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04-02-2025, 06:30 PM #271Senior Member
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Nice job on the brush. I like the leather accent!
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04-02-2025, 07:58 PM #272Aristocratic treasure hunter
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@PaulFLUS I know next to nothing about guitars and still I know this one is a beauty
@stoneandstrop I still have to find a wood turner who doesn't love boxwood. A pure "butter colour" one is usually favoured, but I love this one I just cut in the garden and in the pieces of which I try to find hidden objects lol.
Indeed it would be a perfect wood for chess pieces. Do you have pictures ?PaulFLUS likes this.Beautiful is important, but when all is said and done, you will always be faithful to a good shaver while a bad one may detter you from ever trying again. Judge with your skin, not your eyes.
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04-02-2025, 11:42 PM #273Senior Member
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I do, They seem to me maybe Indonesian in theme, not sure. Looking closer today I think they are both Boxwood
Originally Posted by Aggelos
Rook,Queen,King and Bishop
Last edited by stoneandstrop; 04-02-2025 at 11:44 PM.
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04-03-2025, 04:04 AM #274Aristocratic treasure hunter
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An answer completely out of my ass, with the help of chatGPT, so worth nothing of great value :
1) on the essence of the darker wood : ChatGPT suggests rosewood or mahogany, and I think it's bull****. On the other hand "ebonized boxwood" is a common essence for black chess pieces, so I think you are right on the money.
2) Definitely Chinese and not Indonesian
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04-03-2025, 11:21 AM #275Senior Member
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Those look Chinese for sure. Originally Posted by Aggelos
An answer completely out of my ass, with the help of chatGPT, so worth nothing of great value :
1) on the essence of the darker wood : ChatGPT suggests rosewood or mahogany, and I think it's bull****. On the other hand "ebonized boxwood" is a common essence for black chess pieces, so I think you are right on the money.
2) Definitely Chinese and not Indonesian
Mine are definitely not Ebony or Rosewood. I'm pretty sure mine are Boxwood that is "ebonized"
That is quite a chess set! Is it yours?PaulFLUS likes this.
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04-04-2025, 03:02 AM #276Aristocratic treasure hunter
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No, it's not, both of mine are far more classic.
It just illustrated my guess about a Chinese origin quite nicely, with pièces matching yours.
And I concur, it's very nice, and a tremendous amount of pain and effort!PaulFLUS and stoneandstrop like this.Beautiful is important, but when all is said and done, you will always be faithful to a good shaver while a bad one may detter you from ever trying again. Judge with your skin, not your eyes.
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