theotherone31415 Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 So I bought these two nargile here in istanbul and at first I thought they were just crappy mya's (well, the big one at least) but now im pretty sure they're both syrians...except a few things are odd. first, they both SCREW into the base. odd. second, do syrians generally divide into so many parts? they're both heavy as hell, at least 4 lbs in the big stem so Im very confident they're both solid brass. except the down stems i was told were copper; they definitely look and feel copper too. the bases = awesome. no complaints. nice clean paintings and the glass seems very legit. oh and the coin is a 1 lira piece. it's the same size as a quarter i think. [attachment=3810:IMG_2993.JPG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bungiman Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Nice looking pipes. Enjoy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joytron Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 they certainly do look like syrians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 Oh yea, syrians for sure. The female bowl adapter is a dead give away. As for ID'ing the hookahs themselves, i couldn't find any exact matches, but they both follow the same style as most hand made Syrians:http://www.hookah-shisha.com/store/pc/conf...;idproduct=1715That one kinda matches the first hookah in the pictures.And i couldn't find the adapter, but there is an adapter to allow you to use female style bowls, or if you just want to get a male ended bowl, Mya makes a fairly nice one:http://hookahcompany.com/mya_syrian_hookah...l_3804_prd1.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theotherone31415 Posted July 6, 2009 Author Share Posted July 6, 2009 shit yeah, that "glyph" from HS does look a hell of a lot like that smaller green one. nice! my first Syrian hookahs. i became more and more convinced that they were syrians but the screw-in thing threw me off. i don't really like that they screw into the base but whatevs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryno Posted July 6, 2009 Share Posted July 6, 2009 That last base is absolutely beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcane Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 QUOTE (ryno @ Jul 7 2009, 04:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>That last base is absolutely beautiful!yep...any chance you're gonna sell it OP? hahaha! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theotherone31415 Posted July 7, 2009 Author Share Posted July 7, 2009 QUOTE (arcane @ Jul 7 2009, 02:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>QUOTE (ryno @ Jul 7 2009, 04:56 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>That last base is absolutely beautiful!yep...any chance you're gonna sell it OP? hahaha!i did see 2 more of the same base...one was blue though. you sayin you wanna make a purchase...? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcane Posted July 7, 2009 Share Posted July 7, 2009 actually...i just realized that you said they're both screw-on. man...my hookah bug is acting up again... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sonthert Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 They're the newer ones with common bells. That they disassemble is a dead giveaway. That they don't have a continuous tube running down the main section is a problem for cleaning. They've been making lower qualit stuff like that in Syria a lot lately to compete with the Chinese stuff. I still have a weak spot for Syrians, I can't fight it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
combs08 Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Wow those are nice. Kudo's to you for picking up an awesome hookah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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