Quote Originally Posted by chillsmoke
like just the hairs and crystals all compressed together
No, there are no pistilles in hash, otherwise it wouldnt be pure.

Its the trichomes of THC either compressed, or heated up and then compressed.

Either way, you end up with a block of pure resin [THC]

If its good it should be way stronger than bud, but in UK most of it is shit so alot of UK smokers stick to our amazing skunk.