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Author: | Galation [ Sat Dec 03, 2016 2:38 pm ] |
Post subject: | Go Stone Yunzi convex Jade colour |
Gin wrote: Hello, Can somebody tell me where can I buy Go Stone Yunzi convex Jade colour? Thank you Hi Gin, I reposted your question in the right forum. About your request, I never heard of "jade coloured" Yunzi stones. According my knowledge, "original" Yunzi* stones are produced with a special mixture that looks black in direct light. When the black stones are illuminated from behind they shows a dark green colour. * Yunzi meaning "from Yunnan" that is China province where they are produced I have seen some double convex Green glass stones here and there. In Europe you can try here: http://www.hebsacker-verlag.de/glass-stones-jade-color-215-10-mm-p-4175.html And this is Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Glass-Go-Stones-8mm-Green/dp/B00429AWEO/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1480798982&sr=8-1&keywords=go+game+stone+green Hope this can help, have fun! Galation |
Author: | Bonobo [ Sat Dec 03, 2016 3:02 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Go Stone Yunzi convex Jade colour |
FWIW, I have an elderly set of Jade-coloured Yunzi stones, they are single-convex, though These Yunzi with “Jade luster” are not simply “coloured”: since Yunzi is made of stone powder (molten/sintered), in this case the mixture contains a certain amount of powdered Jade (see also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yunzi). <edit> And yes, the black stones of both kinds of Yunzi stones (“green luster” and B & W) look (dark) green when illuminated from behind—at least mine do, the green single convex ones as well as the B & W double convex ones. </edit> |
Author: | Galation [ Sun Dec 04, 2016 4:23 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Go Stone Yunzi convex Jade colour |
Bonobo wrote: FWIW, I have an elderly set of Jade-coloured Yunzi stones, they are single-convex, though I knew I can still learn something new by re-posting the message here! These Yunzi with “Jade luster” are not simply “coloured”: since Yunzi is made of stone powder (molten/sintered), in this case the mixture contains a certain amount of powdered Jade Can you share some picture of this set? Galation |
Author: | Bonobo [ Sun Dec 04, 2016 6:07 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Go Stone Yunzi convex Jade colour |
Galation wrote: Bonobo wrote: FWIW, I have an elderly set of Jade-coloured Yunzi stones, they are single-convex, though Can you share some picture of this set?Taken with a cheap camera, so the colours are not 100% accurate |
Author: | Galation [ Sun Dec 04, 2016 2:47 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Go Stone Yunzi convex Jade colour |
Merci beaucoup Mon Amie! Galation |
Author: | DrStraw [ Sun Dec 04, 2016 3:15 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Go Stone Yunzi convex Jade colour |
Galation wrote: Merci beaucoup Mon Amie! Galation Hhm. Whom are you addressing? Or do you know something about Bonobo that we do not? |
Author: | Bonobo [ Sun Dec 04, 2016 5:53 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Go Stone Yunzi convex Jade colour |
DrStraw wrote: Galation wrote: Merci beaucoup Mon Amie! Galation Hhm. Whom are you addressing? Or do you know something about Bonobo that we do not? That “we” would include me also |
Author: | Charlie [ Mon Dec 05, 2016 2:51 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Go Stone Yunzi convex Jade colour |
Am I correct in my belief that new sets no longer come with those straw bowls? I think they're being shipped in awful plastic mockeries of those, now. I have been thinking about getting a set of single-convex yunzi stones. I played with them at a recent tournament in Berlin and completely fell in love with them - the deliberate, unambiguous way that they sit on the board adds "weight" to each move. At first, I thought that single-convex stones would annoy me because of the need to turn them the right way up before placing them but this became automatic after a very short time. I suppose they might be sub-optimal under severe blitz conditions. (In Berlin, the stones were awesome but the clocks were dire - plastic jobs with very distinctive, bent minute-hands. Despite 60 minutes main time and to my great surprise, I won 2 of 8 games on the clock that weekend! I'm fairly certain that these outcomes were not caused by material-related things but, if they were, it would have been the clocks, not the need to turn the single-convex stones the right way up.) |
Author: | Galation [ Mon Dec 05, 2016 5:17 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Go Stone Yunzi convex Jade colour |
Bonobo wrote: DrStraw wrote: Galation wrote: Merci beaucoup Mon Amie! Galation Hhm. Whom are you addressing? Or do you know something about Bonobo that we do not? Silly me! This is the incalculable risk of copy&paste automated translations from the web Sorry Mr.Bonobo! Galation |
Author: | Bonobo [ Mon Dec 05, 2016 6:39 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Go Stone Yunzi convex Jade colour |
Galation wrote: Sorry Mr.Bonobo! No worries, nothing to be sorry for—all is well We’re all here for the fun of it, no? |
Author: | Drew [ Mon Dec 05, 2016 8:30 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Go Stone Yunzi convex Jade colour |
Charlie wrote: At first, I thought that single-convex stones would annoy me because of the need to turn them the right way up before placing them but this became automatic after a very short time. They're great for playing out variations on the board - just place them upside down. |
Author: | jedwardh [ Tue Apr 25, 2017 12:19 am ] | ||||
Post subject: | Re: Go Stone Yunzi convex Jade colour | ||||
I realise I'm a bit late here but thought you might like to see some more photos. I also have a set of the "jade lustre" single convex Yunzi, purchased from YMI back around 2009 I think. I read somewhere that they stopped making them, though it was just in some forum not an official source. I measured five of each colour. The black ones ranged from 21.3mm to 22.2mm diameter with a mean of 21.78. They were all 5.9mm thick. The white ones ranged from 21.5 to 22.1mm diameter with a mean of 21.78. The thicknesses of the white stones ranged from 5.9mm to 6.1mm with a mean of 6.0. I took some photos to show the colour a bit more clearly (though still won't quite be an accurate representation). When I first got them I was actually disappointed that they were so green, I had thought the colour would be more subtle. Now I quite like them as they are, but I'm also wanting a set of biconvex black and white stones (probably glass/ceramic from Japan or Korea). It's my first post here so apologies if I don't get this image-posting business right:
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Author: | jedwardh [ Tue Apr 25, 2017 12:22 am ] | ||
Post subject: | Re: Go Stone Yunzi convex Jade colour | ||
One more picture:
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