First, a bit of history. An avid collector of drip tips I am. A few weeks ago I came upon an unbelievable ad on ECF. An older collection of hand turned drip tips turned up. Made by a mysterious fellow named Brett, the owner of a company called Bull Box Mods circa 2014. I had to buy them.

Each week I will showcase with a pic each and every one of 35 tips that I have acquired as I think these are some of the most beautiful tips I have seen in a long time. I have always been a fan of the venerable “Ming” style tips and these are truly outstanding. The first Ming tips I acquired years ago circa 2012-2013 were made by Cheryl’s husband for their company CherryVape which sadly is no longer in business as far as I know. I believe CherryVape coined the name “Ming” as a style of the drip tip they made. It was of course a dynasty in China but it appears that this style was used in old Chinese smoking devices and also an ancient Asian pottery and glassware in the shape of a vase (see pics). Anyway, you get the idea.

Each one of these drip tips are lined with a steel tube. Some drip tips are still made this way. I do prefer the exclusion of metal but on the other hand this makes them more durable over time. CherryVape Mings are solid acrylic. I have many broken Mings that have to be used with a CherryVape adapter made especially for broken stem Mings they called the “Ming Bowl” 🙂

Cheryl sold her Ming tips for $10 each and also did special designs for the holidays. It appears that Brett sold his tips for anywhere from $25 to $65 each. Today, you can still get Ming style tips for as low as $1 and even less in volume, from several companies on the web but they are just not as good as the originals.

Another company that hand crafted Ming style and others was Siam Mods. I never did get to purchase one of these beauties back in the day, so I dont know much about them. I know they were expensive including shipping from Asia but just somehow never acquired five or six that I wanted.