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Mark-S F1 stickers are normally a light tangerine to darker orange color but never red. The thickness of lines along with size and placement of R are wrong on your sticker too. Thanks for the clarification. :) Fortunately, the yellowish sticker (from a steam cooking pot) is most likely genuine. I w...

@Mark-S

F1 stickers are normally a light tangerine to darker orange color but never red. The thickness of lines along with size and placement of R are wrong on your sticker too.

“Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.” Interior lid does look a bit weird to me too. Lid skirt seems oddly constructed Yeah, I do not think that he knew what he was selling. Some people here think that these teapots are made for dollhouses because of the si...

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@Bok

Love that tetsubin!!

Odd timing that this Indonesian pot popped up for sale while this seal is being discussed. https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F124037042606 Indeed. Somehow I find these pots charming in a way. Very clear from the pictures of this one that they are either...

The seller told me that the teapot would be from the 19th century, but this is probably bs. I am happy with this purchase, because these small sizes are very hard to find in Europe and the clay seems fine. Not probably, for sure this is not 19th century. I’d be worried what else is wrong with this ...

@Mark-S

Some of the details on this little pot look 70’s to me. Post some more pictures once it arrives.

Youzi Thanks for the link, I’ll read up on it. As far as misinformation in the west goes, it’s still a lingering problem though it’s improved quite a bit since 2008-09 when I first go into tea. Occasionally I go back and read some of the old teachat post from this period just to see how far we’ve c...

@Youzi

Not to rehash the FB thread but would this acid washing be one factor that’s changed since 2010?

What negative effects does this process have on teapots or health? Dr. Lu has mentioned this along with BC but I haven’t come across much in-depth discussions about how it effects either.

I believe this is the go to book for staple repairs. Far cheaper than the $80-ish I saw it listed for before so it might be a different book.

https://www.abebooks.co.uk/servlet/Book ... 220-_-used

I thought about doing this awhile back. Couldn’t find any useful videos. The books that exist for staple repairs are obviously out of print and very hard to get these days. You don’t buy those metal staples btw. Silver/brass wire it cut +hammered into proper shape w/ a forming tool. Nisan does reall...

@DailyTX

A flatter more pancake pot like this doesn’t appear in the F1 and F2 catalogs I’ve seen. Another random 90’s factory might be more likely.

@DailyTX

Doesn’t look right to me. The way the lid curves up seem more of an F2 thing.

I could be wrong but I believe this is correct shape for this pot.

lopin Good to hear this pot didn’t set you back too much. Not a total waste as long as you learn something from these two replicas. If your planing to buy pots online you should spend some time doing side by side photo comparison of real vs. fake. Doing this has helped me avoid ending up with lots ...