A set from Kuroki is not something I think you would ever regret buying even if you stop playing go a fe years from now. But that's only 15 nice lunches in New York City or 50 lattes at Starbies. Yes, I realize $400 seems like a lot of money.
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Buying with confidence requires patience and tediously learning to ignore the junk.įor a while I was thinking shell stones and a folding board from kurokigoishi, but with shipping, it would come out to about $400, which is a little more than I want to spend. The global selection of used equipment changes from day to day. Our own Erythren is a dealer in new and used go equipment and his eBay store always has an ever-changing selection of interesting stuff for sale.
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When folks drop into this forum looking for gear, I always recommend shopping carefully for used equipment on eBay, craigslist, etsy, and any other online marketplaces they might trust.Īll of my recent go-related purchases (new superb camphor bowls, forty-year-old 5cm kaya board, twenty-year-old snow shells, weirdly mistaken "salad bowls with lids", and a few more items) have been, even with shipping, reasonably inexpensive and fun additions to the equipment collection.Įbay at this moment has several interesting table boards for $100-300, various sets of stones and bowls, and complete sets. Over the last few years, go equipment supplies in the States have dried up as shops and online dealers went out of business, the few remaining items became very expensive, and selection reduced to a frustratingly narrow range.