Very similiar to ...
JimS said:
They look beautiful and look like they are built by a highly skilled craftsman. I'll be intereted in one this winter.
We have a guy who makes hand tooled leather cue cases here, and yours seem
very similiar, particularly in the size of the overall case. A friend of mine had
him make him a case with all kinds of tooling on it: A 4 color Dragon, etc..
You get the idea. The case was $1300. Randy's comments were, 'I like it, but
it is so bulky and heavy'.
The problem stems from the way the cues fit inside the case that did not optimize space to where the exterior of the case could be as small as possible.
This resulted in a case that feels more like a piece of luggage than it does
a Pool case. Plus, just putting 2 'catch-all' pockets on a case anymore does
not cut it. Players want more specialized pockets that are more convenient
for them to use when playing. Like a pocket to hold 3 pieces of chalk, and
that is easy and fast to get out. Like a netted cell phone pocket. Like, not having to find, and wiggle a jump butt past everything else, and zip up again when you need your jump stick FAST, which you always do. Players do not
like having to sort through all kinds of stuff in pockets to find what they need
or want at that moment, they want specialized pockets so they can organize
the categories of items they normally carry when playing. And noone wants
to lug around a real heavy case, those cases need pop-down wheels like
on inline skates, and if I spent that much on a case, I want some sort of security device.
