The Chess Set Blog

Archive for the ‘Chess sets & the environment’ Category

Selling for less than the sum of it’s parts

Thursday, July 30th, 2009 Posted in Chess sets & the environment, Uncategorized | No Comments »

I had the chance to talk to a traditional English woodworker today. He makes fine chess sets from lovely cuts of luxury hardwoods. I quizzed him about the types of wood used to build chess sets and found out some ...

How green can a chess set actually get?

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008 Posted in Chess sets & the environment | No Comments »

Over the last few years the developed world has become obsessed with environmental issues. Not a day passes without something coming on the TV or radio about global warming and the effects it is having. The whole carbon output debate ...