NOJ Dubrovnik Opinions Wanted

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magictwanger

25 days ago

#61

Felonet, you certainly don't owe anyone an apology! It's your monies. Just get what makes you happy, my man.

Btw, I'm also in the court of not having totally appreciated the Dubrovnik design in the past. I bought a nice set from a seller who did an admiral job (surprisingly, C.B.).

Now, after a couple of years and tons of viewings, I love this style.

Good luck

cootie1kenobi

24 days ago

#62

lighthouse wrote:

felonet wrote:

As an aside (in case anyone gets the wrong impression), I actually think Noj has generally created better looking pieces than the original 1970 style Dubrovnik

I think this is highly debatable & comes down to how one look's at images on a screen felonet .

I have what we call a Minceta { which is a Noj made up name } My set is a original" Jakopovic with matching bases . Just to add the Jakopovic workshop had many styles over his long career .

NOJ make a nice copy , Some how let down by the knight design ? Still this is going on images from a screen .

Just to add for years used to think the Dubrovnik was a ugly chess set , But then BF liked it ,

So must be more to it I guess , I mean this guy played with so many types of chess sets .

Over sometime the design of the knight started to grip me in taste . As it had this Sea Horse look with the flare nostril's + Add Yugoslavia Butalist architecture in a Atomic Age / Bingo a socialist workers chess set .

My set now sit very happy on my coffee table & is a joy to look at + play with .

So taste can change , Well it did for me .

Ditto. Dubrovnik grew on me too.

felonet

24 days ago

#63

@magictwanger - we need a thread on your Alekhine set from Oldset (RIP). I stumbled onto it when looking around at old threads...

@Suboseg thank you for the awesome comparisons. A few things come to mind - Noj has a tremendous carver who has matched the 1970s era Knight almost perfectly. And regarding the 1950s era lookalike (Since I'm assuming this isn't an actual original 1/50 Olympiad set) - I think I might slightly prefer Noj reproduction although the knight you posted is great too

If anything this is making me consider the Minceta again...

qga77

24 days ago

#64

@felonet - I treasure a set from Oldset that he sent to me two weeks before the terrible invasion. I asked him to lightly weight it for me 12g pawns and 24g in pieces. I think of him every time I use it.

magictwanger

24 days ago

#65

Thx Felonet. I though I'd done a thread on that set. Though it's one of my most coveted sets, it hurts me to know the seller (Oldset) did not survive the war in Ukraine.

My desire to take the time to post some of my sets, over say, the last year or so, was greatly diminished by the likes of guys like DKW. He might be permanently gone, or just under another screen name. Still, I'm not feeling the urge, as of late.

GrandPatzerDave

23 days ago

#66

magictwanger wrote:

Thx Felonet. I though I'd done a thread on that set. Though it's one of my most coveted sets, it hurts me to know the seller (Oldset) did not survive the war in Ukraine.

DKW's gone as far as I can tell. There's no-one in the forum these days that's as caustic and toxic as he but he did do significant (and lasting) damage to the spirit of this forum. When I came back that was one of the first things I noticed - who F'ed up this awesome group? That "who" became clear very quickly and I started reporting him left and right. The moderators thankfully had their fill, I guess, and banned him (hopefully for life). But CBE's been very slow to recover, sadly. I do think it's somewhat better than it was. Healing takes time and I sincerely hope the group's collective PTSD continues to abate. We love chess and it's "stuff" and can share that joy here - it's still one of the very best forums at chess.com. Together we will defeat the toxic trolls that show up from time to time.

GrandPatzerDave

23 days ago

#67

And this thread has "inspired" me to seek a maple/red-stained-maple Minceta sometime (relatively) soon! Gotta start (slowly) working on the wife, though...this. will. take. some. time., hahaha! I guess I can use that time to encourage Gregor to make black leather pads an option instead of the green felt. I think black leather would look much better (more striking) than the green felt, especially on a maple/red-stained-maple!

magictwanger

23 days ago

#68

Good luck Dave....Oh boy! I know the feeling of having to work on the wife.

MGT88

19 days ago

#69

While I love all of the Noj Dubrovnik's, my space/funds permitted me to buy only one, so I went with the Noj President, which is a Noj original, in-house design; it looks to me like a modern take on the Dubrovnik, mirroring its classic lines and perfect proportions: https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/review-noj-slovenia-president