Appreciating a four-year-old mala (prayer beads)玩金刚这么久，最有感情的就是手上这串。今天没什么事，拿出来拍了几组照片，给大家看看现在的状态。这串是几年前收的，当时就是一串普通的黄皮大金刚，纹路还行，密度也不错，没什么特别出彩的地方。没想到盘了这么久，现在的颜色和包浆比我预期…

Appreciating a four-year-old mala (prayer beads)This mala in hand was picked out from a pile of seeds back then，I never expected it could be broken-in (patina process) to this state。Took a set of photos today，A casual chat about my breaking-in (patina process) insights over the past few years。I picked up this strand a few 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 patina are beyond what I expected when I first started breaking it in.…

Appreciation of 3-year-old vintage mala (prayer beads)Looking back at the photos from when I first got it and comparing

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

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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