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Re: Old zini yixing from wisdom china

by cnltc345 » Jan 13th, '15, 13:09

bagua7 wrote:
cnltc345 wrote:Hello,
I was looking at this yixing teapot
What do you guys think? Is it a good one? Any recommendations? Thank-you.
Yes, it is a good pot but 4 years ago you'd pay $100 for it. I still remember the good old days when Shouzhen Zisha used to sell all their pots for that price (really $99, lol). Today no more.
No more as of they went out of business? What happened to them?

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Re: Old zini yixing from wisdom china

by Evan Draper » Jan 13th, '15, 14:22

tingjunkie wrote:I'm sorry to say I forget. Been a while, and my old order invoice is not available on the Rio Grande website anymore. I think it was 16 guage, but I'd probably step it down to 18 as the 16 was just a tad too thick (if I remember correctly).
tingjunkie two years ago wrote:I use this wire (http://www.riogrande.com/Product/999-Fi ... oft/105316) though I think you could get away with 18 gauge too.

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Re: Old zini yixing from wisdom china

by tingjunkie » Jan 13th, '15, 18:04

Damn. Nice work Sherlock! :wink:

(I'm also glad my memory isn't completely shot.)

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Re: Old zini yixing from wisdom china

by futurebird » Jan 13th, '15, 19:06

Thanks Evan!

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Re: Old zini yixing from wisdom china

by bagua7 » Jan 13th, '15, 20:36

cnltc345 wrote:No more as of they went out of business? What happened to them?
They rebranded to the Western market as SpringTeaware. Their old site flagged by my AV and one of my FF extensions wouldn't let me access their site, lol. Anyway, good to see they fixed their online dramas and back to business.

Their pots are good quality modern Yixing, sure they have better clays but you can't buy pots made with them online; it takes time for the Chinese to open up especially to strangers and foreigners, it's a Confucian thing. :)

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