Hey Kyle, I have a nephew named Kyle.....There are some pipe making guides on the web now, and you can buy blanks from them. I usually buy a block or slab. I then cut out the size block I want for a pipe, normally 1"X3 1/4". I drill tyhe small hole with an 1/8 in bit, the bowl hole with a 1/2 bit. I cut every thing with a hacksaw or hacksaw with a grit blade. The stone I have right now is pretty hard, almost too hard. I use a double rasp and files for shaping, and different sandpaper grits for smoothing and finishing.

One of the Native American Pipe sites should have pipe blocks for sale. The stone is softer since they have the rights to the best pipe stone quarries, then the mine it in the traditional way they have always minded it.

If you need some tips and give it a try, just ask me and I'll give you the best answer I can. :thumbsup:

Quote Originally Posted by KyleIsNorml
Gypski have you ever thought about making a manual of some sort on how to make the pipes that you make? I don't want to sound like I'd be stealing your idea but I think it'd be interesting and fun to make one of my own!