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Haha, i now know where and how you developed your fetish for duct tapes!!

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What cloth did you get on there? Is that the new Fury cloth you told me about?

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These Nylon Cases are the best bang for buck cases out there...and these new colours are super!

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Jive said:
Haha, i now know where and how you developed your fetish for duct tapes!!

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Yeah I definitely developed a great affinity for the wonders of duct tape back then.

What cloth did you get on there? Is that the new Fury cloth you told me about?

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It's some cloth that was given to me to test by the former brand manager at Fury. It's not Fury cloth, the brand is Win or something like that. So far I am not real impressed with it as it plays kind of strange with the balls reacting funny.


These Nylon Cases are the best bang for buck cases out there...and these new colours are super!

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Thanks. I tried to keep a couple for myself but they were all ordered and went out the door already. I will post them on the WFS section though formally so people can order them.
 
JB Cases said:
It's a true inlay. The pocket was laser cut in the blue suede and a hard backing applied to the leather. Then the inlay was cut out of veg tan saddle leather and glued into place. The result is a flat and flush inlaid piece.

I did a video of the case here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INJZLjo5DEA&feature=youtu.be
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Ohh ok ok, i get it. It's impressive, it definitely looks like you got a whole veg tan leather and cut around the logo leaving that the only element on cut. Really cool, i like it!
 
JB Cases said:
Thanks for the input Steve. Since you haven't yet ordered a case from us this is a good opportunity to explain the process.

When a customer contacts us they have either gone through our site to find other cases we have done to use as the building block or they have an idea of their own that they would like to know if we can do.

We generally have a discussion about it with me or my wife answering questions and offering suggestions until the customer is clear.

Then the customer puts in an order through the order form here www.jbcases.com/orderform.html Here the customer chooses the exact specifications he wants in his case.

Then we will do a preliminary sketch to make sure that the specifications are all correct. At this point we correct or change any specs that the customer wants. Then we move into the decoration and try to interpret what the customer has described. We will change it as many times as the customer wants until they are satisfied.

At this point we often do color samples, we will do tooling samples, show various leather choices, essentially we do whatever physical mockups we need to do to insure that the customer is getting exactly what they want.

For Evan's case we did about four drawings and asked him for his input on each one. We changed the drawings to reflect his desire and since we are a true custom shop we built the case according to his concept of what would be a fitting tribute to his father's memory. Evan did not send us a drawing, he described what he wanted and we did arrangements until he approved what ultimately went on the case.

I understand that you don't like the design and I am sure that there are many who aren't turned on by it. But the main point is that the customer likes it. What he had in his head came to life and that made him happy.

There are two types of makers in any thing, those who make primarily what they want to their own specifications and with their own sense of what looks good or those who do what ever the customer wants if it's possible to do so. I fall in the latter category. Which means that I will build some cases that are not going to be appealing to the all the of people who look at them. We do have the final say on what we will build and IF I feel strongly about something I will discuss it with the customer and most of the time the customer will agree with me. But this itself is part of the process.

But to reiterate for me the most important thing is that the customer is happy with what they get. We try our best to get as close to their vision as we can and most times we seem to get close enough. We do provide a huge amount of service and guidance as our customers can testify to. Because of doing that we also sometimes do allow some orders to languish but once we get into them and the build commences we keep the communication up and provide status updates to them.

Evan's case turned out beautifully by the way and he is very happy with it. My wife spent a solid week painting it by hand. The leather workers among us know what type of work went into making this case in purple and white.

Again thanks for the input. When you order a case I am certain that you will be well pleased with the amount of service and choice you get.
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Thanks for the reply John. I just hope that someone sees Evan's case and then goes to your website to see what your craftsmen can really produce. :smile:

I had a big patio put in my backyard - I had my own ideas on what it should look like. But after talking to the expert who built it with his own hands, his ideas really make sense and I am happy I listened to his suggested changes. Hopefully more customers will listen to you than don't.

Someday I might consider buying an expensive case but my cat pissed on the last case I bought so that will always be in the back of my mind before making that kind of investment on a custom case. It was a plain jane, vinyl Instroke case with the secure insert (I am sure you have a better name for it). Anyways, the cues were protected from the cat urine I am happy to say but I had to throw the case away. :mad:
 
Nice case..

Wow John, that Ksax case looks great!! Thanks to both you and Karen for working with me, keeping me updated, and creating exactly what I wanted. I can't wait to get it.
 
Can't wait to see a croc print / brown oil tan case being posted in here :D
 
Very nice, the "Danger" case in particular, as well as several of the new GTFs. :thumbup:

(Something's still missing, though…)

Greetings from Switzerland, David.
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