Tsuge + Drew Estates

[Boro62]

Just stumbled onto these press releases while on drew estates website. Apparently they are becoming the new north america distributor of Tsuge pipes. Tsuge is also making a pipe line exclusively for drew estates. Not sure how i feel exactly about that pipe especially at the MSRP of $250 which I think is a bit high. For that price there are lots of other pipe makers I would be looking at.

Anyhow here are the links to the press release about the distributorship and about the new pipe line.

http://drewestate.com/drew-estate-announces-exclusive-distributorship-tsuge-pipe-company/

http://drewestate.com/drew-estate-announces-drew-estate-pipe-collection-tsuge/

 

[Slickside]

I agree about the $250 price tag. Interesting pipe, but way too many others at that price point attract my attention, too.

 

[bzero007]

Agree with the price being very high on that particular line and I'm curious with the large metal bottom if it will heat up quickly and stay hot. I have been looking at Tsuge for a while not and even their other tankard line has minimal metal top and or bottom. Interesting though.

 

[Boro62]

it actually reminds me a lot of this tsuge pipe

http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/tsuge/moreinfo.cfm?product_id=151813

but for less than half the price of what they want for the drew estates one...

 

[Tim_McD]

Darn it, does this mean I have to pull the trigger on a Tsuge from smokingpipes before their inventory dries up?!?

 

[oc_in_fw]

Just stumbled onto these press releases while on drew estates website. Apparently they are becoming the new north america distributor of Tsuge pipes. Tsuge is also making a pipe line exclusively for drew estates. Not sure how i feel exactly about that pipe especially at the MSRP of $250 which I think is a bit high. For that price there are lots of other pipe makers I would be looking at.

Anyhow here are the links to the press release about the distributorship and about the new pipe line.

http://drewestate.com/drew-estate-announces-exclusive-distributorship-tsuge-pipe-company/

http://drewestate.com/drew-estate-announces-drew-estate-pipe-collection-tsuge/

$275 will get you a 2013 Tinsky Christmas pipe (shaped like the 2013 LE) in Morta. Guess who will get my money first

 

[Senshi]

That is a little pricey. It's kind of playing on the idea of a Falcon. Nording also came out with pipe very similar in design. You could get two Petersons for the price of that Tsuge pipe

 

[bzero007]

Darn it, does this mean I have to pull the trigger on a Tsuge from smokingpipes before their inventory dries up?!?

So this is what i was worried about as well, but i believe that they are just the distributor now which will deal to the Pipe shops in North America. I have been keeping an eye out for a reasonably priced Tsuge that catches my eye for sometime now and i am keeping my fingers crossed that they do not get limited to one store.