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3-Apr-2004	#11
Dale Cochoy Old Bonsaiman-new pots Join Date: Dec-2002 Location: Hartville, Ohio Country: USA USDA Zone: 5 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 2,664	Matt and all, I was just leafing through this post and noted you had bought a Sakufu-ten and Kokufu-ten book on ebay. For those that have never seen these books they are picture books of the trees entered in these exhibitions . Kokufu is + or - 280 trees. Fabulous pictures, large, professionally done. Some may have noted that California bonsaiman Jim Barrett from Arcadia, Ca. advertises Kokufu books for sale in magazines. I just saw an ad in International Bonsai for 2003 editions at $119.50 ( Much cheaper than going to Tokyo to order one!!! ). BTW, you CAN'T buy the present year exhibition album at the exhibition. They ship them to you a few months later and the shipping brings them to about that price as I recall. These can be studied for hours and the investment is much more worthwhile than ten of the $17 books you see at Borders! The Daimaru Department store (in Tokyo) annual competition ( Sakufu-ten) is a fantastic album to obtain if you can find them. When I visited Mr. Kobayashi's home in 2001 he had just won first place with a Black Pine and was selling these albums for about $20 as I recall. Here's a good link to all the prestigeous shows yearly in Japan http://www.geocities.com/bonsai-in-...nsaievents.html Regards and FYI, Dale Cochoy __________________ ________________________________ If you want to be Different.... You have to DO something Different! __________________________________________ Some people NEVER take the time to do a job right the first time.... but, they always seem to make the time to do it over again... ____________________________________________ Dale Cochoy Wild Things Bonsai Studio Yakimono no Kokoro Bonsai Pottery Hartville, Ohio Last edited by Dale Cochoy : 3-Apr-2004 at 12:23 PM.

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3-Apr-2004

#12

RonMartin(deceased)

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Join Date: Jan-2003

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Originally posted by storm72
well ill tell ya what guys and gals, being from lower southeast kansas. ebay and online stores are it. there is nothing for at least 175 to 200 miles from here. the closest bonsai club is tulsa oklahoma. ive looked at many supplies on the net, i.e. your average store, i can get my smaller pots of of ebay for 1/3rd the cost, wire is cheaper, plus the lil things you just cant find. it would be nice to have something closer. ive done a huge amount of research and cant find anyone in the area who does bonsai. lol even the local nurseries laugh at me. so far ebay and bonsaiboy of new york have done me very nice. if you guys have more stores, please feel free to share.

See "Bonsai wastelands" in the general forum ;o)

5-Apr-2004	#13
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5-Apr-2004	#14
Dale Cochoy Old Bonsaiman-new pots Join Date: Dec-2002 Location: Hartville, Ohio Country: USA USDA Zone: 5 AHS Heat Zone: ? Posts: 2,664	Looks like another "hype-master" product. but, on second thought... You COULD wear these while potting up your walking pots from "pop-bonsai" Dale __________________ ________________________________ If you want to be Different.... You have to DO something Different! __________________________________________ Some people NEVER take the time to do a job right the first time.... but, they always seem to make the time to do it over again... ____________________________________________ Dale Cochoy Wild Things Bonsai Studio Yakimono no Kokoro Bonsai Pottery Hartville, Ohio

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