MKUltras - 10mm Milos Green Sandalwood Edition

MKUltras - 10mm Mílos Green Sandalwood Edition

With all of our other bead options, it's hard to imagine anything minimalist carving out a new space for itself between our mini sigmas, our spherical beads, and the rest of our range. But the Mílos justified their existence from the first samples, and they're set to become a new favourite for many. These apple-shaped beads are a traditional shape, and were originally modelled after our jade bodhis. In terms of weight and feel, the Mílos have a lot in common with our similarly sized spherical beads, but to the tactile and auditory connoisseurs out there, the differences will be immediately clear. The Mílos are essentially short and cylindrical, but with heavily rounded external edges, and a 3mm bore that hugs the cord slightly more than our spherical beads. This makes gives them a very comfortable feel for bead counting, dramatically reducing the potential hot spot where the thumb grabs each bead.

The green sandalwood version of our 10mm Mílos beads have turned out beautifully. For this first release, we've strung them up in a 27-bead chef's special style arrangement, with a long form length of our 2mm kevlar cord, and secured with an 11.8mm and 15mm "double boss" for a secure counterweight during play. The grain and colour variations in the green sandalwood material give these sets a distinctive, organic look. The 3mm bore on the beads provides a great experience during bead counting, and the soft clack of the beads during raindrops is pleasant and fresh. The extra exposed cord means that when the set is worn on the wrist, the beads will not cover the cord, but this arrangement gives the sets a slimmer profile on the wrist compared to our standard long-form setups. This advantage of this extra cord comes in flipping the beads, enabling much easier rolls and other tricks than a standard "long form" arrangement. This set comes in two finishes, a clean polished edition and a slightly rougher machine finished edition.

Dimensions: 

• 27 x 10mm GSW Mílos + 1x 15mm + 1x 11.8mm Ti beads.
• Weight: ~29.65g 
  

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General Info on the MKUltras

The MKUltras are a hybrid design, combining elements of traditional Mala and Komboloi beads. The MKUltra name gives a nod to this lineage, as well as their expedience as tools to help us focus our minds and still our thoughts. They can be used in a variety of ways, ranging from quiet bead counting, through to raucous flipping.  

The unique setup of the MKUltras allows them to be worn like mala beads, or carried discretely in the pocket. They adjust by means of a simple friction fit through the larger "Boss" bead closure. Although the design is exceedingly simple, we're fairly confident you won't find anything quite like them around. This is a knotless system, and does not require any special lock bead. The cord is simply compressed when threaded through the Boss bead, providing a reliable, secure fastener, that is easy to adjust when needed.

In this way, the Ultras can be worn on the wrist, or loosened and slid up above the elbow to keep them out of the way when needed. Excess cordage can be knotted loosely around the Boss bead when they are worn on the wrist, or left dangling. This modifiable arrangement allows them to be used very quietly, for simple bead counting used in breath work and meditation, to "raindrop" methods marked by the satisfying, rhythmic clacking of the beads, as well as much more physical methods of manipulation which resemble short game begleri play. While they aren't intended as a highly technical skill toy, there are still a solid range of moves you can link together, and lots of ways of working with them.