Does Anyone Have a Contact for Tsuge or a Japanese Pipe Expert?

[americaman]

Hi Everyone,

I have a question about a “Tsuge” pipe from the 70s. It is marked Tsuge and also marked with the name of another artisan from Europe. I am trying to find out if this artisan carved pipes for Tsuge, or if he just licensed his shapes to them for factory pipes. Because the shape is one of his famous shapes. Anyone know of anyone I could contact? I have already messaged Shane Ireland to see if he knows.

Cheers

 

[cosmicfolklore]

I didn’t even realize that Tsuge was making pipes back in the 70’s. Who is the artisan?

 

[PipeIT]

I didn’t see any email contact on their website,

I noticed their Facebook page is quite active, so if you have a Facebook account, I’d send them a message, hopefully they’ll respond.

 

[craiginthecorn]

The owner of tobaccopipesjapan.com, Chris Godak, may be able to help. He is an American ex-pat living in Japan and a nice guy. Contact him from his website, which features some very interesting pieces.

 

[SSGT.]

There is a good article on Tsuge on Pipedia Sorry my post doesn't answer your question, just showing a Tsuge bent brandy Ijust picked up on ebay

 

[OzPiper]

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You should post this in the “Show Us Your Tsuge Pipe” thread

 

[milk]

I once got Tsuge to answer a question about an old Tsuge pipe. I translated my question using an app. They did actually answer me. Here’s the address I used: info@tsugepipe.co.jp