Gone for a long cycling journey with my family until summer 2024,
the currently in stock shakuhachi only will be available
(not the manuals, bags nor bamboo).
You can contact me by mail if you want to purchase a flute.
All the best
Thomas – 07/2023
After having sorted out my bamboo stock in 2020, I realised that some pieces were not suiting my actual requirements for making my shakuhachi; I have improved my making skills since I harvested them.
Regularly, people contact me in search of bamboo to experiment building their own shakuhachi so I decided to sell some poles rather than keeping them uselessly.
So here are two pack of French bamboo
These bamboos would of course not satisfy the requirements of a professional maker but would be very well suited for amateur makers. Mostly suited for ji-nashi, some of them can also be used for ji-ari (pack B)
Pack A – 2nd choice – French bamboo
Over 10 years drying
A1 – for 1.9 (utaguchi partly made) – 20 €Sold
A2 – for 2.1/2.2– 30 € Sold
A3 – for 2.2 – 30 €SoldA4 – for 2.2 – 30 €Sold
A5 – for 2.3 (big bore) – 30 €Sold
A6 – for 2.4 (utaguchi partly made) – 40 €SoldA7 – for 2.4 – 30 €Sold
A8 – for 2.6 (or 2.0 big bore) – 30 €Sold
On the pictures, the bamboos are numbered 1 to 8 from left to right.
Pack B – French bamboo similar to Madake
Over 5 years drying
- B1 – for 1.6/2.1 – 50 €
B2 – for 1.8/2.0 – 60 €Sold- B3 – for 1.9 – 60 €
B4 – for 2.0 – 80 €SoldB5 – for 2.2/2.3 – 50 €Sold
- B6 – for 2.3 (or 1.6 big bore) – 80 €
- B7 –
for 2.4 (some wounds) – 80 €Sold B8 – for 2.6 (or 2.0 big bore) – 80 €Sold
B9 – for 2.7 (or 2.0 big bore – crack in the root)– 50 € Sold
B10 – for 3.3 (ou 2.4 de gros diamètre) – 100 €Sold
On the pictures, the bamboos are numbered 1 to 10 from left to right.
If a bamboo has cracks, wounds or any other default, I sell it for a cheaper price and precise it on the list.
I cannot guarantee no cracks will appear in the future even if they are dried for several years.
It is always possible to build a shakuhachi from a cracked bamboo (I do sometimes !) with good bindings.Feel free to contact me for any inquiry.