Envelope Case Feeler

[JB Cases]

I think if your goal is to build envelope cases, then you should first understand what they were designed for. I will start by telling you that they are not typically used for or designed for storing 10k cues. These were typically used by "road players" that wanted a lightweight inconspicuous case to tote there daily player in. I really don't know anyone that would use an envelope case as a storage case for a high end cue and if they did, I doubt that they would be ramming it constantly in and out of the case. I think you need a realistic thought process and understand what these cases will be used for and who will be in the market for them. Do a Google search, it's called target marketing. Best of luck with your life ventures, I hope you find something that makes you happy. Maybe look into copying Brian Bonners cases as I feel his are fantastic. Subject is over for me.

Doug

You mean like those neat little cases that Eddie Felson carried in The Hustler? The ones lined with soft green felt and divided?

A google search will provide better input than asking the folks on AZ Billiards????

Maybe you should understand that even if what you claim is true about envelope cases the climate has changed and people expect more protection from their case. Even the $5 black vinyl TRULY INCONSPICUOUS cases have soft liners and are divided into two compartments.

Now you want to lecture me on pool history and case history? How many cases have you owned? How many cases have you made? What segments of the market do you deal with?

Want to bet that MOST of the cases in the simple, small, inconspicuous class that have ever been made were lined and divided? I think you will be hard pressed to find any without liners. The only one I can think of off hand was the old circular leather tubes which had no lining at all. Other than those I cannot recall any popular cases from the 60's til now that have been made without soft liners and divided compartments. With the obvious exception of the case we are discussing right now.

Brian Bonner copied Chas Clements and Chas Clements took his envelope style from those cases made for other uses throughout the ages. His style and Jack's style with a folded over piece of leather are nothing new and have been used in leather cases forever. Cue case makers rarely do anything that leather workers before them haven't done. In fact most leather workers start out with Al Stohlman's "The Art of Making Leather Cases" which has just about every pattern known. I have never read any book on case making. I figure things out by trial and error and observation and dissection when I have the opportunity to take a case apart.

So spare me the rhetoric and the misinformed lecture. I would expect nothing less than for you to jump all over me for criticizing Jack's method of building a case since you have $3000 Ron Ross tooled Justis cases. I'd jump all over someone who dogged my investment too.

Throughout all this I completely forgot that we already make an Envelope case. I didn't design it but it's pretty sporty.

Not the best picture but you get the point and you can store a $10,000 cue in it with COMPLETE CONFIDENCE that NOTHING will harm your finish.




Here is the description: Squishy and secure. The Fury Gel Case cradles the pool cue in soft faux fur surrounded by memory foam and covered in neoprene. This lightweight case has a SureGrip shoulder strap. Fits up to two cues in divided compartments.

How much for all this loving PROTECTION? $16.95