Recent content by nathanbs

More like the color of akadama

There is quality items on both sales and auction sites

The question was asked, why another site? It was answered with why we felt another site was necessary, that's all.

try the bonsai sales page then. Less moving parts. Give it some time to build some momentum

The monetary incentive was a goodwill gesture started by Bob Pressler. It was long awaited and long overdue. It's certainly not something we count on. But you are right it's not 100% selfless. The four moderators all have bonsai and bonsai wares they want to sell. This will help us and many...

I hate to say this but it worked out with Stacy because I got involved and smoothed out the wrinkles otherwise who knows. Mark was great at taking ideas and implementing them. His intentions were always golden. Unfortunately some of changes and attitude towards correcting those changes rubbed...

There will undoubtedly be some form of disatisfaction and/or drama, but the bottom line is we aim to please. We aim to be the best possible Facebook hosted bonsai auction site. There's 4 of us to help make that happen. The sad thing about the mention above about the scrolls is those differences...

awesome!! What was going on with the soil in the first pic?

For some reason aikoudo jp is ridiculously expensive for shipping. Way more than any other Japanese seller. I tried reasoning with them but there's no budging

now only if everything in life gave you so many chances to get it right. ;) want to sell the two koyos?

no dont get me wrong the are very sharp and hard. Worse than thorns as they can be inches long.

they are actually more like branch spurs. Umes have them as well

i think maybe you are taking it a little to serious. sure the foam is more rigid than most heartwood but I think it serves as a good demo

I actually like the similarity of the foam board to a tree branch. The inner heartwood is typically brittle not unlike the foam with the outer cambium being the only portion with elasticity or fiber not unlike the paper bonded on the outside of the foam.

I agree that splitting, cutting, or tearing at the crotch can be a viable solution for a particular need. With most things in life, rules, techniques, methods, etc arent often one sized fits all nor is there many ways to skin a cat. There is "always" the best tool for the job, the best technique...