That reminds me of the water pipe I had as a teenager. It used to be that America was the only one producing glass and it was sturdy as fuck. Any pipe that looks like that in a store now is almost guaranteed to be a piece of China crap now unfortunately.
True. This one is about 15 years old so its probably ok. I have seen plenty of those cheap ones though. Even the glass feels different on them almost like its rough or something.