Love my PNW koto ken so much and would love to try and find some other hickory kens or tamas to use in different set ups. Dm or drop a post if you are looking to sell or trade I have a decent collection including a few unplayed limited edition things. Thanks!
I have a hickory HG with grapevine spec tama and a hick stodd with a cush clear tama. here's the page if you're interested
all they have at the moment are ash, maple, and birch kens. i was able to get a Hickory classic. its so strong! no dents or sign of ear on the ken, but it's destroying my maple tama.
I've got this Hickory Homegrown ken (original) that I burned myself with turtle shell designs on the ken, tracking stripes on the small and base cup rims, and the kanji for shinobi on the big cup rim. 9.5/10