Has anyone ordered from Oleg Raikis?

http://www.raikiscollection.com/en/staunton.html

A chess.com member brought him to my attention recently, seems like he makes a pretty nice Staunton; has anyone ordered from him/this site?

Set he made for Kasparov: http://www.raikiscollection.com/en/events/10-sobytiya/131-kasparov.html

Here is an (unrelated) Russian set that I stumbled upon while looking into Raikis' work, which I think is awesome: https://www.schaak-museum.nl/other-european/oeu-russia/

I'm liking these tall knights in the non-Staunton pictures that look over the other pieces; it is cool because they seem to be peering over the shoulders of the other pieces, which is interesting because they are actually able to jump over them.

I assume you're referring to the Russian set (not the Kasparov set); the website doesn't say what type of wood it is.

Am I missing something? These are all nice sets but they all look like Staunton designs to me. They all have horses for knights, towers for rooks, and collars with stylized hats/helmets for the pieces and pawns. There are many, many variations of Staunton designs but they all have these characteristics in common. Examples of non-Staunton sets would be Calvert, Northern Upright, Barleycorn, St. George, and others.

I'm just using the label from the website; the site puts Russian in quotations so the author is probably suggesting the origins aren't clear

I don't really understand your post, the thread is really just about Oleg's work; regarding the two "non-Staunton" sets, I just used that as a convenient label;  I'm not an expert but I don't think anyone would classify those as "Staunton", otherwise, using your definition, a Dubrovnik would be considered a Staunton (and maybe technically it is, but we're not really debating semantics).

I like his work. I was just confused about the "non-Staunton" term. To me, a Dubrovnik set is a Staunton style. It is just given a particular name like Marshall, Cooke, etc. No worries, it's all good.

edit: It is not my definition. It is the "official" description of Staunton styles.

I see, well his Cooke set is excellent lol; he has it listed for "$1500" (in boxwood/ebony) but doesn't identify the currency. The website is very buggy/difficult to use in general, and looks like it's not really being maintained, which is why I'm asking if anyone knows if he is still producing sets.

Thanks, I will update my lexicon (not being sarcastic, this is a good little tidbit).

I don't mean to derail this thread but I need to eat some of my words. I double checked the definition of a Staunton set and found that kings are supposed to have crosses and bishops to have mitres. This puts the Dubrovnic, Zagreb, and similar sets outside the strict Staunton definition, though they are heavily influenced by the Staunton design.

My apologies. Please continue.

lol ok, I have reverted the above noted changes to my lexicon

Some additional pics:

I've actually had several things from him.  one was the House of Staunton mammoth ivory set, which he designed.  I had the #1 prototype of this.  It was really high quality.  I also have a smaller one, which I believe is the one pictured by MGT88, although I didn't like the aged look he'd created so much so I had him stain it deeper black. I also have a custom made figural set based on his "oppositions" design, which I am also happy with.  I have recently acquired his "oppositions 2" set (got a deal I couldn't refuse) which is pretty similar to the one I had made, so if anyone might be interested in either of those feel free to let me know.

If money were no issue, this set of Lewis Chessmen carved of mammoth ivory would be on the way to my house right now.

there is NO better than Oleg! the Indians do not come close! he is a superb artist  

I know Oleg Raikis, he carved a wonderful chess set (of naked gymnastic women) for me some years ago. A superb artist and completely reliable.