…garwoods. Not even sumatran nor kalimantan powders either. If you wish obtain some real quality agarwood powders, the easiest way is to crush the chips and slowly grind it using a ceramic burr type pepper or coffee mill yourself. Thanks to a kind friend whom had given me one of these ceramic pepper grinders, I could easily control the fineness, and it was not too tiring to grind a good amount of chips into powder if one is patient. The e…
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The Way of Collecting (1) – A World View
…ngs smeagol and the ring type of affection. Usually such pieces of works become desirable and with that it brings both collectibile and commercial value which can drive sustainability of the collecting market, sustainability in its monetary value over time, and could be linked to the long term interest in the object, and the long term survival of any related artists. There is a direct path (green line) on how politics and propaganda can immediatel…
KZ Incense Secrets
…ased on my impulse and inspiration in the days/months/years/light-years to come) : How to make a good OUD / Agarwood Stick Incense as a “Business or not???” – the real pit falls and pot holes My Views on Oud / Aromatic Wood Vendors <– isnt this going to be exciting?!.. ok maybe this isnt the best topic to talk about Fragrant Wood sourcing, ins and outs Kyara Sourcing, ins and outs What is Bad Incense or can incense go bad? Chinese Incense Manuals,…
Blending Incense – A Chicken and Egg question
…y, the original formula was thought to be dated to a tang dynasty monk. It comes with a complex set of sequential steps and instructions, requiring over a week of work before the incense dough is ready for extrusion. Three of the ingredients of Samadhi pre-compounded together with some water added, mixed and pounded and dried in the shade. The clumps will eventually have to be ground again into a fine powder, and mixed with other ingredients/compo…
Cultivated Agarwood
…on one surface. Without further ado, a small chip was put on the mon-koh test. Starting with a low temperature, the wood was really quiet, i could imagine it being gagged and tickled by the heat but no sound was heard…. Disappointed, I revved up the heat a little more and got a little bit of life. The resination seems a little queer, the coloration was rather dark, but it was just so hard to get the scent properly released, it doesnt bubble mu…
Impressions of the Ranjatai
…e known to be in possession of descendants of kodo masters and big incense companies, from which they draw inspiration into crafting a representative incense based on the imageries of what they perceive. One of the very fortunate few whom had been able to experience Ranjatai through monkoh , Professor Nishiyama Matsu from the Tokyo University of Education recounts his experience (translated): “Thus far, without a doubt, I believe the Ranjatai to…
Interplay of the Senses
…parent reality of the world we live in all the time. Living in the “sense” realm, the “human realm”, we fill our daily lives with the pursuit of sensory delights and pleasures. In broad categorization, we can divide our main five senses into two categories of physical or chemical senses. As a physical sense, the eye detects light, the ear detects vibrational waves in the air, the body is in direct contact with objects. The chemical senses, the nos…
A Eulogy for Mr Lee
…k at the Mr Lee I knew, I’m sometimes reminded of an immortal as well. The common love for fragrant wood, agarwood, and our common interest in knowledge than anything monetary, we became really good friends despite almost half a century difference in our age. Extremely mentally alert, aware and clear all the time, always all smiles and beaming with benevolence towards me. Everytime he found something in his warehouse or had something interesting,…
Perspectives on the Rikkoku Gomi
…hen burning agarwoods from different sources, different types, it is not uncommon to come across some agarwoods that are bitter, and astringent! Unfortunately I do not have the authority, nor the qualifications to start my own Ko-Do school, but if I do, I would canonize the seven tastes. And I would also include the Chinese understanding on how the tastes evolve, which is useful in the process of enjoying fragrances, and also how the tastes curb o…
Know your Fragrant Wood Cuts
…cuts obtained from the surface of logs nor cut from smaller chips, if you obtain your material from respectable incense companies. Below, you can see an image of how the horizontal cross section that was sawed from a large agarwood log is being cut into shapes with the use of specialized cutting tools. The squares and fine cuts are achieved with the use of a chisel and a mallet. A proper set of these tools can cost up to $10,000 or more for a set…