Shisha tobacco in a regular pipe?

[c.ortiz108]

I used to really enjoy smoking a shisha (or nargila, or hooka) on occasion. The tobacco was from Egypt and other parts of the middle east, coated in molasses and sometimes flavored. The best were apple and cherry. Mint was pretty good, too. I stopped because there were some reports about how the sugars from the molasses crystalize on your lungs, like that glassy black stuff in the chimneys of coal-burning fireplaces. It's supposed to be really bad news, and you do inhale really deeply with a water-pipe.

But I was thinking - what about smoking this stuff in a briar or cob? Anyone ever try it?

I searched online for the tobacco types used in these blends, and someone mentioned that for one company (Nakhla in Egypt) the flavored ones had a VA base, and the others were made with something called Iphani Tombak. I also saw references to Shirazi from Iran, Yayladag from Turkey, and Chadapadia from, India. Anybody know anything about thess, or if any of are already used in pipe blends? Pete @NeverBend ?

[Bruck]

I used to do the hookah from time to time, but gave it up as it was just too much of a hassle. I hadn't heard about the sugar buildup in the lungs, but it wouldn't surprise me. I think shisha would be too goopy to work in a pipe. Might be in interesting experiment to try blending small amounts of it with some VA.

[c.ortiz108]

I used to do the hookah from time to time, but gave it up as it was just too much of a hassle. I hadn't heard about the sugar buildup in the lungs, but it wouldn't surprise me. I think shisha would be too goopy to work in a pipe. Might be in interesting experiment to try blending small amounts of it with some VA.

Good point, and nice idea. It's cheap enough - like $2.50 for 50g through some online retailers. I used to have a few small boxes but when the glass bowl of my hookah broke I got rid of everything. And yeah, it is a hassle with the charcoal and all that. I only smoked it a few of times a year with friends, but always really enjoyed it when I did.

[Alligator Gar]

I have done the opposite and smoked pipe and cigar tobacco in the towering inferno.
Blarfghaa...

[c.ortiz108]

I have done the opposite and smoked pipe and cigar tobacco in the towering inferno.
Blarfghaa...

Yikes! Inhaling?

[NeverBend]

I used to really enjoy smoking a shisha (or nargila, or hooka) on occasion. The tobacco was from Egypt and other parts of the middle east, coated in molasses and sometimes flavored. The best were apple and cherry. Mint was pretty good, too. I stopped because there were some reports about how the sugars from the molasses crystalize on your lungs, like that glassy black stuff in the chimneys of coal-burning fireplaces. It's supposed to be really bad news, and you do inhale really deeply with a water-pipe.

But I was thinking - what about smoking this stuff in a briar or cob? Anyone ever try it?

I searched online for the tobacco types used in these blends, and someone mentioned that for one company (Nakhla in Egypt) the flavored ones had a VA base, and the others were made with something called Iphani Tombak. I also saw references to Shirazi from Iran, Yayladag from Turkey, and Chadapadia from, India. Anybody know anything about thess, or if any of are already used in pipe blends? Pete @NeverBend?

I sold a few hookahs and bought one when I was in Istanbul as a kid (1971) that I lost track of and never smoked. That's everything I know about them.

[c.ortiz108]

Okay, I'll be a guinea pig. I'll pick some up and report back....

[KungFumeta]

Its probably wayyyyy to wet to burn by itself without a glowing coal right on top of it... Also, if biting the bullet and trying it, I'd probably do it out of a cob you don't much care for or a beater since it'll probably VERY SERIOUSLY ghost the pipe.
If it does actually burn it'll definately build some serious cake, too...

[AndyCAYP]

I have done the opposite and smoked pipe and cigar tobacco in the towering inferno.
Blarfghaa...

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

[Commander Quan]

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