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Absolutely loving your comic ! Great work great talent ! Looking forward to more of them...

This weekend I ordered my first go set featuring a kaya table goban and shell stones:

⋅ Kaya goban size #20 (55mm)
⋅ Slate & shell stones size #36 (10mm)
⋅ Mahogany bowls
⋅ Paulownia cover + cloth cover

I can't wait!

Cool ! Do put up pictures when it ...

Bonobo wrote:Now I’m jealous again, kill0! You even got clamshell stones


BTW it might be good to

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Thanks for the tip on the hide tags ! Have now edited it appropriately.

These are the pictures of the Hyuga Kaya table goban (1.75-sun, 4 piece composite), extra-large Sakura gosu and size-34 jitsuyo stones from Kurokigoishi. Needless to say, these are masterpieces ! I am going to feel very guilty losing my first 100 (?) games on this

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As promised, here are some pictures of my reversible, 0.5" Shin Kaya Go board and size-36 glass stones from Go Game Guru. Not sure if the iphone photos do justice- it's a pretty and portable board with a nice color.

Is it just me or is there some inverse relationship between strength and amount of equipment ordered?

If there is a relationship, then it is probably just a statistical accident.
One hypothesis: The people who can afford expensive equipment are probably 1) older and 2) must work hard to earn a ...

Got my shin-kaya go board and size-36 glass Go stones from `Go Game Guru' yesterday !!!! It looks like a thinner, more-portable version of the 2.4" one. I'm very happy with the purchase !


In a moment of weakness I also ordered the first Hyuga-kaya table board from this listing -

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Thanks ! I'm new here and this is very useful reading.

That's a beautiful board indeed ! Congratulations on an excellent purchase. The thickness looks great and the color is very pleasing as well, definitely not yellow

The bag is nice, thanks. I'll keep this in mind when I get a thicker board. I also wish they will bring back something like this -

http://www.amazon.com/GoBox-Invincible- ... d_sxp_f_pt

Thanks guys for your kind advice. I'm more informed now on the various choices, thanks to these forums !

I have gone with the the 0.5" shin-Kaya board from `Go Game Guru' for now (for the above mentioned reasons). It should arrive this week and if I feel I probably need a thicker/more-expensive ...

Thank you for this post. Am a beginner and slowly trying to study the game, so it's incredibly helpful !

Reading through the forums and based on your suggestions, I'm now seriously looking at one of these beauties -

http://www.kurokigoishi.co.jp/english/o ... index.html


Even with shipping it's still below ~ $300.

Thanks for the reply. Yeah, I was very very tempted to get a thicker board but was worried about portability (I move rather frequently owing to work) and moreover had some notions of hauling the board to the local club for a game once in a while.

The YMI, thicker boards (both floor and table) come ...

Hi,

I am contemplating buying a new board and am divided between these Shin Kaya gobans -

http://shop.gogameguru.com/shin-kaya-go-board-05-c/


http://www.ymimports.com/p-2004-shin-ka ... OfKj6WBjp4



It is also a little confusing to me why the first one is more expensive even though the latter is a thicker board.

Any advice or suggestions will be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance.