Tsuge The Tasting Pipes

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The Tsuge (pronounced roughly "Su-gay") pipe company is led by pipe maker Kazuhiro Fukuda, who has been carving for the company for nearly 60 years. Initially, they produced pipes out of ivory and briar which were all classic shapes that were small and stained dark. Kazuhiro went to Denmark in 1969 to work with Sixten Ivarsson for a month and Sixten was able to teach him how to hone his innate skill, which he took back to Japan to help the company become famous the world over.

While the factory produces many machine-made pipes, Tsuge also has available a handcrafted line called Ikebana, available here. Most of these pipes are carved in the shape/drill Danish fashion with very strong Japanese aesthetics. Frequent use of plateau and Japanese bamboo adorn many of the high-grade pieces. Each stem is hand cut from solid vulcanite rod, with a beautifully polished vulcanite tenon from the same piece. Slight asymmetry allows many of the shapes to utilize the wonderful grain and Japanese aesthetic. A few of their pipes even are dressed in ultra high grade Japanese lacquer for the Namiki line.

Tsuge
The Tasting (16)

$120.00 $102.00
002-099-10533

Tsuge
The Tasting (16)

$120.00 $102.00
002-099-10534

Tsuge
The Tasting (16)

$120.00 $102.00
002-099-10535

Tsuge
The Tasting (16)

$120.00 $102.00
002-099-10530

Tsuge
The Tasting (16)

$120.00 $102.00
002-099-10532

Tsuge
The Tasting (21)

$120.00 $102.00
002-099-8966

Tsuge
The Tasting (21)

$120.00 $102.00
002-099-8903

Tsuge
The Tasting (21)

$120.00 $102.00
002-099-8906

Tsuge
The Tasting (21)

$120.00 $102.00
002-099-8965

Tsuge
The Tasting (21)

$120.00 $102.00
002-099-8967

Tsuge
The Tasting (21) Bent

$130.00 $110.50
002-099-8733

Tsuge
The Tasting (21) Bent

$130.00 $110.50
002-099-8980

Tsuge
The Tasting (21) Bent

$130.00 $110.50
002-099-8982

Tsuge
The Tasting (21) Bent

$130.00 $110.50
002-099-8983

Tsuge
The Tasting (21) Bent

$130.00 $110.50
002-099-8984

Tsuge
The Tasting (21) Bent

$130.00 $110.50
002-099-8985

Tsuge
The Tasting (21) Bent

$130.00 $110.50
002-099-8986

Tsuge
The Tasting (21) Bent

$130.00 $110.50
002-099-8988

Tsuge
The Tasting (23)

$120.00 $102.00
002-099-10556

Tsuge
The Tasting (23)

$120.00 $102.00
002-099-10557

Tsuge
The Tasting (23)

$120.00 $102.00
002-099-10559

Tsuge
The Tasting (23)

$120.00 $102.00
002-099-10561

Tsuge
The Tasting (23)

$120.00 $102.00
002-099-10562

Tsuge
The Tasting (23)

$120.00 $102.00
002-099-10563

Tsuge
The Tasting (23)

$120.00 $102.00
002-099-10564