the set looks great! I want to play on it just so I can say I have. also that 9x9 board seems a lot more manageable to a complete novice like myself. great video.
So awesome and beautiful. Thanks for making this, it's good to see an unboxing of this nice set. Would be nice if you could play a pro game on the board for the aesthetic and sound of it. Kind of like Go ASMR but without all the whispering :) I for one would love such a video with a set like this!
For those of you who are curious. their Go boards for table alone at 2-3" thickness are over $200 at least normally. Stones of that size will run you over $300 sometimes and the set he got had to be at least $400. What did you pay man>? It had to be crazy expensive like mine. Did you get Sakura or Snow grade stones?
That's awesome! I'm glad you loved your set too! Total I paid about $360 for this set with shipping, it was a great deal! These stones are the size 31 blue label, so a mix and not premium stones. I later ordered some size 32 snow grade blue label, which I LOVE! A bit more expensive though.
Chris -- what is your rank right now? I'm a recovering 1 Dan. I didn't play for 2 years plus and have recovered to about 4k right now. I've totally lost my timing and the little reading skills I used to have. The many Faces of Go program I used to have trained me up to 1 dan in under a year. I did so much Go homework I ranked up to Shodan in about 7 months. I would go on KGS and crush 3k's by 20, then get challenged by 1 Dans and win about half the time. What kind of player are you? Right now I'm a moyo player who likes to get huge frameworks going. I used to be a dicey person. My games always wound up with tons of groups running around for both sides regardless of how we opened. Most players can't deal with that kind of game, thus I got the 1 dan ranking by being very hard to deal with.
My Japanese mother in law has a Go board that is about 200 years old . She wanted to play with me and asked me to bring the board to the living room so i went to fetch it on the floor of the Tokonoma and made the stupid move to pick it up . I spent the next hour on the ground screaming in agony , then was brought to the hospital and given mega strong antibiotics and couldn't move for days and couldn't walk for nearly a week . Her board is about 30 kilos and i completely fucked up my back trying to pick it up, thinking it was made of some light wood . To this day i can't see a Go board without feeling a little pain in my back . I like yours it might not be an antique but at least you won't associate it with painful memories. Here is a video of the type she owns for 6 generations , (and yes i know this one is a Shogi board but it looks the same and is made the same way) except hers is way bigger and half made of cast iron for the feet and the bottom part. th-cam.com/video/II45ro33sQ8/w-d-xo.html Beautiful but extremely heavy .
Morgan Olfursson Oh wow! I’m sorry you had to go through that! If it was 200 years and of good quality it could have been kaya, which is very dense wood. Especially for a thick table board! This is a very light spruce wood they call “new kaya” because it had a similar grain, but much more plentiful. Also much lighter. :)
Thanks for the message Chris and for the info,, i had never heard of the term Kaya before . i'll have to look it up . Yes her board is made of extremely dense wood , and even without the iron feet i wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't even float . Your is also very beautiful and i am sure that with time it will get a very nice luster and a lot of character especially if you often use it . The stones are absolutely beautiful. This must have cost you a pretty penny . I heard the best ones are made in Mie prefecture , and apparently this is where your stones come from . I am very bad at Go and still learning , but if you ever need help with Japanese or some translation i would be more than happy to oblige . 20 years in Japan, i may not have mastered Go but at least i am not too bad with the speaking and reading . My writing is a bit rusty though , especially since i am Icelandic and left Japan 7 years ago .
Cee Jay It is one name, yes! Baduk is the Korean and most unique name, so it gets adopted a lot. Originally it is a Chinese game, so it is also called weiqi.
@@gomahklawm4446 Wow, really? Have you been to the Seattle Go Center? Honestly I wish people would just call it weiqi or baduk, it’d be a lot easier. Unfortunately I don’t think that’s going to happen in the States…
Good question! The lacquer is slightly raised off the board and can cause stones to tilt slightly, but in games I haven’t really noticed it and it hasn’t been a problem.
I just bought the stones online from a sort of shop that sells used japanese stuff. How do I know what materials were used for the stones and the bowls? They're pretty old, the bowls are no longer shiny, but they're still pretty whole, no cracks or anything like that, but some of the stones are chipped. The inside of the bowls have powder on the surface, from I guess the stones being in there for a long while. The white stones have lines too, but they don't seem to be tha same as those that you have.
Sounds exciting! Congrats on your find. :) I’d say your best bet is to take the most detailed photos you can and post them on Reddit r/baduk, there is also a large facebook group you can share to. If you’re looking to repair your equipment you can find some good info here: store.baduk.club/pages/care
Chris Minyard Thanks! The blue label grade is totally worth it, IMO! I bought a nicer set after this, blue label snow grade 32mm, very nice! You save a lot of money for a small amount of quality. Though the quality still exists. :) In the video is not snow grade, though I like it more I think.
Chris Minyard I like the depth and thickness of the transparent parts of the shell of a blossom grade. It’s very beautiful and striking. The snow grade stones are just more rare and consistent, which makes them more expensive. Some people find snow grade to be less distracting from the game as well, while still very beautiful.
Ah okay, yea I really like seeing striations in the shell but I can see it being distracting at first. As for thickness I love handling size 36 I'm bit spoiled because it not going be cheap it be over $1k for what I want lol. Thanks!
Chris Minyard Haha, very trie! Size 32 was hitting my wallet pretty hard, but still they have a wonderful heft and feel. I haven’t had the pleasure of using size 36 stones though, so expensive! Maybe some day after I buy a house and have a floor goban with legs. :P
I can't believe you refer to a Samurai sword as a ...little lacquered Japanese sword... (6:56) If anyone from Kurokigoishiten sees this vid they'll come and take your beautiful board away from you.If they try, play them your reaction to your bowls at 9:00 ...ooh, ooh, these are nice, I like this...Then they'll know you appreciate, behind the Go. Thanks for the vid. 30 kyu
Hey, I got one of those too!!! I ordered from the same people as you and got my set in the mail from ships weeks later. I got size 32's and a 7 piece Matsudam Kaya board. your header looks nice , just like my board. hahahaha. I got mine from the 100 year anniversary sale also, as a celebration of making 1 dan. Now I haven't played so I'm only 3-4k at the moment, but I'm recovering my strength.
No, only if you drop them! I use part of the bubble wrap from this set to pad the bottom of the bowl, as well as fill the extra space with more bubble wrap in case I travel. So the stones move around minimally . :)
Sure! I made a short video for you so you can hear the sounds. Sorry if the audio is too loud, I tried to make it as clear as possible, though filming in the other hand made it a little awkward. :) th-cam.com/video/21_uPGD2NDo/w-d-xo.html
If anybody is in San Francisco and wants to play Go in the Sunset district, please reply. I am low rank player between 17k and 19k somewhere. Looking for someone who may be similar, or who wants to teach.
The grid outlines on the board are 15.75in x 16.81in. Sorry I don't have a metric tape measure for more simple measurements. Hopefully this is what you were requesting. :)
Chris Walljasper 😂😂😂 I just want to ask the small square of the grid, so that I know whether my current piece would fit this board or not. My chess piece is 25mm, I think ur chess piece diameter is 22mm. I worry the board would not fit for my old chess piece.
Only the Japanese would wrap as carefully, and make so exquisitely, any product. Thank you for this video. 🇯🇵
It hurt my heart watching him ripping off the paper without any acknowledge of the care it was put on wrapping it
the set looks great! I want to play on it just so I can say I have. also that 9x9 board seems a lot more manageable to a complete novice like myself. great video.
So awesome and beautiful. Thanks for making this, it's good to see an unboxing of this nice set. Would be nice if you could play a pro game on the board for the aesthetic and sound of it. Kind of like Go ASMR but without all the whispering :) I for one would love such a video with a set like this!
Thanks! I'm not sure about recording the pro games for sounds though. That's probably best done in a studio and not my one-bedroom apartment, haha.
For those of you who are curious. their Go boards for table alone at 2-3" thickness are over $200 at least normally. Stones of that size will run you over $300 sometimes and the set he got had to be at least $400. What did you pay man>? It had to be crazy expensive like mine. Did you get Sakura or Snow grade stones?
That's awesome! I'm glad you loved your set too! Total I paid about $360 for this set with shipping, it was a great deal! These stones are the size 31 blue label, so a mix and not premium stones. I later ordered some size 32 snow grade blue label, which I LOVE! A bit more expensive though.
Chris -- what is your rank right now? I'm a recovering 1 Dan. I didn't play for 2 years plus and have recovered to about 4k right now. I've totally lost my timing and the little reading skills I used to have. The many Faces of Go program I used to have trained me up to 1 dan in under a year. I did so much Go homework I ranked up to Shodan in about 7 months. I would go on KGS and crush 3k's by 20, then get challenged by 1 Dans and win about half the time.
What kind of player are you? Right now I'm a moyo player who likes to get huge frameworks going. I used to be a dicey person. My games always wound up with tons of groups running around for both sides regardless of how we opened. Most players can't deal with that kind of game, thus I got the 1 dan ranking by being very hard to deal with.
You made great deal I must say. If I'd order this set to Poland it'd pay about $465.
yuki stones? What did you pay >2000 dollars?
Fantastic acquisition! Congratulations!!!!!
This set with shipping (and without the bonus board) is now about $550.
My Japanese mother in law has a Go board that is about 200 years old . She wanted to play with me and asked me to bring the board to the living room so i went to fetch it on the floor of the Tokonoma and made the stupid move to pick it up . I spent the next hour on the ground screaming in agony , then was brought to the hospital and given mega strong antibiotics and couldn't move for days and couldn't walk for nearly a week . Her board is about 30 kilos and i completely fucked up my back trying to pick it up, thinking it was made of some light wood . To this day i can't see a Go board without feeling a little pain in my back .
I like yours it might not be an antique but at least you won't associate it with painful memories.
Here is a video of the type she owns for 6 generations , (and yes i know this one is a Shogi board but it looks the same and is made the same way) except hers is way bigger and half made of cast iron for the feet and the bottom part.
th-cam.com/video/II45ro33sQ8/w-d-xo.html
Beautiful but extremely heavy .
Morgan Olfursson Oh wow! I’m sorry you had to go through that! If it was 200 years and of good quality it could have been kaya, which is very dense wood. Especially for a thick table board! This is a very light spruce wood they call “new kaya” because it had a similar grain, but much more plentiful. Also much lighter. :)
Thanks for the message Chris and for the info,, i had never heard of the term Kaya before . i'll have to look it up . Yes her board is made of extremely dense wood , and even without the iron feet i wouldn't be surprised if it doesn't even float .
Your is also very beautiful and i am sure that with time it will get a very nice luster and a lot of character especially if you often use it . The stones are absolutely beautiful.
This must have cost you a pretty penny .
I heard the best ones are made in Mie prefecture , and apparently this is where your stones come from .
I am very bad at Go and still learning , but if you ever need help with Japanese or some translation i would be more than happy to oblige . 20 years in Japan, i may not have mastered Go but at least i am not too bad with the speaking and reading . My writing is a bit rusty though , especially since i am Icelandic and left Japan 7 years ago .
Awesome Baduk board~~
Thanks! It's still doing great, even though I take it everywhere. :)
Yay...! "Baduk" is the name of game. Thanks.
Cee Jay It is one name, yes! Baduk is the Korean and most unique name, so it gets adopted a lot. Originally it is a Chinese game, so it is also called weiqi.
@@Kelieon Can confirm. I live in SEA, never heard it called "go" or anything else but Weiqi until recently.
@@gomahklawm4446 Wow, really? Have you been to the Seattle Go Center? Honestly I wish people would just call it weiqi or baduk, it’d be a lot easier. Unfortunately I don’t think that’s going to happen in the States…
Might be a little late but do the lacquered lines make the stones rest weirdly on the board?
Good question! The lacquer is slightly raised off the board and can cause stones to tilt slightly, but in games I haven’t really noticed it and it hasn’t been a problem.
Japanese GO sets are the best.
I just bought the stones online from a sort of shop that sells used japanese stuff.
How do I know what materials were used for the stones and the bowls?
They're pretty old, the bowls are no longer shiny, but they're still pretty whole, no cracks or anything like that, but some of the stones are chipped.
The inside of the bowls have powder on the surface, from I guess the stones being in there for a long while.
The white stones have lines too, but they don't seem to be tha same as those that you have.
Sounds exciting! Congrats on your find. :)
I’d say your best bet is to take the most detailed photos you can and post them on Reddit r/baduk, there is also a large facebook group you can share to. If you’re looking to repair your equipment you can find some good info here: store.baduk.club/pages/care
Nice video hopefully I'll be buying the 36 blue label snow grade wish could afford the legit snow grade.
Chris Minyard Thanks! The blue label grade is totally worth it, IMO! I bought a nicer set after this, blue label snow grade 32mm, very nice! You save a lot of money for a small amount of quality. Though the quality still exists. :) In the video is not snow grade, though I like it more I think.
@@Kelieon why do like regular blue label more than snow grade?
Chris Minyard I like the depth and thickness of the transparent parts of the shell of a blossom grade. It’s very beautiful and striking. The snow grade stones are just more rare and consistent, which makes them more expensive. Some people find snow grade to be less distracting from the game as well, while still very beautiful.
Ah okay, yea I really like seeing striations in the shell but I can see it being distracting at first. As for thickness I love handling size 36 I'm bit spoiled because it not going be cheap it be over $1k for what I want lol. Thanks!
Chris Minyard Haha, very trie! Size 32 was hitting my wallet pretty hard, but still they have a wonderful heft and feel. I haven’t had the pleasure of using size 36 stones though, so expensive! Maybe some day after I buy a house and have a floor goban with legs. :P
I can't believe you refer to a Samurai sword as a ...little lacquered Japanese sword... (6:56) If anyone from Kurokigoishiten sees this vid they'll come and take your beautiful board away from you.If they try, play them your reaction to your bowls at 9:00 ...ooh, ooh, these are nice, I like this...Then they'll know you appreciate, behind the Go.
Thanks for the vid.
30 kyu
twenty2er Actually they have seen the vid and shared it on their Facebook because they loved it! Thanks for the comment, friend. :)
Hey, I got one of those too!!! I ordered from the same people as you and got my set in the mail from ships weeks later. I got size 32's and a 7 piece Matsudam Kaya board. your header looks nice , just like my board. hahahaha. I got mine from the 100 year anniversary sale also, as a celebration of making 1 dan. Now I haven't played so I'm only 3-4k at the moment, but I'm recovering my strength.
Great video, made my mind up. Thank you
Thanks! I'm glad this video helped your decision. They really are the best new Go boards you can find, you won't be disappointed! :)
i was wondering after using them for some time, do they get chips?
No, only if you drop them! I use part of the bubble wrap from this set to pad the bottom of the bowl, as well as fill the extra space with more bubble wrap in case I travel. So the stones move around minimally . :)
Could you let us hear what the board sounds like with the stands?
Sure! I made a short video for you so you can hear the sounds. Sorry if the audio is too loud, I tried to make it as clear as possible, though filming in the other hand made it a little awkward. :)
th-cam.com/video/21_uPGD2NDo/w-d-xo.html
If anybody is in San Francisco and wants to play Go in the Sunset district, please reply. I am low rank player between 17k and 19k somewhere. Looking for someone who may be similar, or who wants to teach.
Hey! I did a little research for you. Check out the San Francisco Go Club! It seems to be within 4 miles of the Sunset district.
baduk.club/club/sfgo
Also, the Samsara Company Go Club and North Oakland Go Club. You can find their info on the site above.
are the lines of the board lacquered? can you feel them when u slide your fingers across them?
Helvegen Yes they are! They are lacquered with a sword. Here is the video of how they make them. 😊 m.th-cam.com/video/Ex-4gaaMcQM/w-d-xo.html
beautiful :)
Þe Japanese are really unique people,you can see this from the way they make everything
Can i know the height and width of the square box for the chess board?
Wang Zhe The box for the board itself is 18in x 17.5in x 1.25in.
Chris Walljasper i mean the square checkbox on the board. Not the board itself
The grid outlines on the board are 15.75in x 16.81in. Sorry I don't have a metric tape measure for more simple measurements. Hopefully this is what you were requesting. :)
Chris Walljasper 😂😂😂 I just want to ask the small square of the grid, so that I know whether my current piece would fit this board or not. My chess piece is 25mm, I think ur chess piece diameter is 22mm. I worry the board would not fit for my old chess piece.
Wang Zhe Oh, sorry you meant the diameter of your stones is 25mm! Then yes, they are too large. The individual squares on the board are 23.8mm.
😂