This is a nice large piece of black pipestone or steatite! It measures app. 8" x 4" and it is app 2-3/8" thick. This is a type of stone where the finished product will turn nice and black after beeswax is applied to it. We currently have several pictures of pipes made out of this type of stone on the website, so if you want to get an idea of what your finished pipe might look like, just take a look at a few of our finished ceremonial black pipes.
This piece of stone is the right size to get at least a couple of large ceremonial pipes out of and also 1 or 2 smaller personal pipes.
This type of stone has been carved into pipes by Native Americans for literally 1000's of years. It holds up exceptionally well to intense heat. Steatite carves the best using a furrier's rasp or other wood carving files. This piece of stone will be relatively hard. We have worked it and made several pipes out of this same slab, but it's a little harder than what we believe is optimal. The pipes however turned out very nice!
If you are interested in this piece of stone and have any questions about it, please email us or give us a call. If you have a specific size piece of steatite in mind you can also
Contact Us and we will gladly see if we have something on hand that will work for you.
Shipping for this item to anywhere in the continental U.S. is $13.00 and if you purchase more than one piece of stone from us, the price of shipping remains the same, as long as all of the items can fit in one of the U.S.P.S. flat rate boxes.
