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by ck88
Sun Oct 17, 2021 9:13 pm
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Identifying my goban wood
Replies: 5
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Re: Identifying my goban wood

Just a quick update regarding the characters on the bottom. The right hand side is a date 13th Sept 1922. The left side is probably a name and too faded to read.

I suppose considering the age then this would suggest it is made from old katsura from the previous posted message.

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by ck88
Sat Oct 16, 2021 11:37 pm
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Identifying my goban wood
Replies: 5
Views: 12126

Re: Identifying my goban wood

Here is a close up of the text
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by ck88
Sat Oct 16, 2021 6:33 am
Forum: Gobans and other equipment
Topic: Identifying my goban wood
Replies: 5
Views: 12126

Identifying my goban wood

Hello,

I am completely new to Go but found this cool looking board in a thrift shop where I live. I picked it up for $15 and now I am trying to find out more about it.

I now know that it is called a goban and it is clearly Japanese as there are some faded characters written on the bottom. I've ...