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Hey to all..

On behalf of ian_norway, please note pictures of boards he made. As far as I understood, boards include laser cut and hand made brass; the opening and closing hinges are invisible to the outside so the board stands up perfectly straight; teak from South America best sort-bees waxed with special wax from Brasil; best quality felt, rubber backed for perfect roll; 50-year old bake lite checkers from Carol J. Cole.

Please address all comments and replies to ian_norway.
Hope you'll like it and enjoy it. Have a good one! Thank you.

Very nice, and turquoise - my favorite color ;;_))

a note from ian_norway

thx to naavanaxx for posting my board as a result of a friendly chat at fibs.
the outside of the board is made from leather as is the handle.
I made the handle clasps from brass,these press down when the board is being played on.
The felt points were cut using a co2 filled chamber-took a while to get the right level of co2 to cut the points which when applied to the background felt show almost no cut line at all, so the checkers glide smoothly.
Have to admit i had a little help from a master cabinet maker who showed me how to make latice joints.

Hope you like the board !!

It is lovely - well done, I hope you get lots of enjoyment playing on it!

Very well done. That's not a board, that's a work of art. And though I realize this is subjective, I really do like that color scheme.

I was playing a match and saw the shouts about this board and your appeals to get someone to post the pictures. As I tend to regard with a great deal of skepticism claims made by "shouters" in general, I thought at best your board would be mediocre and not that exceptional.  Its not often I'm wrong (smile) but I freely confess my prejudice was unfounded and I was pleasantly surprised when I saw those pics.

Has anyone heard of 'Fourbes' Backgammon boards?