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Just would like to add that I was able to enlarge the holes in the filter resulting in a much quicker and more concreted pour than in the video I previously uploaded.

Much improved I think

I haven't had one of the kobiwako pots to play with for some time now, but from what I remember the kobiwako clay seemed to be a more "all around" type of pot for sencha. Meaning that it seemed like whatever tea I choose it came out pretty well. However with the Hokujo, it seems to be more hit or mi...

Maybe the spout is a touch steeper than yours? I wouldn't have been calling mine horizontal but from the shop photos I'd have thought they were about the same. Also with regards to the width of the spout at the tip vs the base while the exterior doesn't dimension doesn't change as much as some pots...

With more angled spout like in most pots, when you tilt it to the point that the spout point down vertically the base of the pot will cross over the vertical line. In that case the wet leaves can easily fall instead of sticking nicely to the base. Some people don’t like that as it can make the next...

Ha, just from the opening post I was wondering if it was Jinpachi, guess why.... Anyways while it was mildly disappointing because Toru talks up the poor and had some yt vids of old ones in the end it doesn't much bother me as for mine it only drips if I cut it off mid-pour, something I'm not incli...

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Tue Apr 09, 2019 3:21 pm

I think this is an artistic rather than practical decision. Some Japanese teapot makers are fond of spouts that intentionally resemble a chode.

Uh, can we get a citation for this I've never heard anything like this in anything related to ceramics in English or Japanese.

^^Thanks for the advice everyone. The thread ended up being a bit whiner sounding then I anticipated, but I appreciate all of the advice so far.
I'm sure I'll be able to figure out a way to get along with this guy ;p

I discussed that with him a little bit. He said that since its used he would have to basically throw it away. Whether that means he would have been willing to do a return I don't know, but it sounded like its something he doesn't do with already used items. There was a teapot by jinpachi that didn'...

"I did reach out to Toru about it, and he basically told me that he can't guarantee that every pot that receive doesn't drip and that he really isn't in a position to ask a potter to "switch out" a pot that drips with a pot that doesn't . He also sent me two videos of pots by Jinpachi and- just lik...

Here's a vid of the pour to give you an idea of how it works.

"...but he does seem to have some designs that clearly don't work as well as others." Without seeing how the spout functions, I was just trying to push the discussion away from works well and not well. I respect your personal preferences, and understand some pots have flaws. I am reminded of my vis...

"His ultimate aim is achieve a perfect balance between the different parts of the teapot in order to produce the best tasting tea. I tried pouring with a number of his teapots and each time I was struck by the quality of the "pour"." Copyright 2017 Artistic Nippon Before you are convinced artists a...

Reading further on the artist on AN (https://www.artisticnippon.com/product/jinpachi/jinpachi1.html), where his teapots special pour quality is mentioned I do wonder... From looking at them, a lot of his pots have -in my eyes- not optimum spout design. Have you tried pouring very, very slow, one mi...

Yeahhh maybe a mistake on my part for buying it. He's probably the only potter I've seen have his spouts shaped that way(probably for a good reason!). He's been making teapots for 30+ years... so I imagine that you're right in that he's probably more focused on an "artistic pot" rather than a purely...

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5FCiW_kR2Occ3h6U1IySUlYQU9HWldqcDRTdkFZRUFTY0pv https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5FCiW_kR2OceTdsUkxtQktGblZELTVhQm1jWVB1RzNqUm5J ^ With the (little) experience I have with teapots, to me it seems like those pots with spouts that have more narrow openings and cana...