Found your store while looking for deer hide and I’ll tell you what I’ve never seen some one have such a wide variety of traditional items. Everything from quills to pipe making great store live the videos too
I’ve made 4 soapstone pipes and a catlinite pendant from your blocks you sell this would have been a good starting tutorial as when I started there wasn’t any I could find hope this helps new beginners
I have received a pipe from you guys very proud of it thanks I like to give a big hello Chris I meet you at a powwow and had our picture together I also ordered from you many times many blessings Justin Thunderbear Koasek cowasuck traditional band Abenaki Nation
Here's a trick: instead of marking the drill bit with a Sharpie, wrap it with a strip of black electrical tape and leave the ends sticking out like a flap. As the bit spins, the flap will brush away the stone dust.
We don't have a video showing how to make the stem coming out right now, but that's a great follow up to this video we can add sometime soon. Please feel free to call the shop with any questions you may have on making the stem in the meantime.
@@thewanderingbull9843 that is awesome, thanks for the info, i would like to try to make one the traditonal way but not sure i have the arm strength or stamina any more lol
Hello, I’m using just a regular drill bit and it seems like it’s not wanting to go in far. Are you using a special stone or masonry drill bit? Thank you.
start with a smaller diameter than do a second drill with larger bit. every piece of pipe stone is different. you might have one that has a hard spot, just go slow and be patient...
They are different stones but can both be carved easily. Soapstone is more of a gray to black color and catlinite is also called pipestone and is more of a red to brown color.
in my time we put the finished pipe stone pipe ina pan of water and boiled it for a while, it would stay hot for a long time. you can melt the bees wax easily on the hot surface and need tongs or hot pad to handle it...
a bird arrow can be turned between your hand back and forth very fast and drill the tobacco bowl quickly, a smaller 'bit' made from obsidian (they broke often and took several to make even one pipe) they were attached to an arrow shaft and again turned with hands. very hard to hold stone still, so often an apprentice would hold it for the one making the pipe...the stem was made by heating a small stick to flame and then blow it out and slowly burn the center out of a larger branch ...this was then hand carved to fit the pipe.
Hey, thanks for watching! The t shaped bowls such as in the video can be for a man or a family pipe. The l-shape bowls can be for a woman, single man or everyday smoking pipe.
hey cousin, not all of our people, especially young ones know how to make sacred items. at least this is a start...it is your job to teach them the traditions that will make one of these commercial pipes Wakhan. Until they stop selling pipe stone ( and you know who 'they' is) there is no way your words matter to anyone who does not know our ways...be a teacher not a critic and you serve Wakhan Tunkashila better...
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Found your store while looking for deer hide and I’ll tell you what I’ve never seen some one have such a wide variety of traditional items. Everything from quills to pipe making great store live the videos too
Thank you Georgia & thanks for watching!
Thank you for all your wonderful videos, especially timely this one.
Thanks for watching!
Thank you Chris, nice tutorial. Keep them coming.
Thank you for watching!
I’ve made 4 soapstone pipes and a catlinite pendant from your blocks you sell this would have been a good starting tutorial as when I started there wasn’t any I could find hope this helps new beginners
Thant's great. Thank you!
I have received a pipe from you guys very proud of it thanks I like to give a big hello Chris I meet you at a powwow and had our picture together I also ordered from you many times many blessings
Justin Thunderbear
Koasek cowasuck traditional band Abenaki Nation
Great to hear from you & thank you for your kind words!
Here's a trick: instead of marking the drill bit with a Sharpie, wrap it with a strip of black electrical tape and leave the ends sticking out like a flap. As the bit spins, the flap will brush away the stone dust.
Great tip! Thanks for watching
Love this!
Thanks for watching!
Hey Chris, beautiful pipe! What size drill bits are you using?
Hey, thanks for watching! The top hole is a half inch and the stemis a 3/8" hole.
Thank you! I've already received my Catlinite from you and will begin work on a pipe soon. Will you be demonstrating how to make a pipe stem as well?
We don't have a video showing how to make the stem coming out right now, but that's a great follow up to this video we can add sometime soon. Please feel free to call the shop with any questions you may have on making the stem in the meantime.
@@thewanderingbull9843 , thank you! Your instructional videos have been a great resource!
How did they make them back in the day? Just using a grinding stone/abraded to shape it? But then how did they drill the holes ?
Historically they would use a bow or pump drill with a stone bit. Thanks for watching!
@@thewanderingbull9843 that is awesome, thanks for the info, i would like to try to make one the traditonal way but not sure i have the arm strength or stamina any more lol
that shirt in the back looks like one my uncle Charle fast horse made.
Heck yea I am starting to get into this because I’m Navajo I just knew natives long ago was already making pipes and smoking so creative
Thanks for watching!
Hello, I’m using just a regular drill bit and it seems like it’s not wanting to go in far. Are you using a special stone or masonry drill bit? Thank you.
Thanks for watching! The stem I used 3/8 of an inch bit and the bowl was 1/2 inch.
start with a smaller diameter than do a second drill with larger bit. every piece of pipe stone is different. you might have one that has a hard spot, just go slow and be patient...
Yes use Masonry bits
Is the caitinite like soap stone?
They are different stones but can both be carved easily. Soapstone is more of a gray to black color and catlinite is also called pipestone and is more of a red to brown color.
Nice video. You could use a heat gun (looks like a hairdryer used for removing paint) to melt the wax -- might be a bit safer than the torch. 🙏
Haha, thanks for watching!
in my time we put the finished pipe stone pipe ina pan of water and boiled it for a while, it would stay hot for a long time. you can melt the bees wax easily on the hot surface and need tongs or hot pad to handle it...
How did "The People" make the holes in the blocks? I'm not opposed to using power tools, just curious.
Looking forward to carving my own.
Historically they would use a bow or pump drill with a stone bit. Thanks for watching!
@@thewanderingbull9843 Miigwech.
a bird arrow can be turned between your hand back and forth very fast and drill the tobacco bowl quickly, a smaller 'bit' made from obsidian (they broke often and took several to make even one pipe) they were attached to an arrow shaft and again turned with hands. very hard to hold stone still, so often an apprentice would hold it for the one making the pipe...the stem was made by heating a small stick to flame and then blow it out and slowly burn the center out of a larger branch ...this was then hand carved to fit the pipe.
@@jennyray4753 Impressive.
Thank you for responding in such an informative manner.
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Onde encontro para envio aqui no Brasil ?
Sorry we can't ship this stone to Brazil
What size of drill bit are you using ?
Thanks for watching! The stem I used 3/8 of an inch and the bowl was 1/2 inch.
@@thewanderingbull9843 thanks!
Explain the difference between the male & female pipe bowls. The one you're making is a female bowl.
Hey, thanks for watching! The t shaped bowls such as in the video can be for a man or a family pipe. The l-shape bowls can be for a woman, single man or everyday smoking pipe.
would like to speak with you about the pipe and the way of the abenaki if ever possible wliwni Dan
Feel free to call the shop at 1-800-430-2855
What about carving a whale pipe? From Killkenny Blue Stone
Hi Greg, that may be more of a Northwestern style of pipe. We typically use catlinite or soapstone. Thanks for watching!
Selling lakota nakota dakota people's ways of praying all for a dollar
We provided this video for those that are unable to purchase their own finished pipe due to affordability or because they do not have access to one.
@@thewanderingbull9843
Money is more important than prayer no excuses this is what the video is explaining
hey cousin, not all of our people, especially young ones know how to make sacred items. at least this is a start...it is your job to teach them the traditions that will make one of these commercial pipes Wakhan. Until they stop selling pipe stone ( and you know who 'they' is) there is no way your words matter to anyone who does not know our ways...be a teacher not a critic and you serve Wakhan Tunkashila better...