Post #298063 by Tipua on Tue, Apr 10, 2007 3:47 AM

Alu'a!
Even though I'm far from finished, here's some shots of my potential soapstone pipe:

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This one shows the pipe's (admittedly rather crude) profile. The dotted line represents the results of a minor mishap. Quite a sizable chunk broke off when I dropped it. Sure, I'm clumsy. But we all know gravity is to blame! Gravity sucks!

I finally managed to connect the hole in the bowl with that of the stem. It was more difficult than I presumed - especially since I hadn't a lot of room for error after my little mishap when soft soapstone met the hard floor! I made it though, with a satisfyingly hollow 'clunk'.
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Still rather primitive, but given a few days (or weeks) work I may get this pipe lookin' ok! After that all I need is a wooden stem insert, something to smoke in it, then someone to smoke it (smoking's not for Tipua)!

This next pic, as you can certainly tell, is not my work. But it features three soapstone pipe bowls.
Not very good are they?