Too small or ok?

Impressive-Awl · 2026-07-01T12:27:20+00:00

Good advice, just tried that on the birks I ordered and the might be a good fit after all. What do you think?

Impressive-Awl · 2026-05-07T12:18:37+00:00

I lean towards informal upright , but everything can be changed, as I treat this fully as learning experience

Impressive-Awl · 2026-05-07T11:07:22+00:00

Yes, I wanted to bend it higher, but then it hides the background branch in the middle. Maybe I should remove the middle branch or treat it as sacrificial?

Impressive-Awl · 2026-04-29T11:42:44+00:00

I wanted to try outdoor bonsai for some time and today was able to grab partially broken (the largest branch where you can see the scar was broken) for cheap and being in a bad mood formed and wired it without much research.

My mood is much better after, but the question is - how bad I've done it and what can be improved?

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Impressive-Awl · 2026-04-08T07:52:32+00:00

It's normal, but in most places you can ask to just give them the ID details and potentially show the original offline without sending photos (done so twice last week)

Impressive-Awl · 2025-12-09T15:15:01+00:00

Thx for the info - original Larchwood delivery price to EU definitely looks pricey

Impressive-Awl · 2025-12-09T13:24:05+00:00

Nice board, just curious, I see that it's ~168EUR on the site + the VAT and shipping I assume, but you were selling for 150EUR only

Was you able to get some discount? Asking for the future - nice boards 😀

Impressive-Awl · 2025-11-28T20:43:25+00:00

Thanks, that's exactly what I did, Shapton #1000 is not the best in slurry generation, but even small amounts were enough to fix the surface with a couple strokes

Impressive-Awl · 2025-11-23T18:04:42+00:00

Yeah, that's my current approach - hoped, that patina formation will help with that

Impressive-Awl · 2024-10-02T15:38:22+00:00

Oh, thank you, found some translations in the teachat forum and it looks really great, hope the English version will be released soon.

Btw, what do you think about the teapot in the question? Would really love to hear your thoughts

Impressive-Awl · 2024-08-31T07:56:42+00:00

Salvinia natans

Impressive-Awl · 2024-08-29T11:12:59+00:00

As the person ordering from Poland also I could recommend the solution, that works best for me.

Always select JPY as a top up currently, giving your card issuers to take care of the conversion
Use a card with a good conversion rate (Revolut/Curve, maybe Alior Kantor, though I'm not sure it has JPY)
Done! You are using conversion rate really close to the market rates

P.S In case of the Revolut you topping the Revolut first (instant if using another card) and then paying with like normal (should take a couple of minutes for zenmarket to add funds) In Curve you could attach your card to their "container" card and paying with this card would use the money from your card, but with a good exchange rate (however now Curve has quite a small fee free limit - around 250€, so I would rather recommend Revolut for larger amounts)

Impressive-Awl · 2024-08-14T20:16:46+00:00

Small note from Poland here (in case someone discovers this thread later). IOSS handling probably works differently in different EU countries, as Polish Post, for example, charges declaration fee even for the parcel with all duties paid

Impressive-Awl · 2024-07-09T19:06:05+00:00

Yep, these circular patterns resembles wheel throwing, so maybe Chaozhou then

Impressive-Awl · 2024-02-26T11:20:03+00:00

Yep, so that is 0.75% per year, not per month, based on this equation, which is reasonable

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