#J283524 - 17cm Floor Board - Katsura - Paulownia Lid - Cloth Cover - Free Airmail Shipping

This board came to Baduk Club from a private home in Hyogo, Japan. The edges and corners are in great shape for a used board.

The board is Katsura, with a warm, orange heartwood color throughout. Katsura is slow-growing so the rings are quite dense. But it is a soft wood, so the sound of played stones is more muted than on hard wood like bamboo or agathis.

This is a plain-sawn board, a center-cut that shows the rings of the tree. This cutting style is called Kiura (Itame) and is the highest-valued style when the tree is not large enough in diameter to be quarter-sawn. The result provides heartwood ripples on the playing surface in a unique pattern, like a fingerprint. It has a raised-lacquer Tachimori grid.

The legs are also Katsura. It comes with a paulownia lid and a yellow cloth cover. A fresh coat of our Monkey Butter would really make the board glow and deepen the red color. Please visit our Care Instructions for learning more about preserving our vintage products.

Shipping Details:
FedEx International Priority shipping from Japan (to nearly anywhere) is already included. This service reduces the actual transit time to only 5 business days, and also allows more room for padding in order to avoid shipping damage. Please allow a week for Customs preparations, then we will email you a tracking number that you can use to sign up for notifications.