{"product_id":"hunter-and-bear-carved-backgammon-board","title":"Backgammon Set Hand Carved - Hunter and Bear","description":"\u003ch2\u003eBackgammon Set Hand Carved - Hunter and Bear\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMost carved boards give you a portrait. This one gives you a moment. Across the lid of this hand-carved wooden backgammon set a hunter stands facing a bear in the forest, cut in deep relief — the trees behind them, the ground under them, and neither one of them backing away. It is the hardest kind of carving there is, because two living figures in motion have to be believable from every angle, and a single heavy cut anywhere ruins the whole scene.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNobody carves this and expects you to pick a side. The bear is bigger and the hunter came anyway; how it ends is genuinely unclear, which is exactly why you keep looking at it. Then you unhook the clasps, the bronze hinges swing open, and you sit down to a full 23.6\" \/ 60 cm playing field where the same thing is about to happen with dice — one of you stronger on the board, one of you braver about the roll, and no way of knowing yet. This is a luxury backgammon set for people who like their equipment to have a story on it, and it carries to the table by its own cut-out handle.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhat's Included\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBackgammon board with bronze hinges, clasps and a cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e32 checkers made from beech and walnut wood\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA pair of dice and a carrying bag\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eSpecifications\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolded: 30 x 60 cm \/ 11.8 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOpen playing field: 60 x 60 cm \/ 23.6 x 23.6\"\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWeight: 5 kg \/ 11 lb\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWood: solid beech, with bronze hinges and clasps\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEntirely handmade\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eWhy It Stands Out\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA full hunting scene — hunter, bear and forest — carved by hand in deep relief\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTwo figures in motion, the most demanding thing a carver can attempt\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFolds shut on bronze hinges and travels by its own cut-out carry handle\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA luxury wooden backgammon board that people stop and read rather than glance at\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eA Gift With Some Nerve\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor the player who takes the risky double, the friend who tells stories properly, or the house where the hunting photographs are still on the wall. It is not a quiet board, and it was never meant to be.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CanarianCanary","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53098194665792,"sku":"101464","price":719.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0984\/5551\/9552\/files\/1687259972395.jpg?v=1788438576","url":"https:\/\/canariancanary.com\/products\/hunter-and-bear-carved-backgammon-board","provider":"CanarianCanary","version":"1.0","type":"link"}