{"id":25759,"date":"2003-03-06T18:04:23","date_gmt":"2003-03-07T00:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2003\/03\/06\/handcarved-lotr-chesset-2\/"},"modified":"2003-03-06T18:04:23","modified_gmt":"2003-03-07T00:04:23","slug":"handcarved-lotr-chesset-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theonering.net\/torwp\/2003\/03\/06\/25759-handcarved-lotr-chesset-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Handcarved LOTR Chesset"},"content":{"rendered":"

Robert Ironside<\/b> writes:<\/p>\n

I’ve been a Tolkien fan all my life and have carved a couple of sets in the past on this theme but I like to think that this is the best yet.<\/p>\n

The chess set is hand carved out of Basswood [Limewood] and took me almost two months of almost solid carving [even weekends] to finish. No patterns are used or templates. I just start carving and see what happens [my approach]. I’ve read the books a number of times [lost count after 4] and just try different renderings of the characters I’ve known in my mind for 30 years [i’m 41].<\/p>\n

Email Robert for more info<\/a><\/p>\n

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