Knottyy: The BHO Hashologist Who Taught the Internet

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Before concentrate education became an industry, Darien “Knottyy” Chin was testing equipment, documenting techniques & teaching a generation of hash makers online.

Before Hash, There Was Photography

Before he became known for concentrates, Knottyy was Darien Chin, a Seattle photographer building an online following in the mid-2000s.

He photographed landscapes, portraits, cars & commercial work, shared lighting breakdowns and released a photography book around 2010.

That habit of documenting a process and explaining how it worked would eventually carry into cannabis.

So, When Did Knottyy Get Into BHO?

By the early 2010s, Knottyy’s 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 and YouTube.

The important part was not simply that he was making concentrates. He was willing to show people how he approached them.

2013: Bringing People Inside the Process

By 2013, Knottyy was publishing videos that took viewers deeper into extraction.

His content covered extraction equipment, vacuum pumps, purging techniques and the reasoning behind different methods.

One vacuum-pump comparison eventually passed 250,000 views, reaching aspiring hash makers far beyond Washington.

For an emerging concentrate scene, that kind of detailed demonstration was valuable.

When Hash Knowledge Was Still Guarded

Extraction knowledge was not always easy to find.

At a time when many techniques were closely guarded, Knottyy tested equipment, showed his results and explained what he learned.

As shatter, wax and honeycomb culture expanded, his tutorials gave newcomers a place to begin understanding the equipment and process.

Instead of simply showing the final slab, he showed the work behind it.

The Early Internet Hash Classroom

Knottyy was part of a larger group of early educators helping turn online cannabis communities into informal extraction classrooms.

Alongside figures such as Bret Maverick, he helped shape an era when people were learning concentrate production through forums, videos and other hash makers willing to share what they knew.

Years later, people were still recommending Knottyy’s videos and remembering them as part of how they first learned to make concentrates.

From YouTube to the Legal Market

As Washington’s adult-use industry developed, Knottyy brought that experience into commercial extraction.

By the late 2010s, dispensary menus carried products including wax, diamonds & sauce under listings such as “MFused (Knottyy).”

The educator who had documented BHO techniques online was now applying that experience inside the regulated market.

What Comes Next for Knottyy?

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 and processors.

That would reconnect his earliest public identity with a new generation of concentrate consumers.

Legacy

Knottyy never needed to claim that he invented BHO to leave a mark on its culture.

His contribution was education.

Before hash tutorials became polished content and extraction education became its own business, Knottyy was already testing equipment, documenting results and explaining the process publicly.

A generation watched, learned and carried that information forward.

Now, with plans to revive his shatter line and build REUP Tacoma, the hashologist who helped teach the internet is preparing for another chapter.