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I had a chalk board in my office for 6 years during a phd. Glad I work with a whiteboard now; hated getting chalk dust on my clothing and computer gadgets. I admit chalk feels better than dry erase, but the dust....

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Perhaps it's because I've never worked with chalk daily but chalk never felt better than whiteboards to me, just thinking about a chalkboard makes my teeth hurt.

You need a better chalkboard and/or better chalk.

Nice Japanese chalk on a piece of slate sanded to the appropriate roughness is silky smooth.

> Nice Japanese chalk

Is this still available? I heard the company went out of business.

They were closing due to the old age of the owner/operator, but he sold the method and apparatus to a company in South Korea who makes it in plentiful quantities now. Hagoromo.

Quite seriously, if you know the right people, those who hoarded it, it's available. Or buy the Korean stuff; they still make it. Its become a weird business.

Some chalk writes smoothly but costs more.

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