Nice/Fancy Chashaku

[AdamMY]

Alright so I'm thinking about getting a bit more serious with Matcha, and I think I want to get a really nice Chashaku.

I thought I've seen some sites listed before, but I can not seem to find them.

So any suggestions as to sites to look for them?

[Victoria]

I would love to find one of those fancy inlaid ones like Olivier has.
Niiiice.

It seems there are just average and off the charts - price wise.

[AdamMY]

Darn sorry to hear that, I figure Chashaku's probably last quite some time, but I probably didn't want to spend a great deal of money.

Thanks for the response.

[Victoria]

Yuuki-cha has some nice ones for the price. I think the dark ones
are a little more distinctive, since you see so much of the other.

Of course that leads to wanting a dark chasen. Of course.

[JBaymore]

I have a nice Tsugaru lacquer one that is similar to this one. The lacquer is on the back surface.

Tsugaru lacquer is a very unique finish...... very beautiful patterns. I've seen this poarticualr type made. A very laborious process.

This is about the going price for one of these... not too expensive.

http://www.rikyucha.com/item/list2/43211/

best,

..................john

[olivierco]

You should be able to find nice chataku on ebay.

I got this chataku for less than 30$




and this one for a little more 50-60$ (it came with a shifuku)



Considering the money that could be spent on chawans, it isn't that expensive.

[Victoria]

I love that last one Olivier, I hope someday I will find one like that. Unless Adam beats me to it.

[TIM]

What do you call a Rustic Chashaku, but not using bamboo as the material?

[Chip]

... I would call them very cool. Some would say just plain weird ...

[Victoria]

Interesting! Nice collection!

[Abracadaver!]

What's the story with these, TIM?

[tingjunkie]

What do you call a Rustic Chashaku, but not using bamboo as the material?

Shakuzulu?

[Victoria]

LOL!!

[britt]

Yuuki-cha has some nice ones for the price. I think the dark ones
are a little more distinctive, since you see so much of the other.

Of course that leads to wanting a dark chasen. Of course.

I recently purchased the dark bamboo chashaku and chasen from Yuuki-cha and they were of very high quality. Enough so that I wonder if similar products I had purchased from other vendors that were marketed as Takayama were actually low quality mainland Chinese rip-offs. I have also found the Takayama products from O-Cha to be of very high quality and to last a long time. O-Cha also carries the lower priced Chinese versions, but they are clearly labeled as such.

Although I haven't purchased from them, Horaido has a nice selection of chashaku, including replicas, ranging in price from about $5 to more than $100.