Showcase of a three-year-old malaLooking back at the photos from when I first got it, then comparing it to now，I can hardly believe it’s the same mala。I took some comparison shots to show the difference.，Let me talk about all the wrong turns I took along the way.、And what lessons I picked up from them.。This one was acquired two years ago，At the time it was just an ordinary yellow-skinned Rudraksha (large)，The grain / texture is decent，The density is pretty good too，Nothing particularly outstanding about it。I never expected that after breaking-in (patina process) for so long，the current color and…

Appreciation of just-finished initial breaking-inThe mala in my hand was picked out from a pile of beads back in the day

Appreciation of a 7-year-old mala (prayer beads)Recently, many friends have been asking me how to start with a new mala

Appreciation of a 4-year-old vintage mala (prayer beads)After all this time playing with Rudraksha, the piece I have the

Appreciation of a 4-year-old vintage mala (prayer beads)The mala in my hand was picked out from a pile of beads back in

Rudraksha (small) appreciationLooking back at the photos from when I first got it and comparing to now, I can barely bel

Appreciation after the base-cleaning stage is doneLately friends keep asking me how to get started with a new mala, so I

Appreciation after cleaningToday, when cleaning up the table, I found a few old photos. Comparing them with the mala (pr

Appreciation after cleaningToday, when cleaning up the table, I found a few old photos. Comparing them with the mala (pr

Six-year-old mala AppreciationToday I was tidying up a drawer and came across some old photos. I compared them with the