Bone thickness of early 1920s tiles.

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Asia, April 1924
Some Fundamentals of Mah-Jong
Points on Chossing a Set and a Style of Play
By R. F. Foster
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The Chinese are a nation of carvers, and they make many sets that are
works of art. But the customs officials refuse to pose as judges of
art, and so they appraise the tiles by the thickness of the bone in
proportion to the bamboo back. There are three standard thicknesses in
common use - 3, 5, and 7 millimeters respectively.
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I recently obtained a "standard" (18 to a standard rack per Foster)
sized mahjong set from Feb 1924 (date inside book which was
complimentary with set) and the tiles had a bone thickness of 9mm.
This is the thickest I have seen so far. Does anyone else have sets
where the bone thickness was greater than 7 mm??

Thank you.

 

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t_oz2003@yahoo.com (Troy O.) wrote in message news:<56e0412a.0411092333.65fc89fe@posting.google.com>...
> >>> from <<<
> Asia, April 1924
> Some Fundamentals of Mah-Jong
> Points on Chossing a Set and a Style of Play
> By R. F. Foster
> >>>>>
> The Chinese are a nation of carvers, and they make many sets that are
> works of art. But the customs officials refuse to pose as judges of
> art, and so they appraise the tiles by the thickness of the bone in
> proportion to the bamboo back. There are three standard thicknesses in
> common use - 3, 5, and 7 millimeters respectively.
> <<<<<
>
> I recently obtained a "standard" (18 to a standard rack per Foster)
> sized mahjong set from Feb 1924 (date inside book which was
> complimentary with set) and the tiles had a bone thickness of 9mm.
> This is the thickest I have seen so far. Does anyone else have sets
> where the bone thickness was greater than 7 mm??

Hello Troy. I have a tile set in a slide top box and it has tiles with
a bone thickness of 8mm.

Cheers
Michael Stanwick
> Thank you.