need help making a bowl

[wizzard880]

i recently aquired a new hookah from nyc, but on the way home i some how lost the bowl for the tobacco, does anyone have any ideas on how to make some sort of bowl i could use out of household items?

[Counter_Culture]

use a orange or lemon...preferably an orange cuz its wider..or any
fruit that cud be carved out....make sure u use the gromet too.

[wizzard880]

what is a gromet

[yashman19]

Well, typically you would use a rubber grommet to put on the stem, and
then put the bowl ontop of the grommet. It makes your bowl airtight,
not letting in any air..

And yes, I can't think of anything you could use to make a home made
bowl, other than using a bunch of foil and molding it into a bowl...but
not sure if thats the best way. I would suggest a fruit bowl too.

Heres a picture of the one I used.

[img]http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/9494/fruitbowl7gi.jpg[/img]

[img]http://img528.imageshack.us/img528/9831/fruitbowl38gz.jpg[/img]

Just make these until you can buy a new bowl..

[wizzard880]

ur a genius, what did u just carve out the inside ot that and i still not sure about what a gormet is could u explina better, andyeh i used a foil right now but its not the best

[yashman19]

If you do a fruit bowl, you don't need a grommet.

And a grommet is a little rubber thing that you put on the stem, and
then put your bowl over. The grommet just makes a hookah air-tight. Try
putting your clay bowl on the stem and smoking, it won't work because
too much air will leak in because the bowl isn't sealed onto the stem.
If you use a rubber grommet, it makes the bowl stick on the stem
without letting air in.

[cafedelmar]

that looks gangster! 

[lilotaku]

Hey Yash,did you just end up clearing the top of the orange,  just enough to fit a good amount of maassell.  or did you clear out the whole entire orange?  I was thinkin about clearing the upper half, and that way you can still use the bottom of the innards to have a solid base. 

[lilotaku]

I also think this picture definitaly needs to be added to the front page.  Sorta getting tired of staring at the metro-smoker.  Dang,  thats also a lotta coal on that try,  looks like you guys were gettin ready for a long run .

[yashman19]

I just carved a crater roughly the same size as a normal bowl, so yeah,
pretty much the bottom half of the orange is intact, except for a hole
going down to the stem.

[ravi]

thats a nice packed fuit bowl......which store in nyc did u get the hookah?

[Ratswallow]

You can also use an apple...it's a bit harder to carve, but it makes
for a good change of flavor...especially if what you're smoking doesn't
go well with citrus.

[Brad]

Apples have always worked well for me ...they seem to keep the burning down too.

[mushrat]

Wiz: where you live? I can get you a bowl here at a local shop for about 4 bucks, mail it to you from about 3 1st class i'd bet.

[[LB]]

2 things

Yashman: GENIOUS freaking awesome bowl i have intact bowls but i wanna try that-
does it give an orange flavor to the tobacco?

Wizard: Where did you get your hookah from in the city- do you live in the city? me and ravi both live pretty close.

[yashman19]

[quote name='[lebanese_blonde']]2 things

Yashman: GENIOUS freaking awesome bowl i have intact bowls but i wanna try that-
does it give an orange flavor to the tobacco?  [/quote]

Sure thing. Its not very strong, but the juices from the orange do mix
in with the ma'assel, and you can definately taste a hint of citrius.
Using an orange as a bowl is a nifty, fun way to spice up a session,
but you will find that its only good every once in a while to do. It
becomes a hassle to cut the orange, it gets messy from all the juices,
and the foil takes a bit longer to put on because of the headpins.

Its fun, but not every day

[wizzard880]

Hey, i got it from sharia east on first and inbetween 11-12 i think, im half lebenease so i was tlking to the guy and he gave me a huge discount. i live in nj about 20 minutes outside of the city, and mushrat contact me eithor threw aim at wizzard880 or in email at scott_hakim@yahoo.com 

[mushrat]

problem solved...2 clay bowls and some naklha on your way tomorrow compments of the Rat.

[wizzard880]

mushrat is a hookah god