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quick update on the yellow stone:

With just water it is amazing for a touch up. Really really amazing. Smooth and crisp. Used it with a T. Hessen and Fil #13 DT and they shaved beautifully.
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This is a great direction for this thread, thank you for talking about lacquer.



Sounds exactly like the stuff I bought from Old_School. Trying to find some from an art store in the Seattle...

That's what Old_School taught me, so I'll stick with it. Japanese lacquer.

But the guy at the store did tell Keiko that we don't really need that specialty lacquer and can just use any type of...

I gave her a price range and had her ask for something hard and fine for final finishing of western straight. She took a picture of one of my straights and my Nakayama Kiita so she had examples.
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The board was from my father-in-law's set. Had to get new pieces though (also called stones). Fun and challenging game.

And here is a picture of a stone we picked up for someone else. He can speak up if he wishes too.

My wife just returned from Japan and picked up a new stone for me. Price was US$500. I don't know anything about it yet, and have not tried it. Size is (roughly) in cm: 15 x 8 x 2.5, or in inches: 6...