Warren Anthony Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Can you guys help me identify these ? They are on Craigs list for less then 100$ . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fouda Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 The last two look legit but the others are a little shady. I'm no expert by any means tho. Just adding my $0.02 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Anthony Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 The first one is up for 30 $ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fouda Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I have no clue honestly. But that one is physically appalling to me Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Anthony Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 Yeah it does look cool as hell , It looks out of this world the post said it was from 1970 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightHawk63 Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 I too think the last two look legit, the first two eh. The middle one looks like a Magdy Zidan with the snap on tray, except... they have the tray as a base tray -_- fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassouni Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 That first one is Iranian. Are you located near DC? I was randomly searching DC craigslist and the other three came up, but not that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightHawk63 Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 That first one is Iranian. Are you located near DC? I was randomly searching DC craigslist and the other three came up, but not that one. Blasted Iranians and their carved pipes, I'm wondering if it is made for tombac only? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Anthony Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 More on the first It's an older lady said she picked it up at an estate sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Anthony Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 What are they worth they are all 50$ except the first its 30$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fouda Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 The last two should be worth more than 50. But keep looking them up to see if you can find anything about them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassouni Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 That first one is Iranian. Are you located near DC? I was randomly searching DC craigslist and the other three came up, but not that one. Blasted Iranians and their carved pipes, I'm wondering if it is made for tombac only? pretty much. Last one is a KM "candlestick" (sham'adan in Arabic), it is nickel coated brass, quite heavy. Will last forever. It's often called the "cafe" (and infinite misinformed spelling variations) model, because so many Arabic cafes use it because its a good value and indestructible. $50 is about right. Second to last might be a Timsah, quality Egyptian line. The middle one is definitely an MZ, the second to left, also perhaps. I'd say the MZs are worth less than 40, the other two are worth 50, since they're brass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightHawk63 Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 That first one is Iranian. Are you located near DC? I was randomly searching DC craigslist and the other three came up, but not that one. Blasted Iranians and their carved pipes, I'm wondering if it is made for tombac only? pretty much. Last one is a KM "candlestick" (sham'adan in Arabic), it is nickel coated brass, quite heavy. Will last forever. It's often called the "cafe" (and infinite misinformed spelling variations) model, because so many Arabic cafes use it because its a good value and indestructible. $50 is about right. Ahhhh! I knew I saw it before! http://www.southsmoke.com/pd-khalil-mamoon-monarch.cfm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassouni Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 That's it. It can be got from a local shop here for $50 or so Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuie Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 third is either an MZ or generic egyptian second is a chinese egyptian copy last is KM Shamadan - Solid cast it's a solid pipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Warren Anthony Posted May 8, 2013 Author Share Posted May 8, 2013 Are you guys sure the first is a Tombac only pipe ? Im thinking for 30 $ I might pick it up just because it looks cool . Any one know what the fourth is ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightHawk63 Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Are you guys sure the first is a Tombac only pipe ? Im thinking for 30 $ I might pick it up just because it looks cool . Any one know what the fourth is ? Just by the style and looking at it it is a tombac pipe. Doesn't mean you can't smoke hookah tobacco out of it, just means it's meant for tombac. (Tombac is dry tobacco that you soak in water, throw it in a clay/metal tombac bowl and set the coals directly on top of the moist tobacco.) Incase you didn't know! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassouni Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 It's most likely not very perfectly airtight. This isn't a huge deal for tonbaak since it's about flavor not smoke. Also being wood it will absorb flavors very easily. Not an issue again if you only ever smoke unflavored stuff out of it, but i wouldn't use it for more than 1 flavor. Fourth one I'm pretty sure is a Timsah. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightHawk63 Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Timsah would definitely be worth the $50, especially since it's solid altogether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassouni Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Well, "solid" is not quite what you think it means, but I wouldn't say that one is overpriced. $50 is a good deal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightHawk63 Posted May 8, 2013 Share Posted May 8, 2013 Well, "solid" is not quite what you think it means, but I wouldn't say that one is overpriced. $50 is a good deal Oh, it's not brass? Or at least solid brass? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassouni Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 It's brass, but what people call "solid brass" is typically just very heavy but hollow construction, if it's a large shape. Something like the KM Sham'adan is probably 100% solid, because it's fairly slender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightHawk63 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 It's brass, but what people call "solid brass" is typically just very heavy but hollow construction, if it's a large shape. Something like the KM Sham'adan is probably 100% solid, because it's fairly slender. So you reckon that the big balls would be hollow but the slimmer parts solid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hassouni Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 most likely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KnightHawk63 Posted May 9, 2013 Share Posted May 9, 2013 Hehe hehe... big balls... hehe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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