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				by MarshalN » Nov 4th, '08, 17:54 
			
			
			
			
			I bought these recently.  It came in a lot of 9 identical ones.  I only want to keep five, so I have four extra.  $5 a piece.  If you want all four, I'll pay for shipping 

.  If you want to propose a trade of some sort -- shoot me a message and we'll see if we can work something out.
They are all made of some sort of wood.  I don't know exactly how old they are, but they are not new.  There are words on the back of the chataku -- it says "Izumi Taisha", a shinto shrine in Western Japan that is probably one of the most famous and important.  
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Izumo_Taisha
My guess is this is souvenir bought from a visit to the shrine.  The chataku are 3.75" in diameter.
 
			
									
						
			
			
																	 
		 
		 
	 
	
				
		
		
			
				
								
								Nov 4th, '08, 18:40
									
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				by Salsero » Nov 4th, '08, 18:40 
			
			
			
			
			I would like to purchase one, but if someone wants all four I will step aside in their favor.
			
									
						
			
			
																	 
		 
		 
	 
	
				
		
		
			
				
								
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				by olivierco » Nov 5th, '08, 02:03 
			
			
			
			
			Salsero wrote:I would like to purchase one, but if someone wants all four I will step aside in their favor.
+1
 
			
									
						
			
			
																	 
		 
		 
	 
	
				
		
		
			
				
								
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				by Drax » Nov 5th, '08, 05:56 
			
			
			
			
			Salsero wrote:I would like to purchase one, but if someone wants all four I will step aside in their favor.
+1 also!
I realize it's early in the morning, but I don't see any characters on the back...?
Edit: Oh wait nevermind, I think I see the 社 in the bottom left of the middle part.
 
			
									
						
			
			
																	 
		 
		 
	 
	
				
		
		
			
				
								
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				by olivierco » Nov 5th, '08, 07:58 
			
			
			
			
			If nobody else is interested, which I doubt, I would be happy to buy two.
			
									
						
			
			
																	 
		 
		 
	 
	
				
		
		
			
				
								
								Nov 5th, '08, 11:41
									
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				by MarshalN » Nov 5th, '08, 11:41 
			
			
			
			
			Ok, so far one each, with olivierco for maybe two...
Let's wait an extra day and see whether or not anybody else wants to pick the other one up?
			
									
						
			
			
																	 
		 
		 
	 
	
				
		
		
			
				
																			
								
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				by Proinsias » Nov 5th, '08, 16:44 
			
			
			
			
			I'll take it if shipping to Scotland isn't too bad and you don't mind shipping it.
			
									
						
			
			
																	 
		 
		 
	 
	
				
		
		
			
				
								
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				by MarshalN » Nov 5th, '08, 22:26 
			
			
			
			
			Ok, a chataku for every pot... all four are gone.
I think shipping to Scotland is probably somewhere in the $7 range...
			
									
						
			
			
																	 
		 
		 
	 
	
				
		
		
			
				
																			
								
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				by Proinsias » Nov 5th, '08, 22:29 
			
			
			
			
			go for it
			
									
						
			
			
																	 
		 
		 
	 
	
				
		
		
			
				
								
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				by Drax » Nov 10th, '08, 19:22 
			
			
			
			
			来たよ!
The chataku came today. Thank you very much, MarshalN, it's very awesome!