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STONE PIPE BLANKS

5 INCHES LONT 2 INCHES TALL AND 1 INCH WIDE, THIS PEACE PIPE BLANK IS MADE OF TEXAS TALC STONE, AND RATES AROUND A 2 OR 2.5 ON THE HARDNESS SCALE, (1 TO 10). CARVES LIKE BUTTER AND POLISHES TO A LIGHT TAN.

ITEM:#A22

PRICE:$8.50 + $5.00 S&H

 

6 X 1 1/2 X 1 1/4 INCH PEACE PIPE BLANK, THIS ONE IS MADE OF COLORADO ALABASTER, AND POLISHES TO A NICE WHITE. THIS BABY IS SET UP FOR DUAL END STEMS, THAT IS RIGHT, A MOUTH PC. AT BOTH ENDS, AND THE BOWL SECTION IS SET UP FOR 2 YES 2........ BOWLS! THIS RATES AROUND A 2.5 TO 3 ON THE HARDNESS SCALE, (1 TO 10).

ITEM:#A23

PRICE:$6.50 + $5.00 S&H

 

THIS IS A VIRGINA TALC, PIPE BLANK, THAT IS 4 1/2" LONG, 1 5/8" TALL, AND 1 1/8" WIDE. THIS HAS BEEN CUT SO THE ARTIST CAN SO SOME TYPE OF EFFIGY OR OTHER TYPE OF CARVING ON THE BOWL AREA. IT IS 2 3/16" LONG AT THE BOWL AREA, THIS WILL ALLOW YOU TO CARVE A SMALL FROG, BEAR, OR HANDLE AND STILL HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM FOR THE BOWL TAP! THIS STUFF IS BEAUTIFUL WHEN POLISHED, IT IS BLACK, AND HAS A GLITTERY LOOK, ON THE RAW FORM (ABOVE) YOU CAN SEE THE BLACK, AND THE GLITTER PARTS APPEAR TO BE WHITE WHEN RAW. THIS STONE RATES AROUND 3 TO 4 ON THE HARDNESS SCALE, (1 TO10).

ITEM:#A24

PRICE:$8.99 + $5.00 S&H

 

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS ONE!!!!! IT IS WET TO SHOW YOU WHAT IT LOOKS LIKES POLISHED. IT IS MADE OF BUFFALO STONE, AND IS 6 1/8 X 3 X 1 INCH AT THE THICKEST.  THIS STUFF IS GORGEOUS! IT RATES AROUND A 2 OR 2.5 ON THE HARDNESS SCALE, (1 TO 10). THE MOUTH PC. GET SLIMMER AS IT COMES TO THE END OF THE STEM.

ITEM:#A25

PRICE:$12.99 + $5.00 S&H

 

THIS IS MADE OF A RARE ARKANSAS MATERIAL THAT THE NATIVES IN THE ARKANSAS AREA USED ALOT, IN MAKING BIRDSTONES, CELTS, PIPES, DISCOIDALS, ETC., THE MATERIAL IS CALLED FINE GRAIN SILTSTONE. IT IS HARDER TO WORK THAN SOAPSTONE, ALABASTER, OR CATILINITE, BUT, THIS COMES OUT WITH A GREAT AUTHENTIC LOOK AND APPEAL TO IT THAT THE OTHERS JUST DO NOT HAVE. DONT WORRY, A SIMPLE DRILL BIT MADE FOR DRILLING TILES AND MORTER WILL TAP THE STONE, JUST MAKE SURE TO KEEP THE BIT  COOL BY APPLYING WATER AS YOU TAP THE STEM AND BOWL OR THE BIT WILL GET HOT, AND DULL QUICKLY OR CARBONIZE AND BREAK. IT IS 5 1/2 X 1 3/4 X 1 INCHES.

ITEM:#A37

PRICE:$9.00 + $5.00 S&H