![]() If you're looking for good dense chalk that shows up really well on the board, this is it. One final note: this chalk claims to be low dust. They do have a stick of white in each packet of colored, and if that is the same as what they sell in what I listed first, then I can vouch for its quality. I like it because it is thicker than regular chalk (so easier on the wrists and arms), and also because it is much denser than Binney and Smith. I have never bought the white, though, so I can't swear by it. If you are looking for something better than Binney and Smith, and don't want to pay shipping from Japan, I really like Quartet chalk. Otherwise, I have word of a new importer to the US that should have stock in May, also $25 per box but less adventure to order. If anyone can parse a "slow boat" shipping option that costs less, that would help. Tenso to NY was 17300 yen shipping plus 2980 yen handling, minus my 4000 yen coupon, or 204.41 USD. My breakdown, 12 boxes was 7092 yen plus 300 yen shipping to Tenso, or 92.62 USD. Better to warn your credit card company in advance. ![]() I had to place the order again, after clearing the fraud alert. Somewhat reasonable if Rakuten doesn't ship to the US, where I am. My credit card company put a fraud alert on Rakuten's charge, which canceled the order. This is easy: Give your US address, but in the comments field, give your Tenso address. I went way over so it didn't save me much.Įven though Rakuten won't ship the chalk abroad, their English web form requires a complete US address before a person gets to look at the order. For a few boxes, jump on this, this is your chance. However, Tenso is having a promotion till, first 5000 yen discounted to 1000 yen. ![]() Will forward the package abroad for roughly twice the cost of the package itself. Rakuten only ships within Japan, but Tenso Okada's post, I recently ordered 12 boxes (864 pieces) for just under $25 per box, or 3 sticks/dollar. Landsman, Assistant Program Officer, CUNY Ph.D. Hopefully, after spring 2011, another supply of these magical white sticks can be procured on the black or gray market, or perhaps Hagoromo will begin distribution in the U.S.Īt any rate, enjoy your chalk! Use it wisely. If you currently fall into one of the two categories listed above, please stop by to see me for your chalk and I will check you off of my list. Faculty should save this chalk for use only during their most important lectures or when working on their most important theorems. This will repeat each semester until the chalk is gone. Faculty members teaching at GC will get ten sticks of chalk per semester, and those not teaching but who are coordinating (or co-coordinating) a math seminar at the GC and is a member of the Math Doctoral Faculty will each get 2 sticks per semester. We have, however, worked out a distribution system that seems the fairest and that should allow our stash to last for about 3 semesters. The chalk was “smuggled” in stick by stick carried in the beaks of birds (well, practically), so the supply is very limited. I have heard it said that it is impossible to make a mathematical mistake when writing with this chalk, but I am somewhat dubious of this claim. Users of this chalk report that it is the “Rolls Royce” of chalk for you oenophiles, it may be thought of as the “Chateau Lafite Rothschild” of chalk, or, for you baseball fans, the “Babe Ruth” of chalk… well, you get the idea. We have been trying unsuccessfully to get this “miracle” chalk for years, but finally our prayers have been answered. ![]() I am happy to report that we have managed (thorough the good graces of our postdoc Yu Yasufuku) to get a limited supply of Hagoromo "Fulltouch" chalk which is made in Japan and is not available for sale in the United States. Meanwhile, one of our postdocs with connections to Japan was able to arrange a small supply that way, and this is the message our administrative assistant sent out (provided with permission): It would come to 3 dollars per stick, and we considered that. It is called Hagoromo "Fulltouch" chalk, and my colleague Jonas Reitz wrote to the company, since the chalk does not seem to be available anywhere in the US, and got a letter in reply directly from the company president (with fairly OK English) concerning prices and rates to the US. We here in New York have also long sought to secure supplies of this amazingly high quality chalk.
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