Which chess set has, in your opinion, the best looking Knight?

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The Leningrad Knights are my favorite. So much so that I incorporated them into my custom set.

PineappleCheezeIt
BlackEngkanto wrote:

I have the Reproduction Dubrovnik 1950 from Staunton Castle and the knight design is just right for my taste -- smooth, simple design and easy to hold with the solid feel (actually all the pieces are).

That is a very nice set!  I like those knights alot, the whole set is fantanstic!

RichColorado

Scobblelotcher
RichColorado wrote:

 

i think the knight is in pain

Scobblelotcher
BlackEngkanto wrote:

Back home in the Philippines, we have what we called the deviled knights because they look like they have horns (supposedly erect ears). These special set are made of ultra hard wood we called Kamagong or Iron wood here in the US.  I'd like to own one but this particular type I just can't afford when I was there. I searched for these somewhere and I found one on ETSY (but already sold). Here's a couple of pictures from Etsy.

cute!

ICMateN3

ICMateN3

RichColorado...I agree,

BlackEngkanto
PineappleCheezeIt wrote:
BlackEngkanto wrote:

I have the Reproduction Dubrovnik 1950 from Staunton Castle and the knight design is just right for my taste -- smooth, simple design and easy to hold with the solid feel (actually all the pieces are).

That is a very nice set!  I like those knights alot, the whole set is fantanstic!

Thank you Pineapplecheezeit. This set is the distressed antiqued version from Staunton Castle. They are currently sold out of this but I'm sure they will have some available later. 

BlackEngkanto
TheOneCalledMichael wrote:
BlackEngkanto wrote:

I have the Reproduction Dubrovnik 1950 from Staunton Castle and the knight design is just right for my taste -- smooth, simple design and easy to hold with the solid feel (actually all the pieces are).

Whoaaa how can I missed this? Very nice done mister black! This forum has many talented carvers!

Thanks sir Michael. Yes I agree, the pieces are very nice. I didn't make those though, lol. This set is the distressed antiqued version from Staunton Castle. They are currently sold out of this but I'm sure they will have some available later. 

baddogno

baddogno

Above is the out of production HOS Sheffield.  Bought it because it reminded me of a horse my Dad used to own.  Fairly intricate carving.  Apparently the carver retired without adequately training a replacement and HOS got stuck with a bunch of flop eared or crosseyed nags so they discontinued it maybe 10 years ago.  

TheOneCalledMichael

Ah right! I misread it. I thought wow you're another talented master carver here. Still a beautiful set 😍

ICMateN3

Old Vienna Coffeehouse Knight (early
1900's)

Vlandian_Knight
ICMateN3 wrote:

Old Vienna Coffeehouse Knight (early
1900's)

That windswept mane is nice.

Pawnerai
sound67 wrote:

I once asked a manufacturer how much a set of 4 of those knights would cost without the rest of the set, and the price they named was almost that of an entire set.

Sounds about right. The pieces take 5 minutes to make. The Knights take 5 hours.

olegershov

CB St.Petersburg 4.2" boxwood/ebony

skelts1974

The Jaques 1855 - 70 ‘Paulsen’ knights

 

Vlandian_Knight

Excellent teeth detail.

lighthouse
skelts1974 wrote:

The Jaques 1855 - 70 ‘Paulsen’ knights

 

 

Very Nice , One of my favourite Jaques Knight  happy.png

M7G3y

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