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WOOD GRAIN STONE go stones - Go game, Baduk, Weiqi, Igo, Slate and Shell | eBay

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Anyone ever made DIY Go stones?

From my research of the precursor of Go, I made note that historically from written records the pieces were made of wood, ivory, bones, clay pottery and polished stones. And they were for upper-class rich nobles, so the time-consuming process was not a problem. The use of wood or other lighter materials as pieces would also explain why ancient Go boards were much larger than modern gobans (up to 80 even 90 centimeters) since the pieces would also need to be larger to have enough weight. From un…