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"Newborn pawn" 😂 You're the best chess piece pediatrician I know 😁 You're building such a beautiful historical collection. I have a plastic Rejkjavik set, but at some point I plan to get this one too. I clicked as soon as I saw the notification. Enjoying the video and the music 👌
Beautiful set. My favorite piece is the knight with the distinctive mark under the eye. I think it is a good choice for any player wanting a practical and historically significant set.
Thank you for another fantastic in-depth review!!! I have the HoS version of the same 1972 Fischer-Spassky "Reykjavik" set - also in Natural Boxwood and Ebonized Boxwood - and, I must say, your set of RCM chessmen look every bit as well rendered on the lathe work and in the carving - and, at much lower a price. The only difference I picked-up on was in the surface finish of the black pieces. While of course, more money, the HoS replicas do not leave the centering-pin and spindle marks inside the turret of the Rook, which are evident on the RCM set you are reviewing. Either whomever the maker is for HoS have been sanded-out those marks, or put a thin smear of wood-putty in there and rubbed it in there to cover those little manufacturing marks up. Not a big deal; again, especially when one considers the price difference between these two nearly identical renderings. On the black pieces of my HoS Fischer-Spassky '72 replica set, those seem to have an overall visually smoother surface, as though even more highly sanded and perhaps torched and/or heavily primer-coated before the black paint is applied - making them appear to have a more sleek and smooth finish, as opposed to appearing as simply wood which has been painted black. From how it looks on the video - and this is just my opinion and what I think I see on a video, of course - your RCM set - while quite wonderful in it's own right - seems to have a bit more surface texture to my eye, and perhaps this is due to the lack of taking extra and more expensive finishing steps in disguising the surface of the boxwood to take on a faux ebony surface appearance. I am no expert on making and finishing Chessmen; but, I think there is a difference between creating the dark pieces by simply painting the natural boxwood black - nothing wrong with that - and, closing the pores of the wood by putting a torch over the surface to scorch it, or, applying a gap-filling primer, before applying the paint. Unless I am mistaken, 'Ebonized' used to only be specifically used to describe a process of making a more open-grain wood - like Boxwood - take on the finished appearance of tightly closed-grain wood - like Ebony - but, has since fallen into the common usage for describing non-Ebony wood pieces which are black in color; and, not only to describe a specialty finishing process. Seems to me I recall the man at the chess shop I used to go back in the 70s as a young boy, told me on the subject of black Chessmen, there is a big difference between: Ebony (a black wood) Chessmen, and, Ebonized (a specific process used prior to applying black paint to natural wood) Chessmen, and, Black (light colored wood simply painted black) Chessmen. Anyway, keep your wonderful videos coming, PLEASE! And, I really enjoyed the very lightly playing jazz piano music in the background. You got the relative volume-levels between your voice and the music just right. Nice Touch!
Dear Sir, thank you for your detailed observations! I actually didn't know the differences between ebonized and black, I thought it was the same thing. The HoS replica is for sure great, the major difference between the design of HOS and RCM is I believe in the knight size. The knight is taller in RCM set, but it might be the case that the HOS knight height is more accurate to the original. Also, regarding your observations about ebonized finish, I agree that closing the pores of the wood by putting a torch over the surface to scorch is a finer level of finish than leaving the pores visible. Once again, thank you for your valuable feedback and see you in the next video!
Beautiful set, I'm eyeing one as well with a nice antiqued yellowed finish on the white pieces and high gloss lacquer on the black pieces, the king has a rounded crown that is not of Staunton design.
Me encanta el diseño de los caballos mostrando los dientes. El rey está en buena proporción y su cruz estéticamente bien hecha. Sus torres parecen muy reales a una edificación. Ahora a que tablero sería el indicado para estas piezas?
Gracias por la consulta, recomendaría esta placa: royalchessmall.com/collections/golden-rosewood-board/products/21-players-choice-solid-golden-rosewood-maple-wood-chess-board-matt-finish?_fid=7de47b46c&_pos=5&_ss=c&ref=eEDjx6vtQ_qZAa
Imam ovaj set ali u rosewood izdanju, prelijep je, planiras li narucivati ,,Zagreb 1959,, set, taj mi je isto prelijep planiram ga nabavljati....pozdrav i srecan daljnji rad.
Pozdrav i hvala na javljanju! Zagreb je svakako na listi za nabaviti, ima ih i previše na čekanju hehe. Upravo sam završio svoj vlastiti dizajn kojeg ću 3D isprintati i napraviti video o njemu :)
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"Newborn pawn" 😂 You're the best chess piece pediatrician I know 😁
You're building such a beautiful historical collection. I have a plastic Rejkjavik set, but at some point I plan to get this one too.
I clicked as soon as I saw the notification. Enjoying the video and the music 👌
Thanks man once again for the support! 😃
Beautiful set. My favorite piece is the knight with the distinctive mark under the eye. I think it is a good choice for any player wanting a practical and historically significant set.
Thanks for the comment! The mark under the eye is pretty charismatic I agree on that 100 percent :)
I really enjoy your unboxing videos. I've always enjoyed Royal Chessmall's products. Keep up the good work.👌
Thanks man for the support!
absolutely beatifull my friend!
Thanks my friend!
cuantas veces dijo "what do you think?" ._.
The Knights (as usual) and Rooks are the stars of this set. Nice review!
Thanks for the comment!
Thank you for another fantastic in-depth review!!! I have the HoS version of the same 1972 Fischer-Spassky "Reykjavik" set - also in Natural Boxwood and Ebonized Boxwood - and, I must say, your set of RCM chessmen look every bit as well rendered on the lathe work and in the carving - and, at much lower a price.
The only difference I picked-up on was in the surface finish of the black pieces.
While of course, more money, the HoS replicas do not leave the centering-pin and spindle marks inside the turret of the Rook, which are evident on the RCM set you are reviewing. Either whomever the maker is for HoS have been sanded-out those marks, or put a thin smear of wood-putty in there and rubbed it in there to cover those little manufacturing marks up.
Not a big deal; again, especially when one considers the price difference between these two nearly identical renderings.
On the black pieces of my HoS Fischer-Spassky '72 replica set, those seem to have an overall visually smoother surface, as though even more highly sanded and perhaps torched and/or heavily primer-coated before the black paint is applied - making them appear to have a more sleek and smooth finish, as opposed to appearing as simply wood which has been painted black. From how it looks on the video - and this is just my opinion and what I think I see on a video, of course - your RCM set - while quite wonderful in it's own right - seems to have a bit more surface texture to my eye, and perhaps this is due to the lack of taking extra and more expensive finishing steps in disguising the surface of the boxwood to take on a faux ebony surface appearance.
I am no expert on making and finishing Chessmen; but, I think there is a difference between creating the dark pieces by simply painting the natural boxwood black - nothing wrong with that - and, closing the pores of the wood by putting a torch over the surface to scorch it, or, applying a gap-filling primer, before applying the paint.
Unless I am mistaken, 'Ebonized' used to only be specifically used to describe a process of making a more open-grain wood - like Boxwood - take on the finished appearance of tightly closed-grain wood - like Ebony - but, has since fallen into the common usage for describing non-Ebony wood pieces which are black in color; and, not only to describe a specialty finishing process.
Seems to me I recall the man at the chess shop I used to go back in the 70s as a young boy, told me on the subject of black Chessmen, there is a big difference between: Ebony (a black wood) Chessmen, and, Ebonized (a specific process used prior to applying black paint to natural wood) Chessmen, and, Black (light colored wood simply painted black) Chessmen.
Anyway, keep your wonderful videos coming, PLEASE! And, I really enjoyed the very lightly playing jazz piano music in the background. You got the relative volume-levels between your voice and the music just right. Nice Touch!
Dear Sir, thank you for your detailed observations! I actually didn't know the differences between ebonized and black, I thought it was the same thing. The HoS replica is for sure great, the major difference between the design of HOS and RCM is I believe in the knight size. The knight is taller in RCM set, but it might be the case that the HOS knight height is more accurate to the original. Also, regarding your observations about ebonized finish, I agree that closing the pores of the wood by putting a torch over the surface to scorch is a finer level of finish than leaving the pores visible. Once again, thank you for your valuable feedback and see you in the next video!
Beautiful set, I'm eyeing one as well with a nice antiqued yellowed finish on the white pieces and high gloss lacquer on the black pieces, the king has a rounded crown that is not of Staunton design.
Thanks for your comment. Sounds nice, from which company?
@@RandomChessTalk From Niggemann in Germany
@@Top_Lad thanks for the info i didn't know for that company
@@RandomChessTalk No problem, they are very reputable and the official supplier to the German chess federation and similar organizations in Germany
Me encanta el diseño de los caballos mostrando los dientes. El rey está en buena proporción y su cruz estéticamente bien hecha. Sus torres parecen muy reales a una edificación. Ahora a que tablero sería el indicado para estas piezas?
Gracias por la consulta, recomendaría esta placa:
royalchessmall.com/collections/golden-rosewood-board/products/21-players-choice-solid-golden-rosewood-maple-wood-chess-board-matt-finish?_fid=7de47b46c&_pos=5&_ss=c&ref=eEDjx6vtQ_qZAa
Imam ovaj set ali u rosewood izdanju, prelijep je, planiras li narucivati ,,Zagreb 1959,, set, taj mi je isto prelijep planiram ga nabavljati....pozdrav i srecan daljnji rad.
Pozdrav i hvala na javljanju! Zagreb je svakako na listi za nabaviti, ima ih i previše na čekanju hehe. Upravo sam završio svoj vlastiti dizajn kojeg ću 3D isprintati i napraviti video o njemu :)
Nice set! Is this ebony wood or ebonized boxwood ? Thank you
Thanks for the comment! It is ebonised boxwood
@@RandomChessTalk thank you! Love your videos! Keep it up!
It's a good video, but it really irks me when people use steak knives to open boxes! But I did laugh when you acknowledged it, so thank you! ☺
Thanks for the comment! I promise I will get a proper knife for the next video
Beautiful chess set!
Thanks for the comment! Stay tuned for more! :)