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P2S/Tatsuo Tajima - 30%

Tatsuo & I chatted about the Les Wood turned bowls and aged by him for 25 years from his hand selected blocks, that I had. Could Tatsuo rework the bowls into a melding of the Japanese and English pipe aesthetic. Did this idea even make sense. We decided to try.

Tatsuo took his time until he saw in his mind’s eye what he felt, he could do with them. He took Les’ aged UK bowls and working within the constraints  of their classic shapes to feel his way forward. Slowly he reworked each bowl, sandblasted most and finished them each with a hand cut stem.

To our eyes this fusion of two very different pipe making traditions has brought forth  these unique expressions of the pipe.

Stampings: 
Commonweal II p2s Tatsuo 日本 / L.Wood 

Commonweal II Billiard # 2347

$535.00 USD
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$535.00 USD
$374.50 USD
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$374.50 USD

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

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Commonweal II Poker # 2350

$545.00 USD
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$545.00 USD
$381.50 USD
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$381.50 USD

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...

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Commonweal II Tomato # 2354

$575.00 USD
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$575.00 USD
$402.50 USD
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$402.50 USD

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 ...

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Commonweal II Sunflame # 2355

$525.00 USD
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$367.50 USD
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$367.50 USD

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...

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Commonweal II Bent Pot # 2357

$565.00 USD
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$565.00 USD
$395.50 USD
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$395.50 USD

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...

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Commonweal II Pot (Lantern) # 2366

$545.00 USD
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$545.00 USD
$324.45 USD
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$324.45 USD

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...

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Commonweal II Panel Billiard (Lantern) # 2367

$545.00 USD
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$463.50 USD
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$463.50 USD

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...

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Commonweal II Bent Windshield # 2342

$535.00 USD - $535.00 USD
$535.00 USD
$535.00 - $535.00
$535.00 USD

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

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Commonweal II Canadian # 2346

$575.00 USD - $575.00 USD
$575.00 USD
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$575.00 USD

A classic Canadian with a smooth upper body and then the grain on the lower part is blasted  and the carve continues along the lower shank. Then a ...

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Commonweal II Bamboo Lovat # 2343

$525.00 USD - $525.00 USD
$525.00 USD
$525.00 - $525.00
$525.00 USD

I call this a bamboo Barrel pipe because that's what it looks like when they used to make wood ones with an Iron band near the top and bottom. Albe...

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Commonweal II Sunrise # 2358

$575.00 USD - $575.00 USD
$575.00 USD
$575.00 - $575.00
$575.00 USD

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...

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