I'd like to find wood chessmen that are weighted and used for study, not tournament play. What height and weight would be good for this purpose? I have a plastic tournament size set that is triple weighted. Thanks.
I think tournament size (3.75" king) is great for study. It's all up to individual preference but anything up to about 4.5" king would work nicely.
I like heavy pieces but it's hard to compare sets. Some people say double or triple weighted, some say the king weighs x.x ounces, some say the whole set weighs yy ounces.
House of Staunton's "Classic Series" 3.75" set weighs 54 ounces while their "Professional Series" of the same size and about twice the price is listed as 42 ounces. I'd say 40 ounces would be the light end for 3.75" pieces and 90 ounces would be the heavy end for 4.4" pieces.
I have a 4.4" set that weighs 63 ounces and it feels very nice. I have a 3.75" set that feels pretty good but I don't know what it weighs. Probably 30 to 40 ounces.
yeah the weighting is excellent. i just don't know if i would like ebonized peices of this better. i guess golden boxwood matches better with the furniture but i will probably leave a negative feedback for the guy!
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well i ordered from a guy on ebay and appearntly he gets cheap sets from HOS and sell them at retail price on ebay. This set only cost him $110 because when HOS shipped there was a reciept in it. i will send him a message. if he asks me to pay for shipping i will just say no thanks but if he pays for it might as well get ebonized.
Don't jump too fast to leave feedback, negative or positive. I think I know the guy. Sounds like the fellow in Texas who substituted a different set for one I bought. I won an auction for a HoS ebonized Grandmaster set and got a Classic set in the excremental Sheesham wood. He was out of the GM sets, as was HoS at the time. After a phone call, he told me to keep the set I didn't want, and he'd send the set I did as soon as he got them in. It took months (even for HoS to get their supply), and more than one phone call to resolve a couple of issues, but he made it right. When he finally sent the set I originally won, he also sent a Rosewood set with it. I got three sets for the price of one.
Anybody want to buy a Sheesham Classic 4.0 king set?