Life In 19x19

The photos make all of that equipment look stunning. It's all absolutely beautiful. And, considering the quality, the prices seem decent.

Thank you for posting this!

Is it true that wooden bowls can sometimes stain clamshell stones is the stones are not used often enough?

From what company did you purchase your equipment?

Kurokigoishiten.

Google it, it's the first result. They just revamped their online shop with new boards and a new check-out system (e.g. calculating shipping costs automatically, etc).

Thanks. Yes, they have BEAUTIFUL equipment. I may follow ...

From what company did you purchase your equipment?

Cats and go stones... Always a point of paranoia for me!

Wow! This was fantastic! Thank you very much for posting this. Of course, you increased my desire to purchase a complete set from Kuroki-san. One of these years....

My Japanese relatives cheat when sitting formally on the floor. Well, they cheat when among family. "Cheat" means that the legs are still bent at the knees but the shins are to one side as the butt rests on the floor. When numbness starts to set it, the legs move so that the shins are either ...

That hyuga kaya board is drool worthy.

Congrats!

I'll take that in with a fine or extra-fine nib, please!

I'm not mean enough to spray Pledge on the cat!

One of the cat's many nicknames is "Barf-beast" and she's still at it -- just not on the cheapie go board.

I'm leaning towards paulownia rather than plastic.

Never could deal with grandma's plastic covered sofa.....

I've been lusting after a 1-piece board for quite some time now. I have a folding board that resides on our coffee table that doesn't get nearly enough use (it's for studying!). Well, yesterday, I became completely grateful that I have a cheapie.

Overnight, the cat barfed on the board.

I cleaned ...

Sinkadus wrote:A good opportunity to buy the hardcover version of Invicible - the games of Shusaku I must say

Yup. I got mine for Christmas!

I am going through them in sections. Part of it is dependent on how much time I have at any given moment -- but the books are designed for you to go through them a little at a time or in huge chunks. For that reason, I really like this series.

I may be going on a trip to both Tokyo and Toyama in the next month and I was wondering what stores I might check out. Ideally, I'd love to get a solid table goban (approximately 2 sun thick) with nice 32+ sized stones. In an ideal world, a 1-piece kaya board would be great but I live in LA and ...