Robb you got me so parinoid now..! Gads the pic is Frightning.. I guess my plastic unweghted sets will last forever... I hope!
Just When Ya Think You've Seen It All !
Yep... Triple weighting if not done right can create havoc... Hope y'all sleep well tonight lol. No worries for me cause HOS is dropping one to my mailbox. One good thing ya have to say about plastic is it's not a costly fix...
Brings up a good question, how do you fix a crack in the base if wood? My Drueke 1964 wooden set has a couple cracks I would like to try to fix myself since the set itself isn't worth much.
The problem w/ 2x & 3x weighted is when they drop on the floor ?....alotta times they get damaged. That's why merlons are missing from castles, the Queen's tiara is chipped, the horse's nose is cracked....and stuff lie that.
Just so y'all know... The pawn pictured was never played, dropped, or used. It was a backup set in storage and cracked completely on it's own... notice it is right on the seam...
The problem w/ 2x & 3x weighted is when they drop on the floor ?....alotta times they get damaged. That's why merlons are missing from castles, the Queen's tiara is chipped, the horse's nose is cracked....and stuff lie that.
I think I have lost the heads off off 4 or 5 pawns in one of my more heavily weighted sets due to them being dropped. Also lost the cross on a king too.
Alan Dewey had replied to a thread post of mine recenty about chess pieces cracking due to improper weighting. This included not only ebony but boxwood as well. Anyway, just when you think you've seen it all, how about "plastic pieces"-Yep, did my yearly inspection of my safe queens and of all things I found a pawn in one of my low end plastic sets that is heavily weighted and sure enough the base cracked along the seam. New one on me, but hey all the other hi end sets still are minty :))