Hello Hookah.org. It is Paul here and I have a hole pattern video for you.
This one is kind of an extension of a video I did recently where I mentioned this hole
pattern and I had a few people pretty interested in what I meant.
This is a mini phunnel bowl and I pressed down the foil so you can see where the spire
is. This should give you a good idea as to why I like to poke holes like this.
I am using an oyster as you can see. I've sharpened the tips on one of my sharpening
stones and ground those to some pretty points so I can just do that and it pokes very nicely.
I started doing this simply because it was easy, quick and convenient, but then I realized
that there were some distinct advantages to this style of hole poking.
What you saw me do there was poke a square of holes around the center spire. I'm now
going to move to the corner of that square and poke another line of whole. I'm going
to turn and at the next corner poke another line, poke another line, and poke another
line. That actually is a perfectly fine hole pattern.
It works really nicely. It allows for good airflow and what I really like about this
is that there are distinct spots that you can use. You can put your coal directly over
this spot here and this spot here and it's going to give you really nice, pretty direct
heat. If it starts to overheat a little bit, you just rotate your coals to these blanks
spots that you're still going to be getting plenty of airflow and plenty of heat, but
it's going to be a little less direct on the tobacco.
That is really why I am a fan of this pattern. I don't think it makes a huge difference in
comparison to a more normal phunnelable pattern, which would be something more akin to this
where there's a ring of holes all around the outside and then a ring of holes around the
center spire. I don't think it makes a gigantic difference but I do believe that it allows
me to really fine tune my heat adjustment just a little bit more.
That's it. This is one of my methods for poking holes. I'm not even sure what to call it.
If you have a name for this method that you want me to use, throw it in the comments,
throw it down below, throw it on the forums and I'll see it and I'll use it. To me it's
just how I poke holes. This is Paul for Hookah.org saying thank you
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