How to Prevent Hairline Cracks in Chessmen

Bertilak · 2017-02-26T14:19:10-08:00

I enjoy early Jaques style chessmen and when I purchased my first Jaques reproduction set several years ago, I discovered a serious and insidious issue affecting all ebony and blood rosewood chessmen: hairline cracks. Wood is a hygroscopic material, which means it swells in humid conditions and s

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forked_again

Sep 7, 2019

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BattleDuck wrote:

forked_again wrote:

Haverumwilltravel wrote:

Wet wood

Yeah, I emailed them 10 days ago when my first rosewood rook cracked. and they said no problem we will send a new one.

Now 4 more pieces both boxwood and rosewood!

could you post a picture of the damage please?

Sure