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by cheaton » Nov 17th, '08, 14:15

ABx wrote:It's a puerh pick, for breaking up puerh cakes/bricks/touchas :) It tapers so you don't have to pry. The little dog(?) on the top is hard to take a good pic of, but it's jade.
Wouldn't that be a lion, or some facimile of a dragon?

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by geeber1 » Nov 17th, '08, 14:29

Pentox wrote:
geeber1 wrote:ABx .... Please forgive a noob question, but what is that spiky thing?
That's the ceremonial sacrificial dagger. You use it to stab the heart of your sacrifice to extract the blood to steep tea in.

ABx is into some crazy pu.
:lol: :lol: :lol: I'm not that new! :lol: :lol: :lol:

ABx wrote:It's a puerh pick, for breaking up puerh cakes/bricks/touchas :) It tapers so you don't have to pry. The little dog(?) on the top is hard to take a good pic of, but it's jade.
ABx, it's very cool, as is everything in your photo. Do you know what the writing says on the white gaiwan?

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by hop_goblin » Nov 17th, '08, 14:32

cheaton wrote:
ABx wrote:It's a puerh pick, for breaking up puerh cakes/bricks/touchas :) It tapers so you don't have to pry. The little dog(?) on the top is hard to take a good pic of, but it's jade.
Wouldn't that be a lion, or some facimile of a dragon?
Actually, they are called foo dogs

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by Victoria » Nov 17th, '08, 14:34

Very nice, congrats! Love the Gaiwans!

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by cheaton » Nov 17th, '08, 15:00

hop_goblin wrote:
cheaton wrote:
ABx wrote:It's a puerh pick, for breaking up puerh cakes/bricks/touchas :) It tapers so you don't have to pry. The little dog(?) on the top is hard to take a good pic of, but it's jade.
Wouldn't that be a lion, or some facimile of a dragon?
Actually, they are called foo dogs
Ahh excellent. Thanks for the clarification :)

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by Oni » Dec 11th, '08, 09:15

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It strains perfectly, I tried it with lightsteamed tea.

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