How to choose walnuts for novices, and what are the skills for choosing walnuts

How do novices choose walnuts? Walnut is a kind of hemp walnut, the skin of walnut is thicker, larger, more wrinkled, less hard skin, not edible, walnut is generally picked when the green skin is picked. Common edible walnut is a kind of walnut, the shell is thin and fleshy, which is conducive to eating, and the walnut will be affected by friction and sweat after playing with the hand for a long time, and gradually turn brownish-red.

Therefore, in essence, the varieties of walnuts are different from ordinary walnuts. So, what kind of walnuts are of good quality?

1. Cortex: The sound of walnuts with good cortex should be crisp and not chaff when playing, and the cortex of new walnuts should be hard and not rough. The old walnut should be red and transparent, like red resin, and look like a fake; The old walnut feels smooth when it is coiled, and it sounds like a stone or metal when it collides.

2. Texture: The texture is deep and changeable, the distribution should be uniform, it looks comfortable, the edge should be wide and thick, and there are many types of textures, which can be roughly divided into: dense grain and wide grain.

3. Skin color: walnuts have different colors, and the color of old walnuts is dark and the skin is semi-transparent. The skin of walnuts soaked in chemicals is unnatural and difficult to knead. There are also wild new walnuts that are very dark in color (natural red skin).

4. Size: A lion's head over 40 is considered large. Generally, grafted walnuts are larger than wild ones. Although the size of the chicken heart is large, it is all grafted, and it cannot be compared with the wild lion head whether it is appreciated, collected or **.

5. Shape: Generally speaking. The high pile is lower than the low pile, and the pointed pile is lower than the round one. A wide side is prettier than a narrow side. Concave and flat bottoms are played over convex bottoms.

Introduction: Playing walnuts has always been thought to be loved by literati, and many literati like to play walnuts. The Chinese began to play walnuts as early as the Sui Dynasty, until the Ming and Qing dynasties were the peak of walnuts, and at that time you were embarrassed to say that you were a literati if you didn't play a walnut.

If you want to play walnuts well, you must have a good pair of walnuts. Then there must be a lot of people who are very interested in how to choose walnuts.

1. The first thing we have to do when we pick up walnuts is to shake the walnuts vigorously, so as to judge whether the walnuts have been separated from flesh and bones, if there is a sound in shaking, then we can decisively give up this pair of walnuts, unless you are a veteran with many years of experience in playing.

2. After listening to the sound, we should observe whether the surface of the walnut, especially the top of the walnut, is damaged, what is the extent of the damage, and whether it is within an acceptable range, because the damage of the walnut is irreversible, so we must be cautious about the problem of damage, so as not to have regrets.

3. In addition to observing whether the walnut is damaged, we should also observe whether there are cracks on the walnut, but at this time, we should pay attention to see clearly, because some of the walnut texture is relatively deep, and the crack is very similar, so the walnut with cracks may wish to take a closer look, it may be the texture of the walnut itself.

4. We also have to observe whether there is trachoma on the walnut, which is generally not visible to the naked eye, so at this time we have to use a tool: a magnifying glass. Walnuts are generally sold in places where they are sold, but it's best to bring one with you, it's not expensive.

Finding trachoma is a delicate job, and you must be patient and careful.

5. It should be noted that there can be no white tips, yellow tips, yellow edges, yellow necks, pubic skin, insect eyes, cracks and other problems on the walnut, which are defects that cannot be made up in the process of playing in the future.

6. The base is a place that many people tend to ignore, in fact, this is an important criterion for judging the quality of a pair of walnuts (such as lion heads, official hats, etc., and the walnuts of the catalpa class cannot be flattened at all), if the base is not flat, the walnuts will not be stable. So a good walnut base must be flat.

7. This is more important, that is, whether the two walnuts are the same in terms of shape, color, texture, size, weight, etc., of course, the same is impossible, we have to try to find the closest pair on the basis of differences, and at the same time, we have to compare the two walnuts from all directions, because some sellers put the position better, it looks the same, in fact, it is not.

8. We should carefully observe the texture of walnuts, and remember a principle: the deep texture is better than the lighter texture, the dense one is better than the thick, and then the distribution of the texture is symmetrical.

9. If you are buying high-end walnuts, it is best to bring two tools: vernier calipers and magnifying glasses, so that we will have a clearer understanding of the size and texture of the two walnuts, after all, the ability to distinguish by the naked eye is not as real and accurate as the tools.

When we choose, we must choose carefully and carefully, and don't choose the wrong walnut because of a hurry. After we have chosen, we must also remember to take it out and play with it often, and don't let it go to waste.