joytron Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 So on many occasions i have handed out advice to those interested in hearing but only one person has truly taken an active interested in the appreciation of hookah. Like many of us he started with a cheap chinese hookah, graduating to an even cheaper one. He used bad ql's and only smoked SB he got local. Well after smoking with me i decided to pass on my advice, and got him set-up with a bambino, some cocos, a phunnel and various brands of shisha. Since then when we smoke i always set everything up, but yesterday when i was cleaning my pipe i asked if he would do the honors. He packed and did all the heat management, and needless to say even brought over his own tobacco, some Orange Soda infact. Suprisingly enough it was one of the best bowls i smoked, great flavor and perfect clouds. I felt like a father watching his child on his first bike. Well maybe not like that but i was certainly proud to pass on the information i have soaked up from all of you that have been generous enough to share what you learned. Just wondering if anyone else has taken it upon themselves to introduce and guide into the ways of hookah? Thank you all for the help over this last year or so, it was great to grow from someone who burned every bowl on a dirty hookah to someone who is finally satisfied with almost every bowl smoked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chinamon Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 there is one couple that i know that came to one of my hookah nights and loved it so much on their first time they ordered the km omdah from HJ along with tobacco and coals. pretty much everything they know is from me and they do a pretty darn good job with it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 I haven't yet fully learned the ways of the Hookah, because I'm still a young padawan, but I have been helping out my friend who got into it shortly after I did. I talk to him about the stuff I find out here and pass the wisdom along to him. I upgraded from crappy Chinese hookah to Mya QT, but he's still on his first Chinese hookah. Next plans for me: Mya Obelisk two-hose, and ordering different brands of shisha to find out what I like (right now I have AF (my fav), Romman, and a bunch of Hookah-Hookah shots which I do not like for the most part). Still much to learn, this young one has! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcane Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 (edited) i've given a lot of advice over chat....but, actually teaching in person...not just packing techniques, but differences between hookahs, between tobacco brands, heat mgmt and everything?i taught one person....just one.... now, i'm sad....thanks a lot Jess!! Edited September 17, 2009 by Arcane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
srawas89 Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 I have taught a couple people about the difference between hookahs and tobacco etc. As far as teaching people how to pack I have taught 2 so far and I feel comfortable having them pack a bowl knowing that it is in good hands. I have a friend of mine who is now in love with Nakhla because of its awesome quality for such a cheap price. He did not know how to pack nakhla at first but now hes damn good at it. He still needs to learn a bit tho since he is using a screen but he knows how to pack his bowl with a screen and since it works very well for him I will not say anything until I notice a decrease in the quality of sessions I have with him.I think its very rewarding to see people you have taught how to pack a proper bowl etc. learning and succeeding. Its so rewarding in fact that I probably will be teaching another person soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Majid Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 My old boss who got me into smoking learned how to smoke a serious bowl from me. He used to pack bowls so dense there was no proper airflow and he never ever ever cleaned his pipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sportsfan6216 Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 I won't let anyone touch my hookah who hasn't learned from me. and since people like for me to have it out during parties, and i like to play pong, i have a couple the have learned from me. One is my best friend ever..... just last week we got her set up with a double pear, phunnel, narbish, from john and a base from HC. She is the only person i'll let load a bowl.Another friend of mine i'll trust to heat management but only when i'm not around because he still likes to play with coals when its smoking just fine just because "they've been in one place too long".All of my other friends pick up bits and pieces from what I do, but even if i'm smoking at their house with their gear generally they ask me to load the bowl (however most are so impressed by tangiers and nak that they ask me to bring the shisha, and the phunnel so i load it anyways beforehand) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGHTS OF BAGHDAD Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 i have plenty of advice to give but no one listens to me, so you know.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoapplesplease Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 I love passing on the hookah traditionI like to buy a new hookah every year and sell my freinds my old one supper cheap.most of them started smoking with me and are just occasional smokers but I've also converted a few cig smokers to full on hookah afficinados.I love converting them I feel like I'm teaching them a new realigion.I always start them on nakhla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremyk Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 yeah my brother was the same way but after a little guidence he is a seasoned hookah smoker now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryno Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 I've showed a few friends about hookah and now they can pack great. Also, I showed my friend Cody howto blow smoke rings and now he makes mine look pathetic... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuie Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 I have several disciples running around. Heh! Several of my friends that I helped graduate from the pumpkin to a decent Mya and Phunnel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
indian_villager Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 I've got quite a number.....but none are up to par with me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RingsMaster Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 i have 2 deciples, one is my girlfriend, when she came with me to go to school up here in stillwater OK the only job she could get was at this crappy club that had a shisha lounge, well she couldnt pack a bowl to save her life so step by step we worked on it and now she might be able to pack a better bowl than me when she really tries, my best friend started packing before me but everything shisha related that he has trouble with he automatically asks me like i know everything lol. ive tought him how to pack tangiers and how to pack a real nice Egyptian. those are my stories lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattarios2 Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 In person, I have taught ... 2 people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delSol_si Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 QUOTE (NIGHTS OF BAGHDAD @ Sep 17 2009, 02:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i have plenty of advice to give but no one listens to me, so you know..Same here. I have tried to teach a few people here and there and there are 3 different situations that occur:1. they lose interest after they figure out it takes a little time and effort2. they decide I am wrong and they are right and try convincing ME that I am doing something wrong, when in fact I am getting much better sessions, nothing better than teaching someone and them coming back to tell me I am doing it wrong when they are getting worse sessions.3. they just don't listen at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NIGHTS OF BAGHDAD Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 my biggest problem is when im in the middle of showing them how to pack the sisha or poke holes out of no where its always..oh and i will replace the bad word with NHT..so dude...you smoke NHT stuff in this too right..cause like i can bring some over..and thats usually when i decide not to give them the link to the forum and ask them to forget what i just trying to teach them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evlpengwyn Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 QUOTE (NIGHTS OF BAGHDAD @ Sep 17 2009, 11:36 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>my biggest problem is when im in the middle of showing them how to pack the sisha or poke holes out of no where its always..oh and i will replace the bad word with NHT..so dude...you smoke NHT stuff in this too right..cause like i can bring some over..and thats usually when i decide not to give them the link to the forum and ask them to forget what i just trying to teach themI don't have a problem with NHT but if someone asks how it smokes in my obelisk, I tell them I'll never know and neither will they, and leave it at that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delSol_si Posted September 17, 2009 Share Posted September 17, 2009 QUOTE (NIGHTS OF BAGHDAD @ Sep 17 2009, 12:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>my biggest problem is when im in the middle of showing them how to pack the sisha or poke holes out of no where its always..oh and i will replace the bad word with NHT..so dude...you smoke NHT stuff in this too right..cause like i can bring some over..and thats usually when i decide not to give them the link to the forum and ask them to forget what i just trying to teach them+1 to that too. Last night I went to the school lounge to smoke (tangiers cactus fruit, yum!) and there were 3 black guys down there. Every one of them were obsessed with trying to figure out if I ever smoked NHT out of it. Took me forever to explain that this was NOT for NHT. Then a white guy (trashy) comes in and asks how much NHT I have in there. Duh! Fuckin retards.It seems like black people and white trash always assume NHT. More educated people and women seem to know about hookah and shisha. Average white males are a toss up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RingsMaster Posted September 18, 2009 Share Posted September 18, 2009 i know people who smoke NHT out of their hookah's and it just kinda pisses me off, their are other devices for that kind of stuff, no need for it here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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