A Sharrp SYBIAN Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 So i was wondering through queens NY and stumbled on a steinway. An area where full of smoke shops and hookah lounges and people smoking hookahs outside as far as the eye can see. I walk into this store called Nile Deli. because hey had so many hookahs KM's lower end syrians, shikas, and some unique pipes ha really caught my eye. They resembled he old school syrians of the yesteryears with screw on trays and were made of heavy brass and had flawless soldering. Then i was shocked to see the had nahkla stamped on he tray. I just wish my phone took better pictures. Seems to me Nahkla wants to do something similar to what AF did in the pipe game. Any thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Sharrp SYBIAN Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 wish i was able to take more and better quality pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavo21 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 yah those are totally new naklah hookahs :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatalshizot Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 How were the prices? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Sharrp SYBIAN Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 130 a pop for the size and weight of these i think they are fair. Plus I bet you can totally haggle with this guy! ;-) lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavo21 Posted August 7, 2013 Share Posted August 7, 2013 most people in those places are willing to haggle a little becuase they dont know what they paid for it lol and how much it goes for :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Sharrp SYBIAN Posted August 7, 2013 Author Share Posted August 7, 2013 yea he probably got them direct from egypt for pennies on the dollar and only paid for shipping.... NY has a port and they have disributers around. I want to find a way to buy 1 of these. They had more styles but i didnt have time to photograph every nak pipe in that shop. All i can say is seeing these coming up from nak really impressed me a lot. who knows maybe nak contracted a syrian producer or had syrian workers work for them in egypt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chreees Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Interesting... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joytron Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Eric was really disappointed with everything but the smallest Nakhla pipes, as far as quality goes. He has quite a few at the lounge, and as i recall all of them were much cheaper than $130. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitchy Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 pretty cool thanks for the pics! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
â€On Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Eric was really disappointed with everything but the smallest Nakhla pipes, as far as quality goes. He has quite a few at the lounge, and as i recall all of them were much cheaper than $130. Care to expand on this? I just don't know too much about these, so any info on what's good/bad about them is good to know! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Sharrp SYBIAN Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 (edited) Next time i go ill take better pictures they have a lot of medium pipes that are black and gold brass the designs are so beautiful better than SHikas. ! I dare saw can rival a Nawras. Im talking about there medium pipes though. Their Large pipes are flimsy and quite shitty looking and the smaller and medium ones are a lot heavier for some odd reason. funny thing is they are cheaper lol you have to specifically zoom in on the black and gold almost spear style pipe. I wish i took better pics but you see it in the background the stem barely resembles a nawras spear but oxidized with a gold wheat pattern. Edited August 8, 2013 by A Sharrp SYBIAN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xSoyer Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Next time i go ill take better pictures they have a lot of medium pipes that are black and gold brass the designs are so beautiful better than SHikas. ! I dare saw can rival a Nawras. Im talking about there medium pipes though. Their Large pipes are flimsy and quite shitty looking and the smaller and medium ones are a lot heavier for some odd reason. funny thing is they are cheaper lol you have to specifically zoom in on the black and gold almost spear style pipe. I wish i took better pics but you see it in the background the stem barely resembles a nawras spear but oxidized with a gold wheat pattern. http://imgur.com/a/1ZTgU -- That's an imgur album i had from talking to an El tahan rep -- those were the styles they had on hand. They're relatively cheap too even non-wholesale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Sharrp SYBIAN Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 Next time i go ill take better pictures they have a lot of medium pipes that are black and gold brass the designs are so beautiful better than SHikas. ! I dare saw can rival a Nawras. Im talking about there medium pipes though. Their Large pipes are flimsy and quite shitty looking and the smaller and medium ones are a lot heavier for some odd reason. funny thing is they are cheaper lol you have to specifically zoom in on the black and gold almost spear style pipe. I wish i took better pics but you see it in the background the stem barely resembles a nawras spear but oxidized with a gold wheat pattern. http://imgur.com/a/1ZTgU -- That's an imgur album i had from talking to an El tahan rep -- those were the styles they had on hand. They're relatively cheap too even non-wholesale. Yea the only 1 i like are the black and gold spear style ones and the gold version of the nickel one that you linked Also i wouldnt call 120-130 cheap for non-wholesale. If i can get em for 50-60 then i'd call em cheap but any pipe over 100 retail isnt cheap to me lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joytron Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Eric was really disappointed with everything but the smallest Nakhla pipes, as far as quality goes. He has quite a few at the lounge, and as i recall all of them were much cheaper than $130. Care to expand on this? I just don't know too much about these, so any info on what's good/bad about them is good to know! Next time i go ill take better pictures they have a lot of medium pipes that are black and gold brass the designs are so beautiful better than SHikas. ! I dare saw can rival a Nawras. Im talking about there medium pipes though. Their Large pipes are flimsy and quite shitty looking and the smaller and medium ones are a lot heavier for some odd reason. funny thing is they are cheaper lol you have to specifically zoom in on the black and gold almost spear style pipe. I wish i took better pics but you see it in the background the stem barely resembles a nawras spear but oxidized with a gold wheat pattern. This was pretty much Eric's thoughts as far as I remember. I was not a huge fan so I don't know exactly what he said, but the welds were pretty awful and the large one's were very light. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joytron Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 Next time i go ill take better pictures they have a lot of medium pipes that are black and gold brass the designs are so beautiful better than SHikas. ! I dare saw can rival a Nawras. Im talking about there medium pipes though. Their Large pipes are flimsy and quite shitty looking and the smaller and medium ones are a lot heavier for some odd reason. funny thing is they are cheaper lol you have to specifically zoom in on the black and gold almost spear style pipe. I wish i took better pics but you see it in the background the stem barely resembles a nawras spear but oxidized with a gold wheat pattern. http://imgur.com/a/1ZTgU -- That's an imgur album i had from talking to an El tahan rep -- those were the styles they had on hand. They're relatively cheap too even non-wholesale. Yea the only 1 i like are the black and gold spear style ones and the gold version of the nickel one that you linked Also i wouldnt call 120-130 cheap for non-wholesale. If i can get em for 50-60 then i'd call em cheap but any pipe over 100 retail isnt cheap to me lol Eric was selling them around 60. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joytron Posted August 8, 2013 Share Posted August 8, 2013 I maybe totally mistaken, but I think some of the larger ones had open hearts. The trays are very nice though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Sharrp SYBIAN Posted August 8, 2013 Author Share Posted August 8, 2013 Next time i go ill take better pictures they have a lot of medium pipes that are black and gold brass the designs are so beautiful better than SHikas. ! I dare saw can rival a Nawras. Im talking about there medium pipes though. Their Large pipes are flimsy and quite shitty looking and the smaller and medium ones are a lot heavier for some odd reason. funny thing is they are cheaper lol you have to specifically zoom in on the black and gold almost spear style pipe. I wish i took better pics but you see it in the background the stem barely resembles a nawras spear but oxidized with a gold wheat pattern. http://imgur.com/a/1ZTgU -- That's an imgur album i had from talking to an El tahan rep -- those were the styles they had on hand. They're relatively cheap too even non-wholesale. Yea the only 1 i like are the black and gold spear style ones and the gold version of the nickel one that you linked Also i wouldnt call 120-130 cheap for non-wholesale. If i can get em for 50-60 then i'd call em cheap but any pipe over 100 retail isnt cheap to me lol Eric was selling them around 60. See your lucky your in Ca;o in NY everything is double i wish i cam get 1 for 60! i'd even pay shipping lol but it has to be closed heart traditional chamber what i hate about the nak pipes is their all diff some are open some are closed lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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