It's been said, but thanks for the pictures, pretty nice!

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The Ing stones are good for the money. Likes and dislikes are up to the individual user, of course. Some negative impressions I've had:

* The stones are too slippery in my fingers and are easily dropped on the board.

* The stones slide on the board surface too easily.

A cautionary story for Ing stone owners who use them as inexpensive sets to take to the club. I had a set which I kept in the trunk of my car for that purpose. After a relatively short time I discovered that stones were developing cracks and even splitting due, I assumed, to the metal cores expanding when heated.

The stones are very good for the money.

Thanks, gowan. Note to self: don't microwave ING stones, either.

I hope I don't miss anyone's questions (this forum doesn't seem to have the multi-quote feature, so I'm left to my questionable memory):

1) I live down the street from Yutopia's Santa Monica warehouse, and they agreed to let me pick up the stones there to save on needless shipping cost/time.

2255 29th Street, Suite #3
Santa Monica, CA 90405

2) I didn't need the ING bowls and wasn't interested in spending another $10 for them, so I just went with the plastic bowls. I put the ING stones in my Kitani bowls and put my old glass stones in the plastic bowls.

3) The surface of these stones is not slippery, especially compared to white glass stones. They are comparable in texture to matte black glass stones. I don't fear them slipping from my fingers when placing them, or them sliding around on a goban.

For $25 I think they are a good value, particularly if one takes at least a little care not to abuse them. I think they'll hold up pretty well under most club conditions, and honestly, I'm not sure what sort of stones would endure better under harsh conditions (aka kids).

I've noticed that too, but it may not be true for everyone's fingers, and over time I've gotten used to them. For me, I think it was mostly the larger size I had to get used to, and had to learn to grip the stones harder.

As for the board, you may be recalling the painted Ing boards we've used in Go Congresses for many years. Yes, they are very slippery on those board surfaces. But not so bad on other more natural board surfaces (depending on the type of finish)

I also recently got a new 3cm 3 piece Shin-Kaya board and Korean 9mm glass stones for Christmas. They replace a 1cm plywood board and 7mm plastic stones. Although the old board was pretty mediocre (quite a bit of the lines have rubbed off) I actually liked the stones quite a bit. They didn't feel particularly plastic-like, but the new stones are in an entirely different league.

The heavy, stone-like quality, the smoothness and shine of the white stones, and the perceptibly different feel of the matte black stones and the sound of them clacking on the board make them a joy to play and study with.

A friend asked about the evenness of the stones, and I must say that there is some variance in their shape, and some of them don't lie quite flat, but it doesn't bother me. The old plastic stones actually came with a set of nice bowls. The plastic stones filled the bowls about half way, but with the new stones, about 170 of them fills them to the brim. I'm very happy with them.

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daal, congrats. Photos?

Might be fun to start a thread dedicated to showing one's go equipment.

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I play go, I ride a recumbent, of course I use Macintosh.

There is a whole section of the forum where you can show off your go equipment

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Go is such a beautiful game.

There is this...

I'll post some pictures when the sun comes out again.

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FWIW, I couldn't resist purchasing a set of 11.6mm Yunzi stones from YMI today (eBay). I don't know why; I just couldn't. Will have them next week, probably right after New Year's.

My collection will then consist of:

• 8mm glass
• 10mm plastic
• 11.6mm yunzi

Still no slate & shell stones in my collection. Maybe someday.

Congratulations! Now I’ve got stone envy again. And this right after I ordered a set of 21.5 x 11 mm glass stones from Hebsacker Verlag yesterday

Heh. Just dreaming of such … AND. I. WANNA. HAVE. THEM. 21.5mm! x! 21.5mm! For some added fun

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Spherical marbles...

So, as promised, here are a few pics:

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Patience, grasshopper.

I've owned several sets of go stones. This is the one I'm currently using. It's size 38, and it feels good, though you need to practice for a while to play with such thick stones. (The white is, of course, made out of shells. Presumably mexican.)

There is nothing bigger than size 50 (around 14mm) for slate and shell go stones.

editted to just report the fact.

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Go is such a beautiful game.

Unfortunately I'm not one of the "select few" who can access that picture. (What is the point of having a private blog and then posting links to it?)

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I think size 38 is fantastic.

I have pretty big hands, I hate playing with smaller stones. I cannot grip them. I wish bigger stones were more readily available.

If you never told anyone about it how would people know you have a private blog?