mushrat Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 One of the ports is broken off...other than that it looks like it is in excellent shape... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICE-VaPa Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Wow... that is beautiful. I saw some other hookahs, not quite like this - but old too... *tries to find pics* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paiintballa182 Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Wow. Gorgeous! shine that baby up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ICE-VaPa Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 Ahhh here we go...The owner wants R100 which is approx $12 for both down here in South Africa. Also look fairly old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Canon Posted March 22, 2008 Share Posted March 22, 2008 polish her up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sars Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 That thing would look amazing with a little metal polish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codename067 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 What a Bueaty.I have no clue as to who made it.Note: Funny how in title it says "New Hookah...how old is it?" A little ironic =] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snoopy1966 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 That is an amzing Hookah. Shine that baby up and it will be something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BDA88 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Where did you get it from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog_916 Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 (edited) I'm going to guess mid 1900s. Beyond that I cant say. I just saw a few pictures from the late 1800s and early 1900s and the design on yours is different, more modern. The ash tray doesnt seem to be added to the design till the mid 1900s. http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:00034065.jpghttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Syriancafe.jpghttp://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Image:Waterpipe.jpeg Edited March 23, 2008 by Bulldog_916 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 QUOTE (ICE-VaPa @ Mar 22 2008, 05:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Ahhh here we go...The owner wants R100 which is approx $12 for both down here in South Africa. Also look fairly old. Cool..for 12 bucks I'd get em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 Ok ok..i get the idea..it needs to be polished... Anyways, yesterday this man calls me at the shop. Says he and his wife are moving and they have this 4 foot all brass hookah his son picked up but left behind when he moved away from home. They said he told them to just get rid of it, do I want to buy it? I tell him likely I can't, but if he wanted to bring it in I could look it over for him and give him some idea of if it would work, where it was made, how much he might get for it and where to put it up for sale. So he bings it in...i see the thing walk in the door in the guys hands and I'm like "holy shit". Im taking it apart, checking it out, looking real professional and credible. I tell him its beautifull, it need to be repaired, and i can't make a reasonable offer on it because things are a little tight at the bar this month.So he says, make an unreasonable offer. I look at him and say " i can afford to offer you 25 bucks. Not really expecting him to accept but atleast I could be upfront and honest. He says "sold." So now i have the beast of a hookah I'm going to restore and smoke...I'll let you guys know how it goes.Oh and thanks Bulldog for looking those pics up for me. My friend from Lebanon says he'd guess about 40-50 years old, so goes along wqith what you are guessing...And YES, I'll polish the silly thing this weekend if I can. Gotta find some Wenol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathuv Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 polish that bitch up! it looks lebanese too, lebanese style hookahs usually have a metal vase. my friends brought one back around 5 years ago. i dont really like it, because of that metal vase.. but its nice. wasnt able to smoke it, it had a metal bowl which was rusted and i realsed 3 year old water was in the vase so i said "fuck no.." what a waste of a hookah.. :/ ah well at least mush's is in good hands Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 QUOTE (mathuv @ Mar 23 2008, 04:30 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>polish that bitch up! it looks lebanese too, lebanese style hookahs usually have a metal vase. my friends brought one back around 5 years ago. i dont really like it, because of that metal vase.. but its nice. wasnt able to smoke it, it had a metal bowl which was rusted and i realsed 3 year old water was in the vase so i said "fuck no.." what a waste of a hookah.. :/ ah well at least mush's is in good hands Funny you mention Lebanese..My friend from Lebanon says it reminds him of one his Uncle had... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny_D Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 Who gets to smoke that at the bar man? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 *I* do of course... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1v3th3ad Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 holy shitwownice steal, i mean buy mush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathuv Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 QUOTE Funny you mention Lebanese..My friend from Lebanon says it reminds him of one his Uncle had...yep, you see a lot of weird looking hookahs in the middle east. a lot of the personal ones are handed down through the family so its not unusual to have a 30 or 40 year old hookah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shisha fan Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 it looks great, especially for 25$. does it rotate? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waterboi Posted March 23, 2008 Share Posted March 23, 2008 That is a beauty Mush! What a great steal on that thing too. Cant wait to see some pictures of this thing polished up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted March 23, 2008 Author Share Posted March 23, 2008 QUOTE (shisha fan @ Mar 23 2008, 05:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>it looks great, especially for 25$. does it rotate?Nope, no rotation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted April 5, 2008 Author Share Posted April 5, 2008 anyone got any guesses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MechAnt Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 Just take your age and shave off about 25 years and that's my accurate guess to how old it is.LOL! I KID MUSH! Don't ban me!Brass does tarnish rather quickly so it can be anywhere from 2 to 200 years old. It's very hard to tell. Great find though! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mathuv Posted April 5, 2008 Share Posted April 5, 2008 that would make it...85.3? haha i joke man. anyways it looks at least 50 years old Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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