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by -Kiku-
Tue Oct 27, 2020 6:13 pm
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Hardness of Hyuga-Kaya Wood?
Replies: 10
Views: 14680

Re:

カヤ kaya
Torreya nucifera

I tried that name already, but it didn't yield any useful result:
https://imgur.com/RQnFQ7t

So I'm back to square one...

The fact that I haven't been able to find much info on this wood shows that it's probably an uncommon material for uses other than goban. And if ...
by -Kiku-
Tue Oct 27, 2020 5:07 pm
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Hardness of Hyuga-Kaya Wood?
Replies: 10
Views: 14680

Hardness of Hyuga-Kaya Wood?

Who here knows the hardness of Hyuga-kaya wood on Janka scale?

The reason for asking is because I have a goban made of such wood. I bought it from Kiseido more than 10 years ago. The board is made of two pieces of Hyuga-kaya joined seamlessly at the middle. There is a scratch mark on the surface ...