pisspotnrock
Bluelighter
^ +1..
These days, its just a marketing tool for meth heads to up the price
These days, its just a marketing tool for meth heads to up the price

Ox blood is shithouse wet liquid crud, it is nothing like the champagne ICE that has been around over the past 10 or so years, I seriously doubt that it's (ox blood) ever been over 20% pure and more than likely <10%.
Average ICE is maybe 50% pure, top notch ICE is around 80% pure, 90% if you are friggen lucky (not 100% like most would believe) and I can assure you that the champagne that I had a few years back was well inside that bracket. Just because it's clear shard, doesn't mean it's as good as it gets. An impurity of well under 1% can have a dramatic effect on crystal colour and many cutters can be thrown into the mix and still produce very good looking shards.
We are talking about champagne ICE which is pink, not the red liquid ox blood which is toxic filth that has been around since the late 70's or earlier.
The stuff that student has access to may or may not be the real deal champagne that was around in years gone by but, it certainly isn't "ox blood" speed.