Like I said - finding playable antique sets in good condition, is damn near impossible. And the ones which are possible, ask for at least $1,000...
Yes that seems to be a common theme. People WANT to learn or play, but they have nobody to play WITH. That's the problem that I and my two friends...
You need to find the right groups of people in which to bring it up. I went to a meeting of the local Peranakan Chinese society that we have...
This is a bit of a repost, but I couldn't resist it. Exactly 4 years ago to the day, I uploaded this to the forum. I decided to upload it again...
And yes, definitely ivory. Paper-folders have to be chunkier to withstand the force of pressing and creasing the paper. If you used a...
Not a page-turner. Too thick and chunky. Paper-knife/letter-opener. I guess you could use the fat end of it for paper-folding, although in my...
They are really cute. The upper mark is "Jungin", or "Pure Silver" in Japanese, so that's the hallmark. The mark underneath is presumably the...
Despite the popularity of silver chopsticks, I was really surprised that silver chopstick rests are almost nonexistent! This was the only set I...
These were an eBay purchase, which arrived this week. They're absolutely adorable, and they'll go great with my collection of silver chopsticks....
Alternatively, you could also soak the lace in a solution of water and bleach to really shift the grime...
The way I've seen lace been washed is by opening up a white sheet (like a small bedsheet or a pillowcase or something). Laying the lace onto it....
Ooh!! Excellent!!
And while I'm on it - there's NO truth to the fantasy that silver chopsticks detect poison. Silver chopsticks are silver chopsticks for the same...
Chained chopsticks were very very common. I have half a dozen pairs or more, of antique chopsticks in silver, and they're ALL chained. It was to...
Speaking as an Asian, I've never heard about us not shoving metal in our mouths. You're probably thinking of the Confucian dictate of not having...
Fixing the pen. I decided that the piston wasn't installed nearly as well as it should be, so now that I got it working, it was easier to...
It will be, now that I can sell it. I'm trying my best to improve it. That depends on what your price-range is. You'd be surprised what you...
Brave!? Definitely. I was absolutely petrified that I would destroy it in using two sets of pliers to crank the piston-mechanism apart. So many...
I won this at auction and picked it up today. I got it "cheap" ('cheap' is relative, when you're talking about Montblanc!), because the pen was...
I can't think of what it would be. That glass cup is clearly there for a specific purpose, or they wouldn't have bothered with it...
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