Commonweal II

Its' antecedents were British Panel Billiard then it went to Japan. It is still the same just different with smooth panels, the corners sandblasted...

I call this a bamboo Poker. The finish looks like bamboo if it came in dark black brown with silver/gold highlights in its valleys. The gold highli...

A full bent with a distinctive end of shank flare. The bowl is Tatsuo's carve then the shank is sandblasted. The bowl is stained deep moss green/bl...

Its antecedents may have been a Dublin but is now unique unto itself with superb symmetry. Deeply carved with a boxwood shank extension and a hand ...

A Tomato with Tatsuo's unique take on a classic that he then fuses with the Japanese aesthetic. The rim  is sculpted, the shank is narrow where it ...

Tatsuo's carved Japanese "sunflame" not unexpected from the Land of the Rising Sun. It's called that because in the summer the sun is up at 3:30 AM...

This is a 1/4 bent Pot with somewhat asymmetrical bowl. On the back left is a carved groove that if right handed your middle finger would naturally...

This is a carved sandblast, a finish  that Tatsuo developed based on an ancient Japanese technique. The pipe can best be called a Sunrise as on eac...

A smaller Pot with a classic Japanese Lantern finish. The bowl is smooth with carving on it that is filled with real gold dots to reflect the light...

A smaller Panel Billiard with a Japanese Lantern finish. The bowl is smooth with carving on it that is filled with real gold dots to reflect the li...

A Canadian with a non classic finish. The bowl is smooth with carving on it that is filled with real gold dots to reflect the light. It  mimics a t...

A Dublin with a fluted rim and rugged blast. The overall feel is of the deep woods where stands a moss covered tree beside a stream in full spate. ...

A full bent motorcyclists  pipe with the front windshield. Maybe appropriate for our first English/Japanese fusion pipe. The shape was introduced b...

A billiard that is a true fusion of traditional British style and Japanese asymmetry. The pipe is classical in every way except for the rim being a...