Other 3 sides are incredible with bright vibrant eyes. Now for this show stopper I found a long piece of Asian Afzelia Xylay figured blank, there again you can see before shots over at IG. You could see it was going to be a unique piece but wow finished its a molten stunner. Looks to me like lava rising up



I cant say how happy and excited I am to have my new son but also to be back in the shop doing what I have missed and love so much has really put my mind and heart to ease. I have been filling custom and back orders as well as turning new inventory every day. I will be putting all these together and releasing new stuff I am shooting for first of July. Am going to do a back at work sale / 2018 release then as well so pls keep an eye out. Oh btw these pieces above are nice but gosh there is so much more to come, its only getting better!

I want to thank you all again for the patience and understanding you all have had these past few months during the move and delays, I am anxious to get these new pieces out there and to hear what you all think.

Here is an article on this subject from NPR (about the only news source I actually trust these days aside from BBC):

Trump Signals Possible Support For Bipartisan Marijuana Legislation

And here is an article on more details of the STATES act that Trump indicated to Gardner he would support (and if he punks Gardner that's the last appointment that will ever get through the Senate in his administration).

What the STATES act would do, and why it’s a game-changer

This reminds me of my issue with the MV1. I could taste the silicone easily and it ruined my experience with the vape. I would of kept it if I did not tastes the silicone so much. It was overwhelming to me as yes....I am pretty sensitive in tastes and smell abilities. I loved it besides that part....mac daddy extraction levels and first/second hit tastes.

But after complaining about this after only seeing a very small amount of others make the claim.....it was like I was lying to others whom did not notice the silicone taste in the vape. Well, those others have a much less acute sense of taste and smell than I do.

So this is why one must not make broad brush strokes of claiming an experience they have is what others will have.

I think it is best to mark your words as opinions and YOUR experiences. Then look hard at any variables between what others find and how or why they have different experiences or opinions than yours.

Just got my portside mini....and wow. It really changes everything. Highly advice it.

Great stream Bud...really had my wife smile at the shout out! Offered a private photo of the “night shirt” but that’s not going to happen (lol). Too funny, but does look gooood in black! Making for a memorable Father’s Day for sure...thank you Bud!

Luv ya guys thanx for hangin as always!!!

Bud, please consider a decent desktop at an affordable price! The market is flooded with portables but desktops are mostly priced out of reach.

We will be making a video to clean the IQ, no ETA yet. But we do plan on sharing it on youtube. I will try to move it up the list to get done this month for you.

-Zakk

OMG...guest vape appearance!

I'm going to my grandmas 90th birthday bash today before the stream, hopefully I don't party too hard :lol:

I'm even more pleased with my pick tool now :starstruck: :strong:

Golfs a frustrating game and sometimes being more relaxed does wonders

Having low expectations also does wonders for golf. I suppose I should try vaping before golf and see what happens.

I actually enjoy a light vaping during a round. Golfs a frustrating game and sometimes being more relaxed does wonders

Also I slightly tweaked the logo based on what you said because again you were right, instead of the word VAPE in bold I changed it to VAPE in regular weight font, then LIFE is in a "light" weight font, I think this looks better

Thank you guys again I'm literally thrilled you dig it :cheer:

This is a very good example of how important you guys are in the grand scheme of things, your feedback is gold whether or not it hurts my feelings :groan: :sweat:

What if I never showed you guys the first logo before finalizing it and putting it on all my sites, only then to find out it's too close to another company's logo and some of you don't like it, that would have sucked!

You guys were right, the logo needed to be re-done and the new one is much better, it perfectly captures everything we wanted it to: The pick tool shape, the letter V, and the up arrow /\ :ok:

I was bummed at first and could have ignored your feedback but that would have been foolish and now it turned out much better, such is life!

THANK YOU ALL AGAIN :100: :100:

Try disc golfing and vaping. That is the best thing ever.

Looks good! Please consider block lettering filled with small pick logos to add texture and depth. It can just be the 'Vape' or 'Life.'

The gent below seems to think so. He also did the mathematically impossible and hit 20 'greens' in regulation during one round.

@VapeCritic's Instagram presence has doubled in the past few months.

Also giving away two PCKT batteries :ok:

I have a one-of-a-kind miniVAP to try out that I haven't opened up yet! :100:

This week's live stream will be on Saturday at 6:00pm ET :strong:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYKbsWMHS1Q

Hey hey, you beat me to posting here! Thank you for doing so, we really appreciate it.

I'll be watching this thread, feel free to tag me with questions / comments / concerns.

-z

Problems are fixed!

@VapeCritic

You should make a VC or stay up mood mat! Seems like a natural fit accessory

I think lose the bold on VAPE — Baron23

I'm going to make a version without the bold text to see how it looks :up:

get apparel with just the logo symbol on it — Baron23

Absolutely, this is all that's going on them :ok:

Excellent posts and thank you! I am beyond happy and grateful that you feel welcome here :pray:

This place wouldn't be anything without you guys, you deserve all the credit! I do try hard to make this a very comfortable, accepting place for everyone, and our friendly (?) :lol: mods @Baron23 and @Cl4ud3 do a damn fine job of keeping things in order :strong: :strong:

You guys are the best!!

hey man, thanks for reaching out to us all with such warmth and openess. Yes I have seen how open and "off the cuff", "open sleaved" you are here and I really appreciate that and applaud you for taking a lead and spreading yourself out (picture- aim tomatoes here Lol!)

Im really glad to hear that you feel so comfortable to openly express yourself here, and its so cool to see that a lot of the other members here feel the same way about this very friendly, (Bermuda like) forum, in that it can feel like a shelter tucked away safely from the prying internet menaces.

All credit to Bud of course and his vision and intention for Vapelife forum from the conception.
You know, as much as Bud is a big kid at heart- it's his maturity which is perfectly balanced with light-hearted humour and sensitivity. Always keeping things semi-serious in tone and dealing, totally pressure free.

It is no doubt the energy and vision put into this that has resulted in such a nice playground of sorts, with serious topics in a relaxed, friendly and playful atmosphere. Essentially- ACCEPTANCE! To me this is one of the best words and concepts to sum up what Bud has created here, and which he puts out always as a core value in everything that he does (except for a lot of these underpar, badly considered vapes being churned out- which is totally- Unacceptable Lol!)

The net can be very cruel and even the strongest of us can be rocked by a simple bit of negativity from a stranger. And yet when we can stick together and support each other that makes a big difference. I always try to be as open, honest, direct and true to myself, feelings and thought processes as possible.
I am very unusual though and not a "normal" person in any way. I am also very emotionally sensitive with low self esteem, so I have plenty of insecurity to deal with.

But I try to let my spiritual strength and individual mindedness reign supreme. I am very much an ambassador for peace and strongly believe in evolution to a far higher consciousness where all pettyness, nastiness and cynisum will have no place and power.

We are heading here, humanity, together. We have our feet on the ladder. We are looking up, building confidence but held back by the mess we have created and endured for so long. So my own energy is directed towards this kind of evolution of consciousness to fortify and increase our united strength to achieve spiritual maturity.

We all need to focus on being our higher selves more, or all of the time. When we can, we are so much more emotionally robust in ourselves, able to brush off negativity and shine back a light so bright and undeterred that nobody could want to bring us down, or see the point in even trying.

Okay enough shit talked now. Its one of those days where my head is in dumbed-down mode at 28% of creative expression. I really shouldn't embarrass myself trying to post on these days.

But then, I guess that is the point at hand here in a way. I guess I dont care how dumb I come across here haha. Now if this was FC- I have a reputation to think about! :wink:

Big love to everybody here and around. Lets keep our outward thoughts, expressions and posts fully positive at all times and just be our true selves.