Official Staunton 3.5" JJ Cooke Edition
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It does look strange but it is a beautiful set, love the knights. Maybe they’ll replace the king?
The pieces look great, but I really don't like Official Staunton's new practice of visible branding on the base of the king. It looks distracting and ugly to my eyes. If they really need to have some kind of branding, why not place it under the base of the king, like Noj does?
I think it's a reference to the original Jaques sets that were all "stamped" in a similar fashion. Not everyone's cup of tea though - a friend of mine had the same reaction!
K.
grownupboy wrote:
Hey all,
I recently picked up a 3.5" JJ Cooke Edition set from Official Staunton and it's really a beautiful set - the knights are gorgeous! But the white king is a different color from the rest of the white pieces.It's something that really stands out when the pieces are on the board - the set was on sale but was still fairly expensive so I kind of want to have all the pieces match.
I reached out to OfficialStaunton and Carl replied that some variation in color was normal but I was welcome to return the set if I was unhappy. Great customer service, as always!
But I'm still wondering if it's a common thing to have a lot color variation within a set of boxwood chess pieces? What's your experience been?
K.
I think those are standard. I've never heard of strict color or color tone standards. Also I like the Cooke set not because of its nights but because of its rooks that look like an actual structure with a more or less straight wall and not like a curvy flower.
Thanks Drawgood,
I definitely understand that some variation in color is normal with anything wood but in this case the king was a completely different tone and much darker than the rest of the pieces so it stood out like a sore thumb. I've never seen that in any other chess set so it's not easily explained as normal.
Either way - Carl took care of me and provided great customer service (as usual!)
K.
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Hey all,
I recently picked up a 3.5" JJ Cooke Edition set from Official Staunton and it's really a beautiful set - the knights are gorgeous! But the white king is a different color from the rest of the white pieces.It's something that really stands out when the pieces are on the board - the set was on sale but was still fairly expensive so I kind of want to have all the pieces match.
Here's a few pics showing the color difference:
I reached out to OfficialStaunton and Carl replied that some variation in color was normal but I was welcome to return the set if I was unhappy. Great customer service, as always!
But I'm still wondering if it's a common thing to have a lot color variation within a set of boxwood chess pieces? This is more than one piece having a bit more grain than the others and you can see the king is clearly a different color than the rest of the pieces. This wasn't a cheap set so I don't think it's unreasonable to expect the pieces to be reasonably matched and close to the same color...
What's your experience been?
K.