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At first I thought great only $1, but then the site says you need to have a $99 min. order :-(

Could be fun for a "Mad Science" Halloween party... though I think I'd be irrationally paranoid of chemical residues even if they were purchased new.

I have several pieces of glassware around my house. I'm a scientist by trade who longs to be designer so I have a weird love of form and function, even with the things I work with on a regular basis. My favorite pieces are these gigantic test tubes (about 8" long) used with our Kjeldahl distillation unit. I get the ones that have stress fractures and I'm considering bundling them to make a neat vase.

Going to those sites and seeing condensers and such sitting on dirty sufaces next to pop cans (yes, I realize they are there for sizing) paints a weird picture for me. It certainly makes me aware of where meth labs and home distillation projects get their fancy lab bits. Ah, the internet.

Also, if you have a university nearby (I live in a college town), they usually have surplus sales or surplus warehouses where you can go buy stuff. I see a lot of glassware and computer are ours.

I love the glassware. However, we have a few metal canisters that I recycled from when I worked in a biochem lab. Of course, the actual chemicals came in smaller packaging inside the canister (no highly toxic residue for me!)--I just thought having a skull-and-crossbones, Sigma chemicals pencil holder was amusing.

We called a local lab supply place and they were happy to sell us a small quantity. We originally bought them to use as cocktail glasses for a Halloween party, but liked them so much we now use them everyday. They were a little pricey new, but they are very durable.