Wood craftsman "Kai-shi (懐志)" made "Tamo [Ash tree] " Go bowls

Long-established business founded in Kansei Era (around 1790)
"Kai-shi (懐志)", a long-established woodworking company, was founded in the Kansei era (around 1790).
When the company was first established, it made trays, wooden plates, and other tableware, but later, when it was commissioned to make Go bowls, it became a woodworking company specializing in Go bowls.
The word "Kai-shi (懐志)" expresses our desire to "never forget the techniques handed down from generation to generation and our sincere efforts to make Go bowls, and to carve our thoughts into our own bosom with high aspirations."
Currently, the fourth generation of the family, who has devoted 65 years of his life to making Go bowls, is devoting himself to making Go bowls every day.

The essence of "Kai-shi (懐志)" 4th generation's Go bowls making is to maximize the beauty of the material, wood, and to create Go bowls that combine practicality and artistry.
Facing each material one by one and checking the feel of it in their fingertips and palms, they transform the wood into a Go bowls.
And the proof of this is the engraving of "Kai-shi (懐志)" on the bottom of the Go bowls.

All the tools for making Go bowls are handmade.
All necessary tools are customize.
*Please check the photo images.

Tamo [Ash tree]'s wood color is a soft yellowish white bright wood color.
The hardness changes depending on the degree of growth, and it is often used for sports equipment that requires hardness, such as furniture, baseball bats, and hockey sticks.

The big difference from Nara is that the material does not exist the wood grain pattern called "Torafu" that is found in Nara.

• Tamo [Ash tree] Go bowls
  
• Conformity Go stone for size：
  size 30 - 35
  size 36 - 42
  *Please select size
  
• Please bear the actual cost for shipping charges outside Japan.

You may find small knots, burrs, rolled-in bark as all these products are made of natural wood materials.
There may be some small flaw or scratch, dent, chipping.