Stone Pipe

[raylinhn]

I just bought this pipe at an auction along with nine arrowheads, I was told they were found in a creek in California. I know nothing about pipes and I'm looking for help with any info or commits. On the back there appears to be some letters scratched into. Is this pipe rare and does anyone know what type of pipe it was used for? All I know it is awesome just to hold it, thanks.

 

[Indian Steve]

Sorry to say but I think that they are all modern.

 

[Tony in SC]

I have to agree with Steve, just don't look right. the hole in the pipe is too precise. Tony

Sorry to say but I think that they are all modern.

 

[Indian Steve]

I really hope that someone else says that I am wrong, but they just don't look right. I have bought a few reproduction pieces that I thought were real. I was at a flea market and saw a couple of soapstone pendants in a case of other things. They looked good and were cheap so I bought 2 of them. I then took them over to a friends booth to show to him. Long story, short, my friend knew the guy that I got them from and told me about his friends "workshop" where the "relics" came from. I marked the as fakes and tossed them in a box somewhere.

 

[The Grim Reaper]

I have to agree. The Points all look like the typical Gift Shop varieties you can get for 50 cents each and the Pipe just doesn't look right either. Hope you didn't pay much.

 

[the_mad_cladder]

Hey! How did my pipe get to California?!!

 

[unclemac]

the four on the left appear to be a very west coast type... either desert deltas or perhaps even a better match would be desert sierra. The material for those looks correct too.