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by skybluemonk
Mon Aug 12, 2013 4:12 pm
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Help identifying old gobans
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identifying gobans

see my earlier post.
these are photos of the older goban
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by skybluemonk
Mon Aug 12, 2013 4:05 pm
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Help identifying old gobans
Replies: 3
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Help identifying old gobans

Picked up 2 old gobans in an oriental store. Would obviously like to identify the wood used if that's possible. Believe both came from Japan. The story I had is that hotels have gobans and these were bought with auctioned furniture from a hotel. Both seem to have a light yellow paint wash along the ...
by skybluemonk
Thu Aug 08, 2013 4:31 am
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Old shell and slate stones
Replies: 3
Views: 3756

Old shell and slate stones

This may be a really stupid question but......
found some old sets in a second hand and oriental shop. Believe they were bought at auction in Japan along with gobans and japanese furniture for re sale here in NZ. The markings clearly show that white are shell but how can I tell if the black are ...