mushrat Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 [attachment=4830:bottom.JPG] [attachment=4829:full base.JPG] A customer brought it in and im trying to get its history and how to restore it to a working hookah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted April 23, 2010 Author Share Posted April 23, 2010 [attachment=4831:hose stem.JPG] [attachment=4832:inside base.JPG] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoapplesplease Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 Is there a downstem? if not its either a decrotive piece or its missing the stem and thats just the base part Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted April 23, 2010 Author Share Posted April 23, 2010 yes, it's missing the stem and every thing else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agunn1231 Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 maybe its actually a teapot...good as new? JK I'll see what info, if any i can find about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoapplesplease Posted April 23, 2010 Share Posted April 23, 2010 I'd make a custom stem downstem using about a 1 foot section of copper pipe...somewhere near the centerish you'll need to make some sort of stopper gasket to get a seal..maybee a bunch of various sized grommets but traditionally I think a wrapped piece of wet lienen cloth....wont be real decorative but it should work...or mabe just try stuffing a few medium mya stems in there and make it work...LOL........I rember seing a picture of a simialer style hookah somewhere on the web on a antique site...the base was a ceramic vase but kinda the same idea I'll go hunting for it It'll give me something to surf for...HAHA 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted April 24, 2010 Author Share Posted April 24, 2010 i know how to make it work, im looking for a picture or information on how it originally looked and worked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Ok i did a search and this is what i could come up with.... Im not going to post the pic here, as it may offend some viewers because their are nude women in the pic (its the only one that looked relatively close, just so happen to have anatomy present), but i will post a link at the bottom of this post. The pipe on the bottom right of the pic looks pretty close, or at least i think. Not really having a "stem" but rather a bowl/downstem combo that rests on the beveled top, and goes into the liquid in the vase. [url="http://www.shishagarden.com/images/hookahlighter.jpg"]Antique Hookah[/url] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted April 24, 2010 Author Share Posted April 24, 2010 looks good. Thanks man. Anyone else find an old picture? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liquidglass Posted April 24, 2010 Share Posted April 24, 2010 Here's one [url="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sergemelki/3140604412/"]hookah[/url] Honestly it looks about like I expect it to. I don't think there was actually a whole bunch missing from it. If it's as old as I think it is, it means it was used with tombac which I could conceivably see being slightly stuffed in and then the rim holding the coals on. As I'm sure you know with how tightly tombac is packed it probably wouldn't have an issue falling through the hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twoapplesplease Posted April 25, 2010 Share Posted April 25, 2010 this is the closest I found but you cant really see the stem some kinda wind cover on there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skoozle Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 it's a 1947 Mya QT. The good news is that all the current Mya parts are interchangeable with it. [img]http://www.hookahforum.com/public/style_emoticons/default/lol_hitting.gif[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1v3th3ad Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 [quote name='twoapplesplease' date='25 April 2010 - 12:50 AM' timestamp='1272171008' post='465311'] this is the closest I found but you cant really see the stem some kinda wind cover on there [/quote] I own that one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted April 26, 2010 Author Share Posted April 26, 2010 you own that hookah?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charley Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 I seen one similar the stem was an undecorated tube that had like a plunger looking end to it that fit into the base there was no ash trey and it had a tombac bowl (flower shaped) on the top made of the same metal (stem and bowl was one piece) not sure if this is the same kind of hookah or not. oh and the hose was also not a hose but rather a bamboo stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1v3th3ad Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 I own the one that two apples posted a pic of...wouldn't let me quote the pic...sorry mush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
delSol_si Posted April 26, 2010 Share Posted April 26, 2010 that almost reminds me of the Goza Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted April 27, 2010 Author Share Posted April 27, 2010 [quote name='r1v3th3ad' date='26 April 2010 - 04:49 PM' timestamp='1272314962' post='465560'] I own the one that two apples posted a pic of...wouldn't let me quote the pic...sorry mush [/quote] Can you post a pic of the stem/bowl without the wind cover? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1v3th3ad Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 [quote name='mushrat' date='27 April 2010 - 07:59 AM' timestamp='1272369551' post='465679'] [quote name='r1v3th3ad' date='26 April 2010 - 04:49 PM' timestamp='1272314962' post='465560'] I own the one that two apples posted a pic of...wouldn't let me quote the pic...sorry mush [/quote] Can you post a pic of the stem/bowl without the wind cover? [/quote] just dug around in my computer and found the pics from when I first bought it and decided to catalog it... http://img180.imageshack.us/gal.php?g=picture5p.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mushrat Posted April 27, 2010 Author Share Posted April 27, 2010 now THAT is what i was looking for! Thanks man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r1v3th3ad Posted April 27, 2010 Share Posted April 27, 2010 no problemo, glad to be able to help out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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