Jump to content

What Style Are My Hookahs?

thehelios
 Share

Recommended Posts

thehelios Newbie

thehelios

Posted
Posted
Finally took a picture of my hookahs. The 2nd to left I'm prettey sure is considered an Egyptian rotator and the one on the way right is a Mya mini acrylic. What would the other two be and what defines a Syrian or Egyptian style hookah?

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Giant Ninja Robot Newbie

Giant Ninja Robot

Posted
Posted
Sorry I can't help with the info requested but that pipe on the left is beautiful, does it smoke well? I like it alot. The corkscrew pattern on the stem is pimpin.
Link to comment
Share on other sites
thehelios Newbie

thehelios

Posted
  • Author
Posted
QUOTE (giant ninja robot @ Dec 1 2008, 12:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Sorry I can't help with the info requested but that pipe on the left is beautiful, does it smoke well? I like it alot. The corkscrew pattern on the stem is pimpin.


It's decent. In order of good smoke is: rotator, mya acrylic,then corkscrew. I have never used the 3rd one but again, it feels and is structurally crap.
Link to comment
Share on other sites
gaia.plateau Newbie

gaia.plateau

Posted
Posted (edited)
The first one is a brass Syrian "snake", either from H-S or a certain banned member*. A very, very nice pipe.

The second arguile is a rotator, probably Syrian or Lebanese judging from the stem craftsmanship... They're terribly cumbersome and awkward things, and my knowledge of them is very limited... so that's all I can tell you.

The third pipe looks to be a generic Egyptian with a Mya Bohemian base, though I don't recognize that paint pattern as being mass produced.

The last is a mini-Mya acrylic. Pretty shitty, I'm afraid - I received one free from H-S with my Glyph.


*If you really want to know, for research purposes likesay, PM me.

Addendum: the Snake is from the banned vendor. The H-S one has a gold and white gold stem, whereas the other is nickel like the one you posted.


H-S Model

QUOTE (thehelios @ Dec 1 2008, 12:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
what defines a Syrian or Egyptian style hookah?


Firstly, generally speaking Egyptians are hand-made whereas Syrians are machine-made.

Syrians tend to be more lithe and stylish, whereas Egyptians tend to be more aesthetically simple.

The vast majority of Egyptian pipes are single-hose, whereas the majority of Syrian pipes you'll find are available in multi-hose.

In my personal experience, Egyptians tend to smoke better (judging from the MZ perpetual river and the KM tri-metal), whereas Syrians tend to be much more visually impressive. Edited by giant ninja robot
Link to comment
Share on other sites
thehelios Newbie

thehelios

Posted
  • Author
Posted (edited)
QUOTE (gaia.plateau @ Dec 1 2008, 12:17 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Addendum... yeah just merge this one too if you want, I didn't full read the original post.

QUOTE (thehelios @ Dec 1 2008, 12:32 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
what defines a Syrian or Egyptian style hookah?


Firstly, generally speaking Egyptians are hand-made whereas Syrians are machine-made.

Syrians tend to be more lithe and stylish, whereas Egyptians tend to be more aesthetically simple.

The vast majority of Egyptian pipes are single-hose, whereas the majority of Syrian pipes you'll find are available in multi-hose.

In my personal experience, Egyptians tend to smoke better (judging from the MZ perpetual river and the KM tri-metal), whereas Syrians tend to be much more visually impressive.


The snake one was purchased from an arab market in Jerusalem so no idea which banned vendor you're referring to. How can you tell if something is machine made? The rotator has a bunch of visible weld marks (ornament toward top of stem, around valve and hose port, inside stem). Also, the mya mini was from ebay. Edited by thehelios
Link to comment
Share on other sites
gaia.plateau Newbie

gaia.plateau

Posted
Posted
QUOTE (thehelios @ Dec 1 2008, 01:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The snake one was purchased from an arab market in Jerusalem so no idea which banned vendor you're referring to. How can you tell if something is machine made? The rotator has a bunch of visible weld marks (ornament toward top of stem, around valve and hose port, inside stem).

It's a popular design, I imagine ~ I haven't seen it offered anywhere else online though. Anyway, yeah, it's called a "Snake" Brass Syrian to the best of my knowledge.

Machine-produced hookahs will usually have a seam on their stems, from where the pipe was fastened together. You can usually unscrew the head from the stem, from the heart chamber as well.

Not all Syrians are machine-produced, but as I said the vast majority are. And that said, there do exist machine-produced pipes with no visible seams, but it isn't common.
Link to comment
Share on other sites
drabin Newbie

drabin

Posted
Posted
QUOTE (inino @ Dec 1 2008, 02:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
the hose port on the third one looks like an egyptian hose port.

I was going to say that. lol
I like the look of the snake it adds a touch but still I can't say I would buy it.
Just a question whats the bowl on the second argileh?
Link to comment
Share on other sites
GreatPigHookah Newbie

GreatPigHookah

Posted
Posted
QUOTE (gaia.plateau @ Dec 1 2008, 01:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The last is a mini-Mya acrylic. Pretty shitty, I'm afraid - I received one free from H-S with my Glyph.


The mini Mya acrylic is a very good hookah. I have two of them because they absolutely rip. Far better VALUE, imo, than any KM I own. They don't purge as well if at all, but draw virtually as good using a descent hose, are easy to clean, sturdy, and are dirt cheap. Shitty? I think not.
Link to comment
Share on other sites
thehelios Newbie

thehelios

Posted
  • Author
Posted
The Mya mini is sick for its size and price, well worth it.

The bowl on the rotator is a freezer bowl per se. It is a standard 15-20 gram bowl but its wide because there is a hole on the side which you can fill with water and then freeze it. It has never cracked because of the expanding ice and works out prettey well but ice in the vase is much, much better. If anything, that bowl has fallen twice on concrete and the only thing that happened to it is a small chip came off on the bottom.
Link to comment
Share on other sites
SimplexCoda Newbie

SimplexCoda

Posted
Posted
QUOTE (thehelios @ Dec 1 2008, 12:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The snake one was purchased from an arab market in Jerusalem so no idea which banned vendor you're referring to. How can you tell if something is machine made? The rotator has a bunch of visible weld marks (ornament toward top of stem, around valve and hose port, inside stem). Also, the mya mini was from ebay.


A machine made will have very perfect welds or skrew together, and hand made one will have much more obvious welds. Also syrians also they typically will either have some sort of animal reference in the design, or have a very nice inticate design. Egypitans typically have some sort of simple bulbus design on the stem.
Link to comment
Share on other sites
drabin Newbie

drabin

Posted
Posted
QUOTE (thehelios @ Dec 1 2008, 02:42 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
The Mya mini is sick for its size and price, well worth it.

The bowl on the rotator is a freezer bowl per se. It is a standard 15-20 gram bowl but its wide because there is a hole on the side which you can fill with water and then freeze it. It has never cracked because of the expanding ice and works out prettey well but ice in the vase is much, much better. If anything, that bowl has fallen twice on concrete and the only thing that happened to it is a small chip came off on the bottom.

you buy that in the markets in jerusalem? they are all over there. I almost bought one ut was worried over breakage from the rapid temp change.
Link to comment
Share on other sites

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now
 Share
Go to topic listing
×
×
  • Create New...