Soapstone pipe?

[acidpox]

So I ordered some soapstone the other day to try my hand at carving it. Just something to do as the temperature keeps dropping and I'm suck inside. So I got to thinking what not try to carve a pipe from it. Has anyone ever owned a soapstone tobacco pipe? It seems most online are made for smoking other things. Just wondering if anybody had ever actually smoked tobacco from a soapstone pipe.

 

[lightmybriar]

I had a nice chunk left over from 10th Grade art class that I tried to work into a pipe a year or so ago. Using only files, it was not easy to make a bowl or mortise, and so I ended up giving up after a few significant chips popped off. I'm still intrigued by the idea, but I haven't found a good source for soapstone, and I've heard shipping is quite expensive, so it's been placed further down on the list for me.

 

[seldom]

I have not smoked from soapstone, or pipestone for that matter, however there are archeological artifacts that indicate Native Americans were using both of these materials for tobacco pipes.

 

[crashthegrey]

I know some people who have smoked tobacco from soapstone. Unsurprisingly, it is hard to carve well and it smokes really hot.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Soapstone? Do you mean pipestone (AKA Catlinite)? The only pipes I have ever heard of being made of soapstone is for pot.

 

[crashthegrey]

I know some guys who thought it would be cool to make tobacco pipes from actual soapstone. It was not cool at all.

 

[cosmicfolklore]

Might be a tad heavy to clench, ha ha.

 

[crashthegrey]

It might be a tad everything wrong. But definitely heavy. Whatever makes people happy, I guess.

 

[seldom]

Soapstone? Do you mean pipestone (AKA Catlinite)? The only pipes I have ever heard of being made of soapstone is for pot.

I believe steatite (soapstone) pipes were also used. Peach State Archeological Society

 

[acidpox]

I have the shank from an old estate corn cob and and bowl is burnt out, think I'm going to make make a replacement bowl for it out of soapstone just for the fun of it