Survival Nate Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Hello im Nate I live in the KC Area in Missouri, when my wife got hooked on Hookahs when she was deployed over seas, and me being ME decent I always liked them. We had to sell our hookah a few months ago, and today I was talking to a scrapper friend and he started wiping down a large piece of brass after a sec I was in awe and asked about it, he told me found it in a trash pile and was going to scrape it, I offered $10 and told him I was it for myself. he agreed to the deal and I got this ...... [img]http://survivalbus.com/images/hookah/IMG_0962.JPG[/img] [img]http://survivalbus.com/images/hookah/IMG_0963.JPG[/img] [img]http://survivalbus.com/images/hookah/IMG_0964.JPG[/img] [img]http://survivalbus.com/images/hookah/IMG_0965.JPG[/img] [img]http://survivalbus.com/images/hookah/IMG_0961.JPG[/img] theres no markings but I am leaning to a Syrain, and its heavy brass. I need to reweld a pipe on the bottom ( no problem for me) and also need, hose, tray, & bowl. Gaskets are there I just took them off while im cleaning. When I got it I could still smell the strawberry shesha LOL What are some of your thoughts on it? Thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Nice find! It's an old Nour/Al Nawras. Here's Mitchard's he just picked up from another forum member: http://www.hookahforum.com/topic/39995-the-stable/page__st__40 Post #55. His is silver, though, but same style. Got a plan on a new downstem? How's the condition of the inside of the pipe and whatnot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survival Nate Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 yea im going to get a new stem today to weld on, the rest is in decent shape but im going to bore it out just a hair to clean it, I do a lot of work on firearms to its like a barrel for me LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cp44 Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 cool find, make sure to clean the hell out of it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epoch Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 That "amazing dumpster find" was way cooler than I ever could have hoped... Congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainUM Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 that's sick. projects like this are always the best, because you get to work with your hands and make something that most would throw away into a great working hookah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UltimateHookah Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Nice find, that was the best $10 you will ever spend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchard Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 WANT! I love this hookah, but have been wishing it was gold rather than silver. Awesome find man. Hopefully you can get it back into working condition.Then you can sell it to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rj_skillz Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 [quote name='mitchard' timestamp='1304965546' post='508819'] WANT! I love this hookah, but have been wishing it was gold rather than silver. Awesome find man. Hopefully you can get it back into working condition.Then you can sell it to me [/quote] for 5 times the price Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zildjian Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 [quote name='rj_skillz' timestamp='1304968314' post='508822'] [quote name='mitchard' timestamp='1304965546' post='508819'] WANT! I love this hookah, but have been wishing it was gold rather than silver. Awesome find man. Hopefully you can get it back into working condition.Then you can sell it to me [/quote] for 5 times the price [/quote] way more than that. gotta put in time, and effort, and parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchard Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 I'd glady pay 7 times what he paid for the stem originally if it can be fixed and cleaned up. Haha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survival Nate Posted May 9, 2011 Author Share Posted May 9, 2011 (edited) I got the new stem in, I didnt just weld a piece to the bottom I ran a slightly smaller tube along the hole thing, I flanged the top and welded around it and the bottom. Im still cleaning, but my $10 hookah is $16 now I got a brass tube from Ace, I love brass and I got some old brass pieces, Im going to make a custom tray, and maybe bowl if I can find the right piece. I got the stem for $6 at ace its a 36x3/8 Brass Round Tube I had to cut down around 2-3 inches [img]http://survivalbus.com/images/hookah/IMG_0968.JPG[/img] [img]http://survivalbus.com/images/hookah/IMG_0972.JPG[/img] Edited May 9, 2011 by Survival Nate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchard Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Nice work man. Looks pro, and you can't even tell it was ever broken from the pics minus the longer than normal downstem. But thats a big added bonus in my opinion, since you can use 12" vases now. But for reals, if you ever want to sell it.... let me know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king_lunchb0x Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 [quote name='mitchard' timestamp='1304974932' post='508844'] Nice work man. Looks pro, and you can't even tell it was ever broken from the pics minus the longer than normal downstem. But thats a big added bonus in my opinion, since you can use 12" vases now. But for reals, if you ever want to sell it.... let me know. [/quote] damn you really want that stem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 Mitch wants everything! I've come to accept that by now... VERY nice job, Nate. Looks great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikemyusername Posted May 9, 2011 Share Posted May 9, 2011 very nice find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvansLight Posted May 10, 2011 Share Posted May 10, 2011 Me and a friend actually saw a hookah bar here in DFW dumping out an old box of hookahs. We didn't get there in time to save the bases (we could here the glass smashing as we got to the dumpster) but we did buy the stems for a few bucks. We cleaned them and sold them to a few friends of ours. Always amazes me what some people throw out Nice find, better post pictures once you get it cleaned up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survival Nate Posted May 12, 2011 Author Share Posted May 12, 2011 after hours of cleaning,she came out pretty good. I ordered up a bowl, cheap hose, & bearings tonight, I hope to get the good hose tomorrow. Im searching for a replacement tray, Im looing for a 8in brass tray I can modifiy, a few years back I bought about 100lbs of brass stuff for about $20 and yard sales but now there like nothing out there. [img]http://survivalbus.com/images/hookah/IMG_0977.JPG[/img] [img]http://survivalbus.com/images/hookah/IMG_0979.JPG[/img] [img]http://survivalbus.com/images/hookah/IMG_0978.JPG[/img] Im just using this thread as my restore/blog thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Travis Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 I dig it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaz1337 Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Awesome work man! Looks better than new! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
king_lunchb0x Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 very nice work..look 1000% better then before Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchard Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 ^^^ What he said. That thing is looking great now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichaelLCP Posted May 12, 2011 Share Posted May 12, 2011 Nice work on that thing man! Looks beautiful! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Survival Nate Posted May 14, 2011 Author Share Posted May 14, 2011 So after a couple days I got my order from Social Smoke, it was ok, only problem was my $5 bowl has a crack in the base of it. but I dont care its a starter, the hose it pretty good and I got my 35 cent ball bearing LOL overall Im happy and did not expect much, shipping was nice and fast. Waiting on my other hose from Israel I wont get it till next month. And got a good lead on a nice brass piece to make a tray with. as usual here are pics im ready to test her ou, hope to in the next couple days, no one sells shesha close to me, gotta drive the bus up to North KC [img]http://survivalbus.com/images/hookah/IMG_0986.JPG[/img] [img]http://survivalbus.com/images/hookah/IMG_0987.JPG[/img] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coleman Posted May 14, 2011 Share Posted May 14, 2011 That looks amazing. great job with the fixing and cleaning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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