Can I ask how long you waited? Just curious and congratulations!
ChessBazaar says that, "Generally, backorder takes 6-8 weeks."
My ChessBazaar backordered Cambridge Springs set took 13 days to ship, from the order date.
I was waiting around 3 weeks for mine to ship but have also received it in the past few days. Well worth the wait. What an odd quirky weird design made even better by the historical context of the tournament. Glad I bought it back ordered with a big discount and the base price has increased now as well. The pieces are big and solid and hefty. After much deliberation I bought a blackwood/olivewood board available from House of Staunton that in my opinion looks great with this set. Its really great to have these pieces available on the market.
For anyone interested CB currently has this fine reproduction discounted 50% which is amazing. https://www.chessbazaar.com/clearance-sale.html/
For anyone interested CB currently has this fine reproduction discounted 50% which is amazing. https://www.chessbazaar.com/clearance-sale.html/
I was stunned at the quality at this price point. Very nice set!!
Love the set, but I won't buy another ebony or black stained chess set. Would, however, be interested if they offered a version in golden rosewood. I'm not really a stickler for exact reproductions.
Love the set, but I won't buy another ebony or black stained chess set. Would, however, be interested if they offered a version in golden rosewood. I'm not really a stickler for exact reproductions.
I'm curious to know, why not ebony or black-stained ever again?
For anyone interested CB currently has this fine reproduction discounted 50% which is amazing. https://www.chessbazaar.com/clearance-sale.html/
I was stunned at the quality at this price point. Very nice set!!
It makes me wonder what their reasoning is, but certainly a steal for anyone looking to purchase. Yours looks very nice on the Drueke board here.
Love the set, but I won't buy another ebony or black stained chess set. Would, however, be interested if they offered a version in golden rosewood. I'm not really a stickler for exact reproductions.
I'm curious to know, why not ebony or black-stained ever again?
I've had a very nice ebony set (which I later sold) and a number of black ebonized sets. Aside from the higher incidence of cracking with the ebony, I found that black sets with intricately carved knights tend to mask those details and are less noticeable than the same set rendered in a lighter wood tone.
Plus, I prefer warmer wood tones to stark black pieces. Where black and boxwood pieces create a high contrast between the opposing forces, a light wood, such as sheesham or padauk, and boxwood combinations present a more complimentary presentation.
I have since sold off, given away, or are selling all my wooden black sets. I still have a couple of inexpensive plastic sets in black, an original ultimate set from the 90's, and a plastic Cavalier set in black and putty. The darker putty reduces the contrast over a white plastic.
Love the set, but I won't buy another ebony or black stained chess set. Would, however, be interested if they offered a version in golden rosewood. I'm not really a stickler for exact reproductions.
I'm curious to know, why not ebony or black-stained ever again?
I've had a very nice ebony set (which I later sold) and a number of black ebonized sets. Aside from the higher incidence of cracking with the ebony, I found that black sets with intricately carved knights tend to mask those details and are less noticeable than the same set rendered in a lighter wood tone.
Plus, I prefer warmer wood tones to stark black pieces. Where black and boxwood pieces create a high contrast between the opposing forces, a light wood, such as sheesham or padauk, and boxwood combinations present a more complimentary presentation.
I have since sold off, given away, or are selling all my wooden black sets. I still have a couple of inexpensive plastic sets in black, an original ultimate set from the 90's, and a plastic Cavalier set in black and putty. The darker putty reduces the contrast over a white plastic.
I am with you with the ebony cracking. I prefer the ebonised now and grew disinterested on the pricier ebony.
I would love to buy that Cambridge set but I have been told I have too many sets already 😁 I only have 3 good full size chess sets .
loubalch: I see what you mean. I have an ebony set, and one of the pawns in it developed a crack almost instantly. That said, I personally don't mind black instead of a deeper auburn or brown. For me it's about the combination with the board as well.
In case you're interested - I had a go at repairing cracks in ebony pieces and wrote about it here:
https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/chess-set-restoration-repairing-cracks-in-ebony
Nice set! If I am viewing the pictures correctly, it appears that the queen's crown has 6 crenelations (if that is the right term). In the CS set, the queen has 8 crenelations. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Perhaps more importantly, the knight is another difference, in this case, the glass eye was not in the original CS set. All that said, the set appears to be made by the same manufacturer and it is similar to others I've seen. (Coincidentally, another owner of a similar set emailed me yesterday.) There are other active members of this thread that will most likely weigh in with their observations. In addition to earlier posts in this thread, please feel free to check out this website: http://cs1904.com.
It is well made and plays well
It is as per other photos so no need to post
If you like design I fully recommend