This Comb Is Made From a 100-Year-Old Tree. His Father Told Him to Walk Away. Here's Why.

A single comb. Made from a tree over 100 years old. The wood is smoked and shade-dried in cycles for 5 years before a single tooth is cut. Not because it has to be. Because there is no other way. His father told all three of his sons the same thing: "We struggled for so long. You'd be better off working somewhere else." Two brothers listened. One didn't. Hideaki Mori watched a customer's face light up holding one of their old combs — and made up his mind. "If I didn't do something, the store would close. Three generations, gone." The Kushitome tsuge combs of Nagoya are trusted by the hairdressers of sumo wrestlers and geisha alike. Priced between 10,000 and 100,000 yen — with no shortage of buyers. After 6 years under his father, Hideaki has been given the most important order of his career. 📌 What you'll see: → Why the wood must be smoked barefoot, in midwinter → A tree over 100 years old, turned into a single comb → 7 years of training — just to cut a straight line → The moment a master silently takes his son's work and corrects it without a single word Two brothers walked away. He stayed — and this is what he built. 📌 Links & Resources: • Support Traditional Crafts:    / @asuhenotobiraathome   ─────────────────────────── 🔔 Subscribe for more stories about the last keepers of Japanese craft. #TsugeComb #JapaneseCraft #Nagoya #TraditionalArt #Craftsmanship #MadeByHand #JapanCulture #Artisan #WoodCraft #SlowTV