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r ranson wrote:
Claire Tol wrote:Hey everyone!
Does anyone knows of a Kakishibu source in Germany or the EU? I'm turning up a blank, despite my best attempts. Thank you! Cheers
I wish I did.
I tried to import a crate of kakishibu into Canada, but it's illegal because it's a liquid. Which makes no sense. The problem is, it's not easy to classify. It's fermented, so it would fall under the liquor laws, but it's not consumable... so after many hours talking with the customs people, they basically said "you can't bring it into the country because we said so".
There is a powder kakishibu that we can import in theory. I haven't tried it yet as it's not as strong.
But apparently, customs have no problem with someone bringing one or two bottles in their luggage so I'm able to get a bottle every few years. I just got one and am re-dyeing my handbag right now to get a darker colour. I'm having a bit of trouble with it fading in the sunlight, which is opposit of what I was told it would do.
The kakishibu I used on wood has gotten darker with sun exposure.