I was at a gunshow awhile back an there was a trader set up who had some pipe stone so I bought a piece off of him an decided I'd make myself a pipe, found a site on the internet showing how to carve an finish it, was actually easier than I thought it would be, but very messy, red dust gets everywhere, then ordered a stem from Crazy crow an colored the wood with pastel chalk then tungoiled it,
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have made and sold several pipes . find working on them to be relaxing ! catlinite is a good choice , easy to work and pc ! so is steatite , and slate ! each type of stone has it`s little quirks ! that turned out really nice ! I have a big chunk of stone , might have to do a couple pipes !
That pipe is very nice. It will look even better with a feather or two.
Very nice pipe. I always love working the stone. It truly is relaxing.