Teichmann70,
I read through your comments, and while I agree with some of them, I also find others to be unfairly biased and not conforming to reality.
First off, pretty much every company selling a product of any kind will "cherry pick" their inventory to find as perfect a specimen as they can for advertising photography. While it is true, in general, that the sets you receive from Chessbazaar will not be as nice as the photos, the sets they ship are not all that much worse either. My "Henry Blackburne" set in Bud Rosewood is pretty damn close to the photos on the webpage, and my 1940-50 Soviet reproduction set is, if anything, actually better looking in person than the page advertising it!
Chessbazaar, as I've repeatedly noted in other posts, is a mixed bag. Some of their sets are carved by better craftsmen than others, and the overall quality of some sets leads me to believe that Chessbazaar buys from several different manufacturers, then sells them under one "umbrella" organization.
I have purchased 8 Chessbazaar chess piece sets at this point, with a 9th set on the way. Overall, I am quite pleased with the quality of the chess sets I've received, with a few minor complaints that I've managed to deal with without contacting Chessbazaar directly. However, on my most recent set ("Antique Upright" ebony/boxwood), one of the rooks arrived broken, and one of the bishops had been SERIOUSLY abused by someone at the factory, resulting in numerous deep dents on one side along with a deep scratch. I contacted Chessbazaar, and they have sent 2 replacement pieces. Am I happy that there was a problem? No way. Am I happy with their response? Oh yeah! Good customer service... pieces on the way less than an hour from when I sent the photos to them in email.
As for using "cheap woods" and things like that, I have found that that is absolutely NOT the case... the quality of the wood, grain pattern, color, lack of knots and inclusions, etc. with Chessbazaar sets is absolutely as good as anything I've bought from House of Staunton, Chess USA, Upright Chess, and other higher-end manufacturers. I think the thing to remember here is that almost without exception (*Cough* NoJ *Cough*), the chess sets you buy almost anywhere all originate in the same region of India, are made by the same craftsmen, and are using the same woods and tools. What's the difference? Quality control and inspection sorting mostly... both of which you pay for when buying from more "reputable" dealers.
Overall, I find Chessbazaar chessmen to be a pretty good deal (of course, I only buy when I can get them 25-30% off..) and I have not through personal experience found that very much of what you say about the company and their products is really all that factual. Not trying to cause problems or make any enemies here, just trying to set the record straight with respect to that company and their products.
Oxidation will be somewhat uniform, and "thin" looking. Excess buffing compound will be "built up" and kind of smeared at the edges... with rapid transition between compound and non-compound areas. Also, buffing compound wipes away pretty easily with a hard rub, using damp paper towel.