yashman19 Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 On a typical egyptian hookah, the bowl will actually go OVER the stem, while on a syrian, the bowl will fit INTO the stem. This is the main obvious difference between egyptian and syrian. Other than that, there are just different styles used. Hookahs in the different regions of the middle east all have their own style, which ones I'm not really sure, but the only difference that I know of for sure is the bowl. As for screw-ins, I'm pretty sure there are screw-in bases for both syrian and egyptian hookahs, just depends on what manufacturer you are buying from. I have a hookah that has a screw-in base, the Stargate Hookah. But I can't really help you out by telling you what type of a hookah it is, because it is a combination of egyptian, syrian AND modern. The reason for being both egyptian and syrian is because it comes with an adapter which allows me to use either a egyptian bowl or syrian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted December 28, 2005 Share Posted December 28, 2005 Yashman's got it covered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 From working with them and testing adapters, I think Egyptian ones seal slightly better. Syrian ones can work out, tilt and drop charcoal all over. Gravity holds Egyptian ones tight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soup Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 [quote name='Tangiers']Gravity holds Egyptian ones tight.[/quote] I have no expierence with Syrian hookahs so this is just out of my personal ignorance, but...couldn't you say the same thing about the Syrians? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 i've never had probblems with my syrian style bowl working itself out..but then again Tangiers has far more hours on the hose than I have so he's had more time to see things go wrong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted December 30, 2005 Share Posted December 30, 2005 The only thing that's keeping me from flying across this table is...gravity!Well done, Soup. A worthy Bon Mot!I've seen it, it doesn't happen all the time or even very frequently, it happens if the head or the gaskets are the wrong size or one side of the bowl is extra-heavy (?) If brand X never has a problem like that and Brand Y has a problem very rarely, wouldn't we still go with X? Is there anything that makes Egyptian heads disadvantageous? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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