Nice alteration! That's a brave move. How did you remove it, with scroll saw?
Antique Table in an Amateur's Hands: The Good, The Bad, The Ugly.
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stumOnner wrote:
Nice alteration! That's a brave move. How did you remove it, with scroll saw?
Good to hear from you @stumOnner I used various drill bits and sanding accessories with a Dremel. I would never try such alterations on attractive or expensive set but there was not a lot to lose here. Regarding the ‘horn’ shape - it was sanded back with the Dremel’s 120 grit sanding disc.
Hi folks of the forum 😊,
I received a lovely vintage folding chess board from a friend in France recently. He mentioned the board could do with a clean up and I have carefully done that.
The main issue was to remove a small water stain or cup stain. Using a technique I learned on the internet - I carefully placed a tea towel on the area and dabbed a warm/hot clothes iron on the area and, like magic after 10 minutes, it disappeared!
I am very careful … there is an ever so slight shadow of the mark still there but I didn’t want to cause damage and thought better to leave as is.
The only other thing I did was apply my favourite liquid wax and here is a beautiful board.
I also note some light marks where pieces have stood in the first two rows of each side. My sense is that the board was perhaps a display piece in retail environment or at someone’s home. I could have sanded the board back to remove these stains. I chose not to take that step as I did not want to remove the patina of age. I do not find the marks ugly, rather they indicate the board’s history. 
Imo, that board is perfect as is.
One question (other then why aren't you watching The Australian Open......
) is, how do you come up with all of this stuff?
You have, imo, become quite the collector extraordinaire.
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@ungewichtet - I am not sure how to visualise your request … I could remove the lower harness on the body but not across the snout as there would be an indent that I could not resolve …
I think that is a step too far for this amateur