
Commonweal II
In 2021, we introduced our traditional English Commonweal pipes to mark our 20th year. Each from a bowl turned & aged by Les Woods of Ferndown with the blast, finishing etc. by Michael Parks. Tatsuo saw them and we chatted about them. That led us to think whether there was a way take the idea in a new direction. 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’ UK bowls and working within the constraints of the turned bowls shapes began to feel his way forward. Slowly he reworked each bowl, hand cut each a Vulcanite stem, sandblasted most and finished them.
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 Bent Pot # 2357

Commonweal II Sunrise # 2358

Commonweal II Poker # 2350

Commonweal II Bent Windshield # 2342

Commonweal II Billiard # 2347

Commonweal II Billiard # 2351

Commonweal II Bent # 2352

Commonweal II Japanese Dublin # 2353

Commonweal II Tomato # 2354

Commonweal II Sunflame # 2355

Commonweal II Canadian (lantern) # 2356

Commonweal II Bent Bulldog # 2344

Commonweal II Canadian # 2346

Commonweal II Rhodesian # 2348

Commonweal II Tulip # 2349
