YOu are quite lucky with that set mldavis. A nice collectable. I wonder how they compare to our modern sets in terms of quality, weight, balance, etc..?

I'd sign up for that one (but I'm a fan of red sets).

Back on one of the earlier posts (maybe another thread) I mentioned that I had asked Chess House for a set that was as close to the Drueke #35 as possible and they said their Paladin set was nearly identical.  The Paladin set is triple weighted (in fact the pawns are actually a bit heavier than the Drueke #35 pawns) and dimensionally very close.  The main difference is the knights which are more rounded in the Drueke set (which I prefer).  I'll post a side-by-side comparison photo.

The Drueke knight is on the left.  Note the more rounded head, more detail especially the mouth and teeth, and a beveled base.  The Drueke knight also has new felt which is slightly thicker than the original.  Since the size is virtually identical and the weights are gram for gram within one of each other (except pawns), the feel and stability is essentially the same.  Unless you don't like the Paladin knights, it's a very close copy.