Spanish Escardibul in Olive

While looking online one day for any Soviet sets that I might like (or afford) I happened upon these Spanish Escardibul pieces being offered from - of all places - Ukraine. I already own a Spanish Staunton set having brought one home from Spain last Spring. And while similar to my Staunton set, the Escardubil is notably different especially with its unique knights.

The White army is made from olive wood but I cannot tell what was used for the Black side. It seems to have been stained. The Kings stand slightly over 3.5 inches tall, and the pieces are placed on a Soviet-made folding board with 5 cm squares. (I need to find a nice vintage board.)

Here are a few pics comparing the Spanish Staunton on the left with the Escarbidul, right:

Thanks!

Very nice Upcountry, love both of them! I do like the look of the Spanish Staunton in wood.

Thanks, AKovyazin. I picked up my copy of the Staunton last Spring and the olive pieces are paired with caoba wood. It's quite nice. I posted the set here:

https://www.chess.com/forum/view/chess-equipment/spanish-olive-and-caoba-set

Very nice set. I've got the set in plastic already, next time I'm in Spain I'm definitely buying one in wood.

Interesting. Are the bottoms red leather/ weighted? I have a Soviet style (GM #4 in Arlindo's video)  set I bought from Ukraine that has these bottoms. Maybe from the same factory? My set didn't have a folding board and the pieces weren't all slopped with lacquer like most tourist sets. 

No, Ronbo710. The bottoms are red but with felt, not leather. They are lightly weighted. As for the board, it came from one of my Soviet sets. These Escardibul pieces came without a board. I'd rather place them on a nice vintage Drueke but, alas, I don't have one. One day, maybe.

How these pieces ended up in Ukraine is beyond me but the seller neither advertised them as Soviet nor Spanish, just vintage.

the Escarbidul looks good, Upcountry!

Thanks, lofina_eidel_ismail!

Thanks, cgrau. You set the standard for pics and caused me to work on my aesthetics. I learned a lot from you.

Concerning this set, as you know, every now and then someone from the old Soviet Union will offer a Jacques-type or Lardy-type Staunton, but this one was a surprise. Could't help myself.

And as for the Drueke board, yes, I really need to pick one up and stop relying on my old Soviet folding boards. The Soviet boards have their place, but the Drueke just does so much for any given set.