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knottyy: the story of Knotty 📸 the roots: before hash, knottyy was darien chin, a seattle photographer building an online following in the mid 2000s. he shot landscapes, portraits, cars & commercial work, shared lighting breakdowns & released a photography book around 2010. 🌿 medical era: by the early 2010s, his curiosity had moved into washington’s medical cannabis scene. his exact start in extraction remains unclear, but early community members remember him among the BHO educators sharing knowledge through forums & youtube. 📹 2013: knottyy brought people inside the process. his videos covered extraction equipment, vacuum pumps, purging & the reasoning behind his methods. one vacuum pump comparison passed 250,000 views, reaching aspiring hash makers far beyond washington. 🧪 open knowledge: at a time when extraction techniques were closely guarded, knottyy tested equipment, showed results & explained what he learned. as shatter, wax & honeycomb culture grew, his tutorials gave newcomers somewhere to start. 🤝 the pioneers: alongside educators like bret maverick, knottyy helped shape early online hash education. years later, people were still recommending his videos & remembering them as part of how they learned to make concentrates. 🏭 going legal: as washington’s adult-use market developed, knottyy brought his experience into commercial extraction. by the late 2010s, dispensary menus carried wax, diamonds & sauce under listings like “MFused (Knottyy).” 🔬 what’s next: knottyy is now working with his best friend to open REUP Tacoma, a recreational cannabis shop in washington. part of their vision is bringing back the Knottyy shatter line through select collaborations with producers & processors, reconnecting his early roots with a new generation. 🧠 the legacy: knottyy never needed to invent BHO or claim every first to make an impact. before hash education became an industry, he was already testing, documenting & teaching. a generation watched, learned & carried that knowledge forward. now, with plans to bring back his shatter, the hashologist who helped teach the internet is preparing for another chapter. Visit Nuggnotes.com🪴 Sponsored by RosinEvolution.com

The Fall of BHO: From Top-Shelf to Bottom Barrel 💎📉 💰 Golden Era Profits & High Expectations: In its prime around 2015–2017, Butane Hash Oil (BHO) concentrates commanded wholesale prices of $30–$50 per gram, incentivizing producers to turn high quality flower into luxury concentrates. BHO accounted for nearly a quarter (25%) of total cannabis sales in leading markets like Colorado & Ca. 🏭 Big Producers, Big Crash: Large-scale producers like @_rawgarden flooded the CA market with “good enough” live resin at $12–$15 wholesale, collapsing margins. This forced craft BHO producers, to pivot to cheaper methods & lower-quality inputs—triggering a downward spiral in product reputation. 🍯 CRC—Cosmetic Trick or Purification?: As producers scrambled to stay profitable, Color Remediation Column (CRC) tech saw wide adoption. Designed for purification, CRC gained a reputation for deception. 1 insider put it bluntly: “CRC amounts to fraud—it makes low-grade, dirty distillate look like top-shelf live resin.” Another added, “CRC can take trash-ass old trim and make it look good again—minus the terps.” 🍋 Terpene Loss Problem: CRC’s aggressive filtration stripped terpenes, leaving concentrates “flat,” “dry,” or “chalky.” Producers often added synthetic or excessive terps to compensate—turning off connoisseurs chasing authenticity. As one put it: “If it’s too white, it ain’t right.” 🔥 The “Hot Dab” Era: Early dabbers overheated titanium nails, leading to harsh hits, “dab sweats,” & even fainting like rapper @RoscoeDpg —while burning off terpenes & creating toxins like benzene. This turned away & intimated consumers from bho. But sparked a shift to low-temp dabs & e-nails. 🌿 The Solventless Revolution: By 2023, solventless rosin surged to 21% of CA’s dabbable concentrate market—doubling in 2 years. Its pure, chemical-free extraction & rich terpene profiles won connoisseurs. W/ retail prices averaging $45–$90 per gram (vs. sub-$20 CRC BHO), rosin redefined the new top-shelf. 🛍️ Budtenders & Shift in Consumer Behavior: Budtenders emerged as key influencers, steering consumers away from CRC-heavy BHO toward solventless options. Retail data shows their impact—1 CA budtender’s consistent praise of @JettyExtracts solventless vapes turned them into top sellers. As they educated customers on spotting CRC & emphasized rosin’s purity & flavor, the market followed. 🧯 Safety Scares: Concerns over residual solvents, CRC media contamination, & memories of the 2019 illicit vape crisis further tarnished BHO’s image. Even w/ strict testing in legal markets, consumers increasingly viewed solventless extracts as cleaner & safer—driving a major shift in preference. 📉 End of an Era: BHO now sits firmly in the budget-tier market. Most craft producers have pivoted to solventless extraction, driven by consumer demand for purity & transparency. While BHO still moves in volume at low prices, its reign as the premier concentrate is over. - nugg|notes🪴