JLP Woodworking chess boards?

Thanks for the info and the links.  I've seen Brad's boards; they are quite nice.  About 5 or 6 years ago I had a custom board made by rockwoodchess - purple heart and maple inset into a multi tier frame.  It's beautiful.  When I thought about acquiring a new board, I contacted rockwoodchess, but the email address was no longer in service.  I searched the web for custom board builders and ran across Brad.  I considered purchasing one, but decided I wanted one with a frame.  Not sure why because frameless boards are quite beautiful.

I also thought about the reproduction Druke's.  Pricing is competitive, but the 2.25 square boards are a bit large - that's part of what drew me to the JLP; the footprint fits my chess table better.  BTW I picked up a "garage sale" JLP board at an amazing price.  It has a few, almost imperceptible, dings on one side of the lower frame.  At the price, the JLP was hard to beat.  BTW: one other difference I forgot to mention is that the JLP board features slightly raised squares - maybe 1/8 of an inch.  On the Druke the squares and frame are completely flush.

I'll try to post some pics tomorrow.

@rickr705 -

Sounds like you were able to find a good deal on your JLP board.  That's great!

Yes there are several different variants of the JLP boards offered, including "raised" and "flush" squares.

For anyone interested, here are a few photos comparing the JLP (2.25 in sq) with my vintage Druke (2 in sq).

JLP:

Druke (left/top) vs JLP (bottom/right)

Sideview - Druke (top) vs JLP (bottom)

And for fun my rockwoodchess purple heart board (2 in sq):

Rick, You've got some great looking boards there....very nice!  Thanks for posting the pics!

Just received my JLP drueke style board with 2.25” squares and thin border. OMG, it’s perfect! Here are couple pictures with Zagreb set:

And last picture is just to show how black pieces compare to brown on the board.

A very nice looking set and board indeed, Geniemir! 

Same board, HOS Dubrovnik set:

Also very nice!

I just bought a board from the Colorado woodworker. Now I have to buy one of these two absolutely beautiful.

What is the board's wood composition (border and squares) walnut and maple, black walnut and birch or any rosewood in there? Beautiful board well crafted and nice set to accompany your new acquisition. Enjoy it for many years of competitive chess games.

Walnut and maple....based on my conversation with Raphael Neff, owner of Chess House, the JLP boards are sold exclusively by him...he pointed out that the inspiration for these boards are from the legendary Drueke boards  and assured me that the quality of the JLP boards is at least the equal of the Drueke's...

https://www.chesshouse.com/collections/jlp-hardwood-chess-boards/products/21-hardwood-players-chessboard-with-2-25-squares-jlp-usa

Correct. Thank you for answering this.