https://pipedia.org/index.php?title=Kurusu&feed=atom&action=historyKurusu - Revision history2024-03-28T14:12:26ZRevision history for this page on the wikiMediaWiki 1.39.6https://pipedia.org/index.php?title=Kurusu&diff=42931&oldid=prevMagna at 10:05, 18 December 20202020-12-18T10:05:13Z<p></p>
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<tr><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="−"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #ffe49c; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Under Tokutomi's tutelage, Ray made steady progress over the next two and a half years, making, in his words, "A huge leap" during the last six months of that period. Clearly Sykes agreed with the self-appraisal<del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">; encountering </del>Kurusu's new work at the Pipe Fest in 2014, he offered to purchase Reiichi's briars for <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">our </del>site on the spot. Ray only uses Mimmo briar, refuses to have anything to do with pre-formed stems, and his draft holes are measured to an easy-drawing 4mm. When asked to cite pipemakers, both living and passed, whose work he most admires, Ray is quick to respond with the likes of Bo Nordh, Jorn Micke, Jess Chonowitsch, <del style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Bjorn </del>Bengtsson, the Ivarssons, Kei'Ichi Gotoh, Takeo Arita and (of course) Hiroyuki Tokutomi. ''Courtesy, [http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/Ray-Kurusu/ Smokingpipes.com]</div></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Under Tokutomi's tutelage, Ray made steady progress over the next two and a half years, making, in his words, "A huge leap" during the last six months of that period. Clearly<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">, </ins>Sykes <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">Wilford of Smokingpipes.com </ins>agreed with the self-appraisal<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">. Encountering </ins>Kurusu's new work at the Pipe Fest in 2014, he offered to purchase Reiichi's briars for <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">his </ins>site on the spot. </div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2" class="diff-side-deleted"></td><td class="diff-marker" data-marker="+"></td><td style="color: #202122; font-size: 88%; border-style: solid; border-width: 1px 1px 1px 4px; border-radius: 0.33em; border-color: #a3d3ff; vertical-align: top; white-space: pre-wrap;"><div>Ray only uses Mimmo briar, refuses to have anything to do with pre-formed stems, and his draft holes are measured to an easy-drawing 4mm. When asked to cite pipemakers, both living and passed, whose work he most admires, Ray is quick to respond with the likes of <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Bo Nordh<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, Jorn <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Micke<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Jess Chonowitsch<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[Björn </ins>Bengtsson<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, the <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Ivarssons<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, Kei'Ichi <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Gotoh<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>, <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Takeo Arita<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]] </ins>and (of course) <ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">[[</ins>Hiroyuki Tokutomi<ins style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">]]</ins>. ''Courtesy, [http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/Ray-Kurusu/ Smokingpipes.com]</div></td></tr>
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</table>Sethilehttps://pipedia.org/index.php?title=Kurusu&diff=18018&oldid=prevSethile: Created page with "Reiichi "Ray" Kurusu, courtesy [http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/Ray-Kurusu/ Smokingpipes.com][[File:RayKurusu&Toku.jpg|thumb|Kurusu..."2014-03-21T02:25:27Z<p>Created page with "<a href="/wiki/File:KurusuWorking.jpg" title="File:KurusuWorking.jpg">thumb|left|Reiichi "Ray" Kurusu, courtesy [http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/Ray-Kurusu/ Smokingpipes.com</a>][[File:RayKurusu&Toku.jpg|thumb|Kurusu..."</p>
<p><b>New page</b></p><div>[[File:KurusuWorking.jpg|thumb|left|Reiichi "Ray" Kurusu, courtesy [http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/Ray-Kurusu/ Smokingpipes.com]]][[File:RayKurusu&Toku.jpg|thumb|Kurusu with Tokutomi, courtesy [http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/Ray-Kurusu/ Smokingpipes.com]]]Reiichi Kurusu (who goes by "Ray") was born in November of 1977 in Osaka Japan, a bustling city where he still has a home, and within that home you will most always find him in his workshop. Ray never gave pipes much consideration until he made a visit to the Tokyo Pipe Fest in 2011, and ran into an unassuming carver named [[Hiroyuki Tokutomi]]. To say that Kurusu was intrigued by both the master and his craft would be an understatement; he immediately asked Toku-san if he would consider mentoring him in the art, and found himself already giving pipe making as a career serious consideration by the end of his first session. Since that fateful day, Ray has visited the legendary carver countless times, learning as much as he could with every session.<br />
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Under Tokutomi's tutelage, Ray made steady progress over the next two and a half years, making, in his words, "A huge leap" during the last six months of that period. Clearly Sykes agreed with the self-appraisal; encountering Kurusu's new work at the Pipe Fest in 2014, he offered to purchase Reiichi's briars for our site on the spot. Ray only uses Mimmo briar, refuses to have anything to do with pre-formed stems, and his draft holes are measured to an easy-drawing 4mm. When asked to cite pipemakers, both living and passed, whose work he most admires, Ray is quick to respond with the likes of Bo Nordh, Jorn Micke, Jess Chonowitsch, Bjorn Bengtsson, the Ivarssons, Kei'Ichi Gotoh, Takeo Arita and (of course) Hiroyuki Tokutomi. ''Courtesy, [http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/Ray-Kurusu/ Smokingpipes.com]<br />
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See also the interview with R. "Bear" Graves [http://www.smokingpipes.com/blog/index.cfm?mode=cat&category_id=A13D67C5-3FF1-3EDE-5A94E614FF707D24 here].<br />
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[[File:Kurusu BambooDublin&Apple .jpg|thumb|center|600px|Two beautiful examples, courtesy [http://www.smokingpipes.com/pipes/new/Ray-Kurusu/ Smokingpipes.com]]]<br />
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