Cast iron tetsubin

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Teafortea
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Tue Nov 29, 2022 6:28 am

Any idea if it's worth keeping or no? I'm doing some cleaning and wanting to give away/ toss some items I don't use. These cast iron it's not enameled and it was bought used. I do remember one writing means "today". The other I have no idea what that means. Thx
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Tue Nov 29, 2022 12:31 pm

Looks nice, have you tried boiling water in it? Should sweeten it.
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Tue Nov 29, 2022 3:29 pm

Thank you! Yes it works well and it does mellow the taste. I find myself lazy most of the time to stay on top of the stove top hehe. I prefer the kettle next to my desk. I feel bad giving it away so wanted an excuse to keep it.
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Tue Nov 29, 2022 10:32 pm

It’s winter now so I’ll use my infrared portable stove more often for both tetsubin and ceramic kettles, but like you I’ve neglected heating those since I’ve been away over a year. Ebbs and flows, I keep most of my teaware, eventually going into rotation. Taking the long view 🍃

p.s. sorry I’ve not translated your tetsubin stamp.
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Wed Nov 30, 2022 6:37 am

The stamp is seems like its not a japanese letter or writting as my japanese friend could not read it. But a portable infrared seems like a great idea. That would be perfect for my studio. Thx
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Fri Dec 02, 2022 5:13 am

The rising sun mark on the underside of your lid I believe is the Nippon Tokusei mark - meaning made in Nippon that I think was used mainly starting or around 1950s and 60s. I've only ever seen it on porcelain previously and assumed it was more just a porcelain factory marking, but I guess it must have been used to mark all kinds of local products.
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Sat Dec 03, 2022 2:16 pm

Interesting. Thank you for the information. I tried to find more info on cast iron with that stamp but could not see anything new other than porcelain.
Thx for the input anyway :)
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