Color List and Price Guide

View Swatches: 1-14a 14b-31b 34-52 53-74 75-93 94-103

Important Notes regarding Inro Cord · Footnotes

Machine-Woven Japanese Cord (nylon, rayon, etc.) - $8 per 5 foot length *

Primary Group - $8 per 5 foot length *

1.a.

Black, standard thickness, soft (3)

1.b.

Black, standard thickness, Stiffer (3)

Dark Brown, standard thickness (3 +)

Indigo (Dark Blue), standard thickness (1)

Dark Grey, standard thickness (OK)

Steel Grey, thin (OK)

10.

Beige, standard thickness (OK)

13.

Light Blue (Turquoise), thin (2)

14.a.

Dark Purple, very thin - 2 extra full uncut packages available (OK)

14.b.

Dark Black, very thin - 2 extra full uncut packages available (OK)

See also #86, Very thin Dark Blue, & #87, Very thin Burgundy
See #75, Black, and #76, Bronze Gold, for Ultra-thin

1992 Crown Group (Rayon) - $8 per 5 foot length *

All are standard thickness.

24.

Dark Purple (OK)

25.

Burgundy (OK)

26.

Dark Brown (OK)

27.b.

Dark Green, thicker, new in 2001 (OK)

28.

Bright Blue (OK)

29.

Medium Steel Blue (OK)

30.

Light Silver Blue (OK)

Hand-Woven Japanese Silk Cord ** - $60 per 5 foot length *

44.

Dark Purple (3)

45.

Medium Purple (3)

46.a.

[Faded Purple?] Brown (OK)

48.

Dark Brown (OK)

51.

Dark Brown, Thin (OK)

52.

(Dark) Olive Green - replaced in 2001 (4)

Dark Green (OK, all uncut)

54.

Rich Red (2)

56.

Light Celadon (OK, mostly uncut)

57.

Basic Black (OK)

Other Machine-Woven Japanese Cord - $8 per 5 foot length *

61.

Bright Aqua (OK)

62.

Basic Gold - Almost OUT-OF-STOCK (1 short pice)

64.

Grey Steel Blue - Almost OUT-OF-STOCK (4)

Other Hand-Woven Japanese Silk Cord - Uncut Bulk ** - $60 per 5 foot length *

73.

Dark Purple - Uncut (1?)

74.

Different Gold - Uncut (OK)

Chinese Machine-Woven Ultra-thin cord - $8 per 5 foot length * (New, October, 1998)

75.

Black - Uncut (OK)

76.

Bronze Gold - Uncut (?)

See #14a & #14b, and #86 & #87 for regular very thin

Machine-Woven Japanese Cord: Uncut Bulk

81.

Extra Thick Burgundy - Uncut - $15 per 5 foot length * (OK)

Machine-Woven Japanese Cord - $8 per 5 foot length *

84.

Bright Gold (OK)

85.

Olive Gold (OK)

86.

Very Thin Dark Blue (OK) 2 extra full uncut packages available

See also #14.a. Dark Purple, and #14.b. Dark Black

New - Hand-Woven Japanese Silk Cord ** for 1996 - $60 per 5 foot length *

91.

Soft or Dull Yellow Gold (OK)

92.

Bronze Gold (OK)

Thin Machine-Woven Japanese Cord, NEW for 2001 - $8 for 5' length

94.

Very Dark Blue - Uncut (OK)

95.

Burgundy - Uncut (OK)

96.

Dark Olive Green - Uncut (OK)

97.

Dark Red - Uncut (OK)

98.

Dark Green - Uncut (OK)

99.

Metallic Gold - Uncut (OK)

100.

Basic Black - Uncut (OK)

Machine-Woven Japanese Cord, NEW for 2004 - $8 for 5' length

101.

Bright Orange Gold - Uncut (OK)

102.

Metallic Cream / Tan - Uncut (OK)

New - Hand-Woven Japanese Silk Cord ** for 2006 - $50 per 5 foot length *

103.

Thin hand-woven black, silk

Important Notes regarding Inro Cord:

Colors may vary slightly from dye lot to dye lot, especially in the hand-woven silk. Cord thickness may also vary slightly in each style. These are occasionally noted as a. and b. under the number.
A variety of single lengths in other colors and thicknesses, as well as some longer and shorter pieces of some of the above cords, may be available from time to time.
Longer lengths of some of the Primary Group of machine-woven cords (#1-13) may be available by special order, although even these are getting harder to obtain.
Please add $10 to each order for postage and packing.

Footnotes

The common pre-cut five-foot length of standard thickness inro cord provides more than enough cord to string a normal size inro, and tie the classic three loop knot; as well as allowing enough cord for stringing the ojime and tying the netsuke at the end.

Most of the hand-woven Japanese silk cord is made by a family in Japan that has been weaving various silk cord products for seven generations in the same shop/home.

For more information on tying the appropriate knots for inro and about the cord, read my publication "The Inro Knot: A step by step illustrated guide to tying different knots for hanging medicine boxes." $5.