Answer
When the leg is wobbling, you can adjust the height by shaving off the bottom of leg or attach a paper, or pulling out a leg with a rubber hammer slightly. The legs are hammered into the wood, not stuck in the table.
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The leg of my Go board is wobbling. How can I fix it?
After using Go board for several years, I found the board has a small crack at one corner? Can I fix it for myself?
Answer
Here is an instruction on how to fix the crack on the board.
1. Apply strong adhesive or glue (for wood craft) between the cracks.
2. Both sides of the board should be pressed using a jack strongly after placing wood protection on both sides.
3.Leave it for about 10 hours.
4.After 10 hours, release the jack gradually.
5.The cracks will be strongly bonded together.
Caution:
Please keep the Go board away from heat source or stove.
Sudden temperature change and too dry atmosphere is not good for Go board.
How many stones are included in one set? Do you enclose spare stones?
Answer
Yes, we enclose 2 spare stones for each. (Total 182 white stones, 183 black stones)
What is Mexican clamshell stone? How different from Japanese clamshell stones?
Answer
Mexican-shell stones manufacturing started in full swing in 1965, when our firm developed a cutting method using a diamond drill. In 1975, I built Mexican shell cutting factory in BAJA California, South State of Mexico. Since then I visited there 8 times and trained local staff on how to select good shell and cutting method.
However, we were unprofitable due to the decline of demand, we closed down our own factory in 2000. Since then we purchased Mexican shell, which is already cut out at our affiliated firm.
Distinguishing Hyuga and Mexican clamshell is relatively easy because these two have totally different grain patterns.
Could you tell me the history of clamshell stones?
Answer
Manufacturing of clamshell Go stones dates back in Tokyo about 150 years ago and later in Osaka. Until then, other thin clamshell harvested in the neighboring area of Tokyo or Osaka was used to make Go stones. The thickness of the stone at that time was 4mm to 7.5mm.
About 110 years ago, Go stone manufacturers in Osaka happened to know that there were good quality thick clamshells in Hyuga (Miyazaki) area. First, the clamshell harvested in Hyuga was sent to them to be processed in Osaka. Later, some Go stone craftsmen moved from Hyuga to Osaka or some people in Hyuga went to Osaka to learn how to process Go stones using Hyuga clamshells. They came back to Hyuga several years later and opened their factory or workshops in Hyuga. This is the beginning of clamshell Go stone manufacturers in Hyuga. My grandfather worked as an apprentice for a famous Go stone craftsman in Osaka. I have heard that until the first 20 years from our firm’s foundation, my grandfather delivered all of his works to 1 Go dealer in Tokyo and 1 dealer in Osaka, total 2 dealers. So he made the shape of Go stones according to dealers’ preference or users’ preference. That shape was HoninBo-shape. At that time, the price of thick Hyuga clamshell stones was as expensive as one house. Of course, the price is a dealer's retail price, so I believe my grandfather, who was a hick, sold these stones to dealers at 1/4 of that retail price.
In 1960, my father went to Tokyo, being invited by a dealer in Tokyo, to check the high quality "Go stones made by my grandfather" owned by a rich man. Father said to me the owner of the stone lived in a huge house in Tokyo and he was a very rich man. There my father saw a great Hyuga Kaya board and beautiful Honinbo stones, probably Snow grade size 39.
Today, we have received old go stones from Go players all over Japan and have been asked for its repair. I perception is that Go stone shape have not changed a lot just like chessmen.
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