I was at a "discount superstore" recently. Browsing the aisles, I saw they were sold out of some all-plastic playing cards that I liked for their durability...simple as can be.
but they had, for five dollars, a chess set in a container styled to look like a soft drink can. The modern kind, that was inspired by the fuel tanks of the Atlas missile.
It contains a small cloth chess board with, of course, printed squares.
But what surprised me pleasantly enough to buy it... was that the chess pieces included were not plastic ones, but wooden ones.
They were very simple in shape. Not only was the knight not sculpted, but also omitted were the crenellations of the Rook, and the diagonal cut to imply the Bishop's mitre. So everything but the Knight is strictly lathe-turned, and the Knight is as
But at that price, one can't complain.
John Savard
I read somewhere that the cost of machine-sculpting the knight was equal to the cost of sculpting all the the other pieces. Doubtless a small exaggeration, though maybe close to the truth for wood.
It is difficult to obtain non-turned pieces in wood, and entire sets can cost some 400+ bucks or so.
I was at a "discount superstore" recently. Browsing the aisles, I saw they were sold out of some all-plastic playing cards that I liked for their durability...simple as can be.
but they had, for five dollars, a chess set in a container styled to look like a soft drink can. The modern kind, that was inspired by the fuel tanks of the Atlas missile.
It contains a small cloth chess board with, of course, printed squares.
But what surprised me pleasantly enough to buy it... was that the chess pieces included were not plastic ones, but wooden ones.
They were very simple in shape. Not only was the knight not sculpted, but also omitted were the crenellations of the Rook, and the diagonal cut to imply the Bishop's mitre. So everything but the Knight is strictly lathe-turned, and the Knight is as
But at that price, one can't complain.
I read somewhere that the cost of machine-sculpting the knight was equal to the cost of sculpting all the the other pieces. Doubtless a small exaggeration, though maybe close to the truth for wood.
It is difficult to obtain non-turned pieces in wood, and entire sets can cost some 400+ bucks or so.
On Wednesday, December 14, 2022 at 3:01:27 PM UTC-5, Phil Innes wrote:
I read somewhere that the cost of machine-sculpting the knight was equal to the cost of sculpting all the the other pieces. Doubtless a small exaggeration, though maybe close to the truth for wood.
It is difficult to obtain non-turned pieces in wood, and entire sets can cost some 400+ bucks or so.Good to see you're still about, Phil, even in the wasteland rgcm has become.
I learned chess using a St. George set.
I learned chess using a St. George set. Not sure that's even legal in tournaments nowadays.
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