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Hi, this is a longer post, so let me divide it into manageable pieces:
The passaround:
We (Matus and I) would like to start a passaround with either only the Gesshin 4000 stone or a set of Gesshin 400, 2000, 4000 and 6000. We would like to keep this one Europe-only only as Jon is working on a large Gesshin stone passaround in the U.S. currently and shipping overseas wouldnt make much sense anyway in this case. No limitation regarding the number of participants, the more, the better.
Rules:
Only members with at least 50 posts on KKF. Lets keep it up to 2 weeks per person (you need to include at least 4 days for drying), insured shipping up to 100 in case only the 4000 stone will be decided on, or up to 300 in case of all four stones will be the choice. Please keep in mind that all 4 stones nicely packed will weight close to 5kg, while the single stone will be just under 2kg packed. Please share your experience and opinions here once you have had the chance to use the stones.
How did this all began:
To describe briefly the story which let us to this idea: Matus made a big order from Jon several months ago, for him and two friends including myself to save something on shipping as we both live relatively close to Matus. I ordered, among few other things, the 4000 stone and left it Matus for several weeks for some testing (not surprisingly, his impressions were highly positive). Unfortunately, he sent the stone to me being accidentally not completely dry yet (although he let it dry for 4 days which is enough normally) and it arrived quite wet, the paper box basically falling apart. And I also noticed that there is a long thin crack along the side of the top surface nothing really bad, but anyway, quite significant. First, we had the idea to mount the stone on a base, but decided to ask Jon for his opinion first. Jon answered something like Hmmm, thats not good - thats not supposed to happen to this stone! and offered to send a new stone immediately as a replacement, although he knew the story with the imperfect drying but believed it would likely be an issue with the stone rather than with the way Matus shipped it And he even offered that we can keep the first stone!
So I ended up with two 4k stones and a strong feeling that we should reciprocate Jon for his generosity somehow and came up with the idea that we could organize a passaround with the extra stone that we have All the more that Jon expressed within a previous communication with me and Matus the opinion that the 4000 is an underrated stone that gets less attention (probably due to somewhat higher price) than it would deserve and that he would be happy if more people had the chance to test it to see how awesome is it Solely his words I really love it already say a lot So I believe this is a great opportunity to let his wishes come true and also the reason why I would be really happy if the people involved could write something like a short review
Matus kindly promised to mount the stone to a solid, plastic base to prevent eventual problems with the crack, but later on, he even offered to include his 400, 2000 and 6000 Gesshin stones into the passaround as well!
So the $1M question is:
Would you be in for just the 4000 stone passaround or for 400, 2000, 4000 and 6000 stones?
The pros and cons are obvious: more stones = more fun and even more eventual feedback for Jon, but it also means higher shipping costs Matus found out that the shipping from Germany for an insured 5kg (it wont probably weigh less) package within EU would be about 16 Euro, but, please, consider that its really just an example and the actual shipping costs from your country might be different and possibly higher! So check this out and and see whether the shipping cost is acceptable for you.
We really hope that there will be many of you interested, lets wait for the results if there will be a clear decision (lets say 10 people would like to try the complete set and only 1 or 2 the 4k stone only, or vice versa) we will make only one passaround, but if there will be 2 significant groups of people (lets say 5 and 5), we could even make two separate passarounds, the first one with the complete set and later on, if everything would be fine and the 4k stone would survive, the next one with this stone only! I assume that the passaround could start in about one month!
Once we collect your interest there will be a new thread (shorter, we promise) with the final rules, to collect the names for the (first) passaround.
Thanks,
Jan
The passaround:
We (Matus and I) would like to start a passaround with either only the Gesshin 4000 stone or a set of Gesshin 400, 2000, 4000 and 6000. We would like to keep this one Europe-only only as Jon is working on a large Gesshin stone passaround in the U.S. currently and shipping overseas wouldnt make much sense anyway in this case. No limitation regarding the number of participants, the more, the better.
Rules:
Only members with at least 50 posts on KKF. Lets keep it up to 2 weeks per person (you need to include at least 4 days for drying), insured shipping up to 100 in case only the 4000 stone will be decided on, or up to 300 in case of all four stones will be the choice. Please keep in mind that all 4 stones nicely packed will weight close to 5kg, while the single stone will be just under 2kg packed. Please share your experience and opinions here once you have had the chance to use the stones.
How did this all began:
To describe briefly the story which let us to this idea: Matus made a big order from Jon several months ago, for him and two friends including myself to save something on shipping as we both live relatively close to Matus. I ordered, among few other things, the 4000 stone and left it Matus for several weeks for some testing (not surprisingly, his impressions were highly positive). Unfortunately, he sent the stone to me being accidentally not completely dry yet (although he let it dry for 4 days which is enough normally) and it arrived quite wet, the paper box basically falling apart. And I also noticed that there is a long thin crack along the side of the top surface nothing really bad, but anyway, quite significant. First, we had the idea to mount the stone on a base, but decided to ask Jon for his opinion first. Jon answered something like Hmmm, thats not good - thats not supposed to happen to this stone! and offered to send a new stone immediately as a replacement, although he knew the story with the imperfect drying but believed it would likely be an issue with the stone rather than with the way Matus shipped it And he even offered that we can keep the first stone!
So I ended up with two 4k stones and a strong feeling that we should reciprocate Jon for his generosity somehow and came up with the idea that we could organize a passaround with the extra stone that we have All the more that Jon expressed within a previous communication with me and Matus the opinion that the 4000 is an underrated stone that gets less attention (probably due to somewhat higher price) than it would deserve and that he would be happy if more people had the chance to test it to see how awesome is it Solely his words I really love it already say a lot So I believe this is a great opportunity to let his wishes come true and also the reason why I would be really happy if the people involved could write something like a short review
Matus kindly promised to mount the stone to a solid, plastic base to prevent eventual problems with the crack, but later on, he even offered to include his 400, 2000 and 6000 Gesshin stones into the passaround as well!
So the $1M question is:
Would you be in for just the 4000 stone passaround or for 400, 2000, 4000 and 6000 stones?
The pros and cons are obvious: more stones = more fun and even more eventual feedback for Jon, but it also means higher shipping costs Matus found out that the shipping from Germany for an insured 5kg (it wont probably weigh less) package within EU would be about 16 Euro, but, please, consider that its really just an example and the actual shipping costs from your country might be different and possibly higher! So check this out and and see whether the shipping cost is acceptable for you.
We really hope that there will be many of you interested, lets wait for the results if there will be a clear decision (lets say 10 people would like to try the complete set and only 1 or 2 the 4k stone only, or vice versa) we will make only one passaround, but if there will be 2 significant groups of people (lets say 5 and 5), we could even make two separate passarounds, the first one with the complete set and later on, if everything would be fine and the 4k stone would survive, the next one with this stone only! I assume that the passaround could start in about one month!
Once we collect your interest there will be a new thread (shorter, we promise) with the final rules, to collect the names for the (first) passaround.
Thanks,
Jan