Shisha tobacco in a regular pipe?

[Alligator Gar]

Wow, dude. Looks like the end of a six day tobacco bender.

No man, that's one day's worth.

[Alligator Gar]

Yikes! Inhaling?

Didn't say it was good, or good for you. Just said I did it. Not recommended. It was a protest against my kids' Mt. Dew flavored glop. Failed miserably.

[Emperor Zurg]

No way I could ever smoke one of those things.
Looks too much like a bong. I have a very low opinion of the pot-head, party types so I could never go there.
I'd qualify that with 'no offense' but I really don't care if someone's offended or not. LOL!
That and I don't inhale tobacco smoke because black lungs can't be a good thing.

[c.ortiz108]

There is no way it will work, the muassel is too wet.

I thought about that, but some flakes come pretty wet, too, and often smoke better with some drying. You don't think the same would work here? I did read last night on a hookah forum that shisha tobacco only "heats" instead of burns - comments like "Hookah tobacco isn't meant to be burned, only heated, so smoking it in a pipe would give you really harsh, disgusting smoke." Kinda sounds like BS to me, considering that there is a big lump of charcoal burning the tobacco and creating the smoke.... Smoke doesn't come from heating or steaming.

[Commander Quan]

All the of shisha I have has been wetter than any pipe tobacco, imagine putting maple syrup on a broken flake, and you'll have the same consistency.

I have heard the steam vs smoke thing too, but when you are finished with a hookah, what is left in the head are not ashes like a pipe or cigar, but more of a dry, crusty remains.

[c.ortiz108]

All the of shisha I have has been wetter than any pipe tobacco, imagine putting maple syrup on a broken flake, and you'll have the same consistency.

I have heard the steam vs smoke thing too, but when you are finished with a hookah, what is left in the head are not ashes like a pipe or cigar, but more of a dry, crusty remains.

It's been a good few years since I smoked it, so don't really remember the consistency. But I assume the wet in flakes is more due to PG than to syrup and molasses, so I guess you're right. And yeah, I remember that about there being little ash but thought it was due to crystalizing sugar rather than steaming.

So I guess I'm not going to go out of my way to try this after all! Still curious about the varieties of tobacco they use, though. I wonder if they're obtainable without the syrups.