Free Raffle for a Custom Case

Me too...honesty rules. I confessed that I never owned an instroke case. Heck, I thought I was wayyy uptown when I bought a 2X2 vinyl Porper.
Now wishing I'd gone 2X4.
 
John Barton said:
Hi all,

In case you don't me my name is John Barton and I started Instroke Cue Cases around 15 years ago. 3 years ago I sold Instroke and since then have not been making cases.

I just started a new workshop to produce only one-of-a-kinds and prototypes.

To honor all of my great customers from the Instroke years I am doing a free raffle for the honor of being the very first person besides me to get a case out of my new workshop.

In order to get in all you need to do to enter is send an email - not a PM - to jbcaseraffle@jbideas.com with your real name and your AZ Handle. If you have ever owned an Instroke case please describe it briefly and you will get two entries in the drawing. Honor system here.

The only limits to the case you will receive is your imagination and if I can't easily procure the materials. For example I can't do exotic leathers that are forbidden for me to import. But I can do some really nice leather prints.

See www.jbcases.com for details.

Thanks and hope to see a lot of you in the drawing,

John Barton
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Email sent.
 
I think at the end of the week.

BillyKoda said:
John, when will the raffle be drawn?
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I think that probably Friday will be a good day to do it. I want to make sure everyone has a chance to see it and get their email in. I also have to assign numbers and have a sort of virtual draw if I can.

Thanks to everyone for the well wishes and for the stories.
 
Ktown D said:
I will throw my name in to the hat as well. Good luck with everything.

John,
I have an old instroke case that has the nameplate on the lid not the bottom of the case. Is this something that was done on some of your cases or did the plate just fall off and the previous owner put it on the lid? I have been curous about it since I bought it.:confused:
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At the beginning we put the nameplate on the top. In later years we did it for the 2x2 and 2x3 sizes. Some 1x1 and 1x2 sizes will have it on the top.

Some cases have it on the side.

Eventually the nameplate was moved to the bottom on all models.

On the JB Cases the logo will be placed by me in whichever place best suits the design of each case. There will be a nametag with the official logo for easy identification but also another instance of my logo that is unique to each case. A signature of sorts.
 
Sound great John. Do you happen to have any drawing board designs we can peek at? I'll be honest here. I don't think I'd have the creativity that you do. So how does this work? A player just gives a general idea of his wants?
 
pwd72s said:
Sound great John. Do you happen to have any drawing board designs we can peek at? I'll be honest here. I don't think I'd have the creativity that you do. So how does this work? A player just gives a general idea of his wants?
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Basically we start a dialog about what you are looking for and we discuss it until we have decided on the concept. At that point I will take your desires and interpret them and create the case.

All of my colleagues have specific styles that they like to operate in. They have created certain patterns that work for them and this provides a frame of reference for the customer.

Because my workshop is also a prototyping studio I don't have many constraints on style and I prefer to challenge my team each time to make cases that fit the design I create and the principles I build to.

I am the anti-pattern case maker if you will. Not to say I won't reuse some patterns we make as there will always be some elements of cue cases that are common to all of them. But each one will be as individual as an original painting. No one will be able to get "your" case with their name on it.

Now, my cases will have some signature touches. I won't copy someone else's case for example but I will replicate the style and add "improvements" and elements that make it unique.

If you said you like the Justis 2x4 at x-website then we would start with that as the base and go from there. What you would have in the end is a John Barton original with Justis influences but never to be mistaken for a Justis.

Simply email me your phone number and what the best time to call is and we can go from there.

I will however be adding some basic drawings to serve as guidelines. Should be up within the week.
 
John Barton said:
Basically we start a dialog about what you are looking for and we discuss it until we have decided on the concept. At that point I will take your desires and interpret them and create the case.

All of my colleagues have specific styles that they like to operate in. They have created certain patterns that work for them and this provides a frame of reference for the customer.

Because my workshop is also a prototyping studio I don't have many constraints on style and I prefer to challenge my team each time to make cases that fit the design I create and the principles I build to.

I am the anti-pattern case maker if you will. Not to say I won't reuse some patterns we make as there will always be some elements of cue cases that are common to all of them. But each one will be as individual as an original painting. No one will be able to get "your" case with their name on it.

Now, my cases will have some signature touches. I won't copy someone else's case for example but I will replicate the style and add "improvements" and elements that make it unique.

If you said you like the Justis 2x4 at x-website then we would start with that as the base and go from there. What you would have in the end is a John Barton original with Justis influences but never to be mistaken for a Justis.

Simply email me your phone number and what the best time to call is and we can go from there.

I will however be adding some basic drawings to serve as guidelines. Should be up within the week.
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Thanks John...if I were lucky enough to win? I think I'd just tell you what I plan to carry...then turn you loose! I mean...I, as a car enthusiast, should tell Ferry Porsche how to pencil out a car???? Yeah, right...;)
 
I sent an email the other day. Just wanted to add a thanks for giving us a chance at something cool.

Gary
 
The Drawing will be at.....

Midnight West Coast time to give everyone who isn't in the last chance to be in.

My employer Sterling Gaming has stepped up to give away three additional prizes for this contest.

1. is a Fury NR Series cue www.fury-cues.com
2. is a Blaze Swirlz Series Cue www.blaze-cues.com
3. is a Sterling Artistic Series cue www.sterling-cues.com

So thanks to their generosity we now have 3 more prizes to award.

Good luck to everyone and thank you very much again for all the wonderful emails.
 
John Barton said:
Midnight West Coast time to give everyone who isn't in the last chance to be in.

My employer Sterling Gaming has stepped up to give away three additional prizes for this contest.

1. is a Fury NR Series cue www.fury-cues.com
2. is a Blaze Swirlz Series Cue www.blaze-cues.com
3. is a Sterling Artistic Series cue www.sterling-cues.com

So thanks to their generosity we now have 3 more prizes to award.

Good luck to everyone and thank you very much again for all the wonderful emails.
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Please tell Scott Thanks. :cool: He really is a stand up guy.:)
 
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