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Hello everyone, I was given a hookah as a gift and it came with a metal bowl. I am used to the clay bowls. Whats better clay or metal? or does it even matter?
Another thing is that the hookah bowl is a male (syrian) rather than female (egyptian) and is shallow. Are there any syrian bowls that are larger or deeper or both?
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The one Mo and I use is very deep, check out "sultan bowl" topic for pictures.
Only place I know you can get them is the store down from where I work and Hookahook.com.  They are not listed on their site and they are only $4, But the shipping from Beruit is an additional $16 ....
They're $4.99 plus tax at the store here and I can send you one if you want. Shipping should only be a few bucks.
 These things are really nice, look good too. Last time i checked he had blue like min and a brown/tan. 
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Mustang: I know they are retooling their entire site after changing credit card company, looks like they don't have that part up yet. I'd actually e-mailed them about this bowl because it wasn't listed on their site even then. They said they could get me one, but since everything is shipped from Beruit the shpiing would be about 4 times the price of the bowl.
This makes shipping reasonable for the VERY nice hookahs they have, but not so much for just a bowl or two. The only place I've found one like it anywher, ncluding the internet, is the middleastern grocry by where I work. They are 4.99 there and It cost 2 something to ship one to Joeyhookah last week. You want one? PM me with your address and we can arrange something. Traded him for a windscreen he got locally. Much better bringing business to local merchant when you can I feel.
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Got the bowl mushrat. Its freakin bigger and deeper than the one I have. THANKS A BUNCH!!!! Now I can't wait for the weekend to fire the hookah up, it'll probably last me the whole afeternoon!
Btw, just wondering if you recieved the windscreen yet. I sent it Saturday morning.
Joeyhookah
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Thank you very much Mushrat! I just received it about 2 minutes ago and
will be smoking this beautiful bowl in good health soon.  You are
too kind and i thank you once again.

Ill be posting my own take/review on the bowl shortly.

Thank you

-Adrian
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Well this is a deeeep bowl alright. I put lots of shisha and worked out fine with the foil. I tried to use the metal screen and got too hot. I am using golden charcoals, used one and was not hot enough, and two charcoals burnt the tobacco. I need to play around with the heat on this bowl with the metal screen.
Any suggestions on how much coals to use Mushrat, anybody?
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Ok,
first, use less Ma'asell. You can use the same amount you used for smaller bowls and get just as long a smoke out of it. If you look at the ealier pictures, the cleaner section on the bottom of the bowl is all the ma'asell I use for 1 1/2 hours of smoking pleasure. Don't waste your stuff.
As for coals. I use bulk charcoal that i chop into chunks. I have a general size i work for but nothing scientific. For AF and Romman i've been using 2 smaller chunks or one larger, depending on whats in my tupperware.
 
Try 1 1/2 coals. try 2 to get it going and remove one of them once its going. I am regularly checking and moving my coals around, addeding a fresh one, that sort of thing. Heat management has become part of the Smoking ritual for me.
Glad you like the bowl though...
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