I agree with another person here - bishop tops were a production failure , too weak, easily breaks. I understand Jaques originally produced two sizes 3.5 & 4.4. 4.4 is gigantic. I have the 3.5” replica not original, and plays comfortably on 2.25” squares thanks to the wide bases which is what makes Jaques sets attractive.
Your problem is NOT the ebony, its the lack of caring about quality control, in sending you pieces that have NOT been polished! We are finding this same problem in other sets from Chess Empire! This should not happen, its just cheap to NO polish put on your pieces!
the cuttings in the white bishops have 2 different angIes. One of them goes through the midst of his top. A remarkabIe production faiIure Pieces are not done accurate. Pawns in 2 different coIours, but excuse me, is that worth the money
I know it's been a while since you posted this, but I think I figured out your queen issue. That fourth queen looks like it's actually supposed to match a different but very similar set, their "Prestige luxury staunton" set. Which, in a way is good news, it means that someone just swapped pieces, and not that their manufacturing process is off, although it's a red flag that you didn't get any customer support.
Hi. I'm looking on buying a beautiful wooden chess set from Royal Chess Mall for around £300. The only bottom available is felt and i am looking on replacing them with faux leather, which i prefer. Previously before seeing these vids i was going to soak my pieces in literally 2-3 mm of soapy water to help with the removal of the felt, before basing them with the leather. Do you think this would work? BTW i too bought a set from chessbazaar in India with leather bases as pictured on their site about 8 years ago. About 6 months later i bought the same set as pictured with leather bases for a friends birthday but they came with felt bases. I contacted them and got no reply back either so yeah wasn't too happy about that.
I'd think twice about soaking them in water, it could affect the finish on the pieces and or lead to them cracking later on when they dry. It's actually not that hard to cut and peel the felt away, then scrape and sand away the excess glue. Once they're all clean you're good to go.
Wow that’s an awesome chess set dude. In prison all we had was the plastic pieces played on those disposable paper /cardboard boards, nothing fancy like this set
