I made these pipes, some many years ago

Pipes. I've made many pipes. The black bear pipe bowl is one I just finished, carved from black pipestone. I have several others with red pipestone (from Pipestone, MN).
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Stockman Original is your guide through the lost arts and the forgotten crafts. Brian Stockman is a master carver with more than 50 years of experience carving all mediums from wood, to stone, horn, bone, ivory, and ice. He has a particular speciality as a scrimshander (one who does scrimshaw), carrying on the ancient art popularized by New England whalers. Brian has spent a lifetime gathering knowledge of lost arts and forgotten crafts, all of which he shares with you.

[@hobbitonpiper]

These pipes are all so interesting and unique! Loved this!! :)

[@StockmanOriginal]

Thank you Kevin, I thought you might get a kick out of this.

[@leeburke4060]

love all the pipes.

[@StockmanOriginal]

Thanks Lee!

[@Keith-rk4td]

As a Pipesmith myself,I'm in total awe!! You are a true craftsman!

[@StockmanOriginal]

Thank you so much Keith, I appreciate that.

[@Dash_Akol]

WOW, I love them 😍

[@StockmanOriginal]

Thanks Dash!

[@Dash_Akol]

@ can I order one of them?

[@StockmanOriginal]

@ it will take a while to get to it but sure, the best way to talk is through messenger.

[@datscootusee213]

Wonderful details macro to micro. The scale of some of the components is impressive in and of itself, the full length of some of these pipes is much larger that one would first think!

[@StockmanOriginal]

Thank you very much my friend!

[@heathboeddeker5401]

I have heard that soaking the harder Pipestone in water makes it easier to carve but doesn't effect the durability of the stone once it is dried Sir. Should would like to see the tools you use to make such beautiful pipes also.

[@StockmanOriginal]

I will have to try that, I know that with meerschaum it is recommended to soak it as well.

[@kirk5030]

Lovely work as always Brian. The Bear is definitely my favourite.👍

[@StockmanOriginal]

@@kirk5030 Thank you Kirk, that bear has gotten a lot of attention.

[@ashleyanderson2859]

I've never had the opportunity to work any pipestone. I have worked a little soapstone before. I really like slate. What we have here is mostly what is referred to as banded slate. It can vary in color from green to grey to black in some combination, giving it the banded effect. Not sure if you have ever ran across any or worked it before. Some of it is junk and is not stable at all. Splitting at the different layers. Always like to see what you're up to. Thanks for sharing!!

[@StockmanOriginal]

Hey Ashley, thanks for checking in. Stone is such a cool material to carve and slate is very nice, l’ve made a lot of things out of it. Around here I have only seen solid colors but in the midwestern states there seems to be some banded varieties that the native folk used for many things, very pretty stuff.

[@ashleyanderson2859]

@StockmanOriginal 👍

[@JoseyWalesWisconsin]

Brian your work is superb as always...never ceases to impress me. Keep it up😮👍

[@StockmanOriginal]

Thank you Josey, I appreciate that very much.

[@briantaulbee6452]

I do flintknapping myself but carved pieces have always fascinated me.

[@StockmanOriginal]

@@briantaulbee6452 Thank you Brian, l’m glad you found our tribe!

[@roberteddy8962]

Beautiful work Mr Stockman !!!

[@StockmanOriginal]

Thank you very much!!

[@plainnpretty]

I like your pipes very nice work. I've carved a few wooden pipes . seeing this makes me want to try carving a stone one . not that i need another project. Thanks Brain

[@StockmanOriginal]

Thank you buddy, we all need more projects than we can get to!🥴

[@morsmb1]

Wow!!! You can carve anything

[@StockmanOriginal]

Thank you, I do love carving!😁

[@davidwhiren817]

You hope that it is interesting!!! Look hear Mr. Exotic, how could it not be interesting !!! The only thing like this that people might see are examples in a museum & the makers are long since dead!!! We get to see & hear from the guy/maker who is still alive & productive in the field!!! Bro, you are a fountain bubbling up & out with ideas & imagery that can only amaze us!!!

[@StockmanOriginal]

Thank you so much David, I feel very fortunate to have found this community of people to share stuff with, it gives me purpose.

[@davidwhiren817]

@@StockmanOriginal I love you brother!!!

[@StockmanOriginal]

@ Thank you David, it’s nice to have you in our tribe!

[@wilpoe]

Another great video. I have a piece of soapstone down stairs that might make a good pipe. :)

[@StockmanOriginal]

Be careful of soapstone, l have heard it contains asbestos but not completely sure. I usually carve that stuff outdoors with a breeze.

[@wilpoe]

@@StockmanOriginal Ah, I will definitely look in to that. Thank you for the heads up!

[@feraltweed]

Very interesting. Thanks for posting

[@StockmanOriginal]

@@feraltweed thank you for watching!👍🏼

[@Hidetannerslife]

Awesome very thorough video. Really interesting information about other stones and natural materials that pipes were made out of. Your work is beautiful

[@StockmanOriginal]

@@Hidetannerslife Thank you Kris, I really appreciate that. There seems to be great interest in pipes and l’ve been making them for fifty years so I thought I would share a little.

[@joshuaswagger3596]

Can pick black here in the Midwest

[@StockmanOriginal]

That’s good to know, there’s also a tan pipestone from Illinois l believe. I would love to get my hands on some of that someday.

[@joshuaswagger3596]

@StockmanOriginal and a white in Canada north of Montana

[@Yornick]

Fantastic work! Interesting ideas, executed perfectly! And the only carved pipes we (me'n'my lady) have are Turkish meerschaum ones and they're... skull-shaped. What, we *both* like skulls - they look so cheerful! :D

[@StockmanOriginal]

Thank you Yornick, that means a lot. I like skulls too, in fact the frog is guarding a skull.

[@davedelany2116]

They are all such beautiful pieces 👌 Id love to know how you did that spiral stem, did you make it flat and bore the hole then twist it with steam 🤔

[@StockmanOriginal]

Hi Dave, I usually do those out of a round pole , burn the pith out and then carve the spiral. This one was my first and I did it differently but generally I use the round pole and you get a wonderful grain pattern. Cheers buddy!

[@davedelany2116]

@StockmanOriginal wow 😳 that's allot of effort 👌 great job 💪

[@marjoriegoodwin2993]

I like your glasses.

[@StockmanOriginal]

@@marjoriegoodwin2993 Thanks Marjorie, I love them too.

[@mcbiscuitlol9248]

hey brian i have 2 netsuke i dont know what i have do you have any way i can contact you to send you some pictures? email?

[@StockmanOriginal]

Probably the easiest way would be messenger, I would love to take a look.

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