GambitHawk wrote:
PandemicChessMaster wrote:
Great sets! What is that wood for the board?
Just wenge and birch, nothing fancy (https://www.regencychess.co.uk/victoria-ebonised-wenge-tournament-chess-set-p-822.html)
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Jan 24, 2021
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#1303
sound67 wrote:
Aida_Amin hat geschrieben
@sound67, could you post the link of where you got this from? Might look into it
https://www.etsy.com/de/listing/858784933/handgefertigte-staunton-schachfiguren?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=fierce+knight+staunton&ref=sr_gallery-1-5&organic_search_click=1&pro=1&frs=1
Thanks! 
Hey, I don't make boards but my dad does as I shared earlier! How the heck would ya make a roll up wood board?! Haha
Anyways, cherry is beautiful wood, nice! Out of your options, I'd personally pick maple. Depends how dark your cherry is whether is should be light or dark squares.. Cherry could work either way. Iwould not pick staining one wood, and natural for the other. And would also stay away from pine and other softwoods. Even though it's just a chess board, I feel it would get dented up too easily. All just my opinions of course 
My Dad made me one out of Cocobolo and Canery if you didn't see my earlier post!
I used to make high contrast boards with pretty dark wooden frames, but since I have a lot of cherry wood in my house (for the same reason as you) I decided to use it, and the result was fantastic. I use maple for the white squares and both woods are contrasted enough.
Jan 25, 2021
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#1307
jacmater wrote:
I used to make high contrast boards with pretty dark wooden frames, but since I have a lot of cherry wood in my house (for the same reason as you) I decided to use it, and the result was fantastic. I use maple for the white squares and both woods are contrasted enough.
I love the visible grain on the white pieces <3
paperlate wrote:
This Soviet era reproduction set arrived today.
Are those weighted?
Jan 26, 2021
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#1310
Yes. I don’t have a scale to weigh them on at the house but they are nicely weighted.
Jan 26, 2021
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#1311
paperlate wrote:
This Soviet era reproduction set arrived today.
That's beautiful. Very faithful to the original design.
Jan 26, 2021
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#1312
paperlate wrote:
This Soviet era reproduction set arrived today.
Arrived from where?
Jan 27, 2021
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#1313
forked_again wrote:
Arrived from where?
Ukraine. I purchased the set on Etsy from a seller named "RetroMaximum". He doesn't have the set listed for sale always but if you message him and reference the Latvian reproduction pieces or include the pic of my pieces he'll know what you are referring to. I purchased the set on January 11 and it shipped on January 22 via DHL to US and arrived January 26. Price was $230 plus shipping brought the total to $264.99. The king is 3.75 inch in height and 1.5 inch diameter at the base.
Jan 27, 2021
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#1314
Much more expensive than a 1960's original (but probably better quality wood!)
Jan 27, 2021
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#1315
The vintage sets I looked at were unweighted and almost all would have needed some repair before using. I really wanted weighted pieces and didn’t want to deal with replacing felt pads, etc.
I bought this handmade chess set on Etsy, and I absolutely love how beautiful it is and how well crafted all the pieces are! I'm glad to see other people here bought theirs on Etsy too, there are some truly wonderful ones in there.
paperlate wrote:
forked_again wrote:
Arrived from where?
Ukraine. I purchased the set on Etsy from a seller named "RetroMaximum". He doesn't have the set listed for sale always but if you message him and reference the Latvian reproduction pieces or include the pic of my pieces he'll know what you are referring to. I purchased the set on January 11 and it shipped on January 22 via DHL to US and arrived January 26. Price was $230 plus shipping brought the total to $264.99. The king is 3.75 inch in height and 1.5 inch diameter at the base.
I had that exact Latvian set from RetroMaximum in my Etsy shopping cart for a few days before you bought it! Hah. Nice purchase. The beautiful red felt on the pieces were the deal-MAKER. I completely agree with you on getting the repro over a vintage set for the same price. I might ask him to make me a set with lighter (natural?) wood for the whites. Depending on the quality of the grain of wood.
Jan 27, 2021
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#1318
paperlate wrote:
The vintage sets I looked at were unweighted and almost all would have needed some repair before using. I really wanted weighted pieces and didn’t want to deal with replacing felt pads, etc.
I know a few people who add weighting and felt to their old sets and they swear it's really easy, but I certainly wouldn't dare take a drill to the bottom of an antique set! Especially the Russian ones, as the wood is often very light and brittle.
Jan 27, 2021
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#1319
Love the Latvian pieces.I have a nice repro from another mfgr.
I,also got a set from RetroMXim.Their Tal pieces.it's a nice contrast to my Noj Tal set.
Enjoy your prize.
I think maple would be nice. Ash would be my second choice. I don't know if pine would fare well with a hardwood like cherry. If you do use pine in must be kiln dried, not just cut wild and seasoned. Kiln drying crystalizes the resin in pine sap so it doesn't keep bleeding out for years. The cherry should be dried or just seasoned to around 40% humidity before trying to use it. That should get it close to normal ambient humidity and help eliminate expansion or contraction issues.
edit: apparently I forgot to quote. This is in reference to verylate's question about what woods to use when making a board.
Pandemic,
Love the set in post #1497! What's the source?
From the seller Oldest on Etsy (https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/Oldset?ref=shop_sugg). Those particular pieces are sold out but he may be able to produce some again if you ask.