Tsuge: Cat's Eye Sandblasted (606) (9mm) Tobacco Pipe

A bent Apple with profound style, this "606" Tsuge Cat's Eye gets its name from the shank treatment, which offers bright acrylic at the shank end surrounding briar at the mortise in a lenticular shape resembling, you guessed it, a cat's eye. It's a distinctive accent that contrasts with the all-black garb of the rest of the pipe which is rounded in Apple form with a structured shank expanding both vertically and horizontally from the transition. The bowl shape is well-maintained thanks to tight cheeking, and the sandblast meanders over the bowl in a low-profile texture with invigorating growth rings.