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[url="http://cgi.ebay.com/28-1-Hose-KHALIL-MAMOON-Stained-Glass-Egyptian-HOOKAH_W0QQitemZ360286265300QQcategoryZ112485QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp3907.m263QQ_trkparmsZalgo%3DSIC%26itu%3DUCI%252BIA%252BUA%252BFICS%252BUFI%252BDDSIC%26otn%3D8%26pmod%3D360281169443%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D6596916576570486624"]http://cgi.ebay.com/...916576570486624[/url]

this is what i am buying. can anyone verify that it is a legit KM and give me like a model name or something?
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looks like an exotica to me. and it looks legit, thats a rare vase i'd say. and caravan is a reputable ebay seller. a few people here have ordered from there
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sweet. i am just getting kinda nervous, cause this seems like such a good deal it might be too good to be true
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ok, good to hear. i already have a nammor hose, so i dont think i'll need to really upgrade. lol
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I bought a Km caramana from them, it is legit. I think what they do is buy the stems and trays from Km and then fit it to a generic Egyptian base and hose, with a standard clay bowl. Since km doesn't make their own vases anyway, you are getting an almost complete legit Km, sans hose, for the price of just the stem from anywhere else I've seen. The one i have fits together very well, plus they threw in a couple extra hose and bowl grommets, some crappy tongs, mouth piece covers, 2 cleaning brushes, some herbal shisha, and a puppy. Ok, no puppy. But even without the puppy i was very happy. Do it. Do it now!
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[quote name='Mikefu' date='11 August 2010 - 06:02 PM' timestamp='1281578548' post='478577']
I bought a Km caramana from them, it is legit. I think what they do is buy the stems and trays from Km and then fit it to a generic Egyptian base and hose, with a standard clay bowl. Since km doesn't make their own vases anyway, you are getting an almost complete legit Km, sans hose, for the price of just the stem from anywhere else I've seen. The one i have fits together very well, plus they threw in a couple extra hose and bowl grommets, some crappy tongs, mouth piece covers, 2 cleaning brushes, some herbal shisha, and a puppy. Ok, no puppy. But even without the puppy i was very happy. Do it. Do it now!
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To clarify, I mean that even though some km vases have "khalil mamoon" on them, they aren't made by km, but outsourced. So the vase caravan gives you is the same quality, etc.
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[quote name='Mikefu' date='11 August 2010 - 04:04 PM' timestamp='1281578688' post='478578']
[quote name='Mikefu' date='11 August 2010 - 06:02 PM' timestamp='1281578548' post='478577']
I bought a Km caramana from them, it is legit. I think what they do is buy the stems and trays from Km and then fit it to a generic Egyptian base and hose, with a standard clay bowl. Since km doesn't make their own vases anyway, you are getting an almost complete legit Km, sans hose, for the price of just the stem from anywhere else I've seen. The one i have fits together very well, plus they threw in a couple extra hose and bowl grommets, some crappy tongs, mouth piece covers, 2 cleaning brushes, some herbal shisha, and a puppy. Ok, no puppy. But even without the puppy i was very happy. Do it. Do it now!
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To clarify, I mean that even though some km vases have "khalil mamoon" on them, they aren't made by km, but outsourced. So the vase caravan gives you is the same quality, etc.
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true story.
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great to hear, cause i wasn't sure whether or not it should say the name on the base or not cause i've seen a lot of them like that, but wasn't sure if that was standard or not. any other ways to tell it is a KM? like signature things they do with them?
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The hookah looks like a KM exotica as others have said... One thing worth mentioning is KM bases are dog crap. My room mate had that same base and within a month most of the color had flaked off because KM is too cheap to do it right and actually stain the glass.
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the base is a minor thing if the paint comes off. mainly i just want it to smoke really well
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Hey man, if your vase's paint does all fall off, you can always do what I did...

[IMG]http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/INCUBUSRATM/Random/DSC01075.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/INCUBUSRATM/Random/DSC01076.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/INCUBUSRATM/Random/DSC01077.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/INCUBUSRATM/Random/DSC01078.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/INCUBUSRATM/Random/DSC01079.jpg[/IMG]

And this is what the vase used to look like:
[IMG]http://i124.photobucket.com/albums/p40/INCUBUSRATM/Random/DSC01040.jpg[/IMG]

All credit goes to Joe for the decals. The paint FELL off without me even washing it. Wasn't pleased at all, so the place I bought it from sent me another vase free, but a different kind. I sold it on here but it came back undeliverable, and it was also broken. The guy I sold it to never got back with me, so free money for me.
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^ Thats really cool, how did you make the nak and hookah stickers?


[quote name='IainUM' date='12 August 2010 - 05:18 PM' timestamp='1281651507' post='478678']
the base is a minor thing if the paint comes off. mainly i just want it to smoke really well
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If that's not a concern, the exotica smokes like a champ... has one of the best draws of any hookah I've ever smoked. Edited by rcracer_tx
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[quote name='IainUM' date='12 August 2010 - 09:13 PM' timestamp='1281665622' post='478703']
sweet, that looks amazing. i'd love to have my base look like that
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Strip that paint off when you get your vase!
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what do i need to do after stripping the paint off, though? is there a way i can get decals like that?
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