Life In 19x19

Sigh. I'm going to stop now. Staring at the closeup of the wood, I really can't tell what color or graining or potential damage might be, it looks darker in the close up so that's more katsura than kaya, but the large picture the color is different and the tiny dents don't make sense for katsura ...

Hi, I'm new here so I'm not sure how old the post is, but I thought I might try to answer some of your questions by looking at the photo. I have a lot of experience with Go equipment.

Shell and slate stones, on the thinner side, maybe 8.4mm? Going from memory here, I haven't figured out how to see ...