Re: Official/Different Yixing Show Off Topic!
Posted: Jan 8th, '13, 17:50
Not the greatest photo, but this is what "natural" hei ni looks like. These belong to a friend...
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nice group, tell more plstingjunkie wrote:Not the greatest photo, but this is what "natural" hei ni looks like. These belong to a friend...
You have to look through the sold out ones on Sample tea and you will see the already sold 70 ml Hei Ni Shui Ping. That pot could be an exact replica and still don't understand where they came from if they didn't come from sample tea. I have the 70 ml pot I am mentioning and it is not brown its more dark Greyish black and I still don't see brown in the economists photos so I'm not sure what you mean. Please inform us where these came from economist because they look exactly the same as the 70 ml that was sold out on sample tea.wyardley wrote:The ones that the_economist posted are more brown than black.ImmortaliTEA wrote:Also, I think Hei Xing Tu usually just looks like a darker Zi Ni but not this dark like Hei Ni.
I find it strangely odd that each pot in this photo looks like a different kind of clay. They by no means look like they belong together. Which one do you think is the best example of Hei Ni because even the textures look massively different from this pic and I don't think it's the lighting or camera quality changing the texture.tingjunkie wrote:Not the greatest photo, but this is what "natural" hei ni looks like. These belong to a friend...
I did sell the same pot with different carvings in teaswap. Maybe a new owner can post same pics.bagua7 wrote:Why didn't you buy the set? Too pricey perhaps?
I like this one:
No, not mine but I wish. I wonder who is the owner of that pot, maybe someone posting in here who is keeping it under lock and key and not telling anyone either.
Anyway, very hard to find quality real hei ni, and not worth losing sleep over it...but always keep your eyes open.
Different pots, from different makers and different studios/factories. They were likely fired at slightly different temps, and I'm sure some have been used more than others, with different types of tea. You were expecting them to be identical?ImmortaliTEA wrote: I find it strangely odd that each pot in this photo looks like a different kind of clay. They by no means look like they belong together. Which one do you think is the best example of Hei Ni because even the textures look massively different from this pic and I don't think it's the lighting or camera quality changing the texture.
I missed it! Too bad. Lucky the one who owns that gorgeous pot now.apolon wrote:I did sell the same pot with different carvings in teaswap.
No I just figured why would someone sell a bunch of different type Hei Ni pots ONLY as a set? I realize they are his pots and he can do as he pleases with them but it just seems like if you have pots with this different of firing, factory, or clay base color why wouldn't you allow someone to buy just one as a single. It just seems like selling something ONLY as a set would make more sense if it was actually a SET and all identical in terms of clay. Either way the clay looks good to me I would be very curious about a Hei Ni vs. Hei Ni throwdown to see how the different firing would affect the brewing. I suppose those you posted are on the higher end of the firing spectrum and that would most likely kill the eraser qualities making them in a league of their own. Nice pots and I'm sure they go for a pretty penny!tingjunkie wrote:Different pots, from different makers and different studios/factories. They were likely fired at slightly different temps, and I'm sure some have been used more than others, with different types of tea. You were expecting them to be identical?ImmortaliTEA wrote: I find it strangely odd that each pot in this photo looks like a different kind of clay. They by no means look like they belong together. Which one do you think is the best example of Hei Ni because even the textures look massively different from this pic and I don't think it's the lighting or camera quality changing the texture.
Makes sense! Will you always have the opportunity to pick those up?tingjunkie wrote:Keeping it as a set simply because it's hard as hell to assemble 4 vintage real heini shui ping in a range of sizes.
Always is a long time. I'd only want one for myself, and it wouldn't be so cool to get the friend price on the set, only to turn around and break up the set by reselling them. If my friend decides to break up the set, he knows I'm interested.ImmortaliTEA wrote:Makes sense! Will you always have the opportunity to pick those up?tingjunkie wrote:Keeping it as a set simply because it's hard as hell to assemble 4 vintage real heini shui ping in a range of sizes.