Tan Mujiang

Food, Drinks & Restaurants

Tan Mujiang sells handcrafted wooden hair-care accessories, stationery and small lifestyle gifts—primarily hair combs, brushes, pens, bookmarks and phone cases—priced from $15 to $120. The range sits in the mid-premium tier; most combs retail $30-$60. Products are sold through the U.S. site ctansusa.com, Amazon, and a network of museum gift shops and specialty boutiques across North America and Europe. The brand’s core claim is “one-piece carving”: each item is lathe-cut from a single block of natural sandalwood, green sandalwood or purple-heart, then hand-polished with tung oil—no lacquer or glue. This preserves wood grain and fragrance and yields anti-static teeth that glide through hair. Limited-edition collections featuring cloisonné inlay or mother-of-pearl engraving have become collector pieces displayed at the London and Nuremberg gift fairs. Customers are 25-45-year-old design-conscious women and men who value sustainable materials, artisanal process and Asian heritage aesthetics; many buy as gifts for weddings, Mother’s Day or corporate incentives. The brand appeals to slow-living enthusiasts who reject plastic accessories and want tactile, scent-releasing objects that age gracefully. Tan Mujiang competes with mass-market plastic comb brands on one side and high-end European horn or carbon-fiber styling tools on the other. It differentiates by merging functional hair-care performance with storytelling around Chinese woodworking tradition, offering heirloom-grade wooden pieces at prices below luxury salon brands while maintaining carbon-negative small-batch production.

Handcarved wood that smells like luxury and lasts like heirloom

• Sustainable
• Handmade