What to do with a lidless kyusu?

[ryan]

It is a sad day... this morning the lid to my kyusu fell and shattered. What have others done with a lidless kyusu? Use it as an excuse to buy a new one?

[Chip]

water cooler, fair cup ... mostly it will sit around as a painful reminder.

[auhckw]

You can convert it into a Serving Pitcher

or

[tortoise]

I use an old teapot without a lid as a planter. Very nice in the windowsill. That's if you can't fix it, of course.

[ryan]

I like the planter idea (already have a water cooler)... first I am going to try some crazy glue. =)

[auhckw]

I like the planter idea (already have a water cooler)... first I am going to try some crazy glue. =)

Don't take me responsible for the glue though it says 'For all your needs... Safe, Non-Toxic', I don't think they refer to your kyusu

[sebpassion]

i dropped a lid of one of my kyusus a few months ago too, and after i fixed it with the strongest glue i found in the building center, it again broke into pieces after a short time. probably because of the heat and the moisture..

but my local tea-vendor called the shop they got it from and fortunately they dropped a kyusu without the lid some time ago

[JBaymore]

For some reason the title of this thread started a little musical ditty running through my head.........

"What to do with a lidless kyusu?

What to do with a lidless kyusu?

What to do with a lidless kyusu?

Early in the morning."



best,

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

[Robert Fornell]

How about a lacquered lid? They can be purchased ready made down to 9cm or so.......

Best,
R

[OchameTaiken]

Sounds like it just became a yuzamashi...

[Tead Off]

How about a lacquered lid? They can be purchased ready made down to 9cm or so.......

Best,
R

I don't think I would want to use a lacquered lid on my kyusu because of smell. Real lacquer almost always produces a smell in contact with heat. Yuzamashi, yes.

I just broke the lid off a Petr Novak shiboridashi, a beautiful, thin porcelain vessel with beautiful crackling. The inside turned wonderfully veiny from use. It's now being used as a water cooler/fair cup and hopefully, Petr can find me an orphaned lid that might like a new home.

Love the planter idea. And, BTW, JB Weld is impervious to heat and non-toxic but will show on obvious cracks. Tingjunkie's thread on it is very good.

[IPT]

I use a lidless zisha teapot to water my plants.

[ryan]

FYI Tingjunkie's post can be found here (thanks for pointing me to it!) http://www.teachat.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=12667

[Chip]

JB to the kyusu rescue ... X 2



The repair with the JB was solid but at such a stressful location and its high visibility led me to reinforce/dress it up with hemp twine.

I have since used for at least 50 steeps each ... the JB works quite well.

[tortoise]

The twine really adds something, Chip. They look great.