Help Me Choose The Leather

Chopdoc

Chopdoc

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So, I am making a couple cases. Tube style...Fellini, Centennial, Engles, etc. type case.

No, not selling them...yet. Maybe...perhaps...possibly...at some point I will.

I have a number of types, textures, and colors of leather and have narrowed my choice down to two.

A smooth black leather, or an ostrich pattern brown (not genuine ostrich).

This first one will probably be with the old Fellini style diary latch, a classic style case. Right now I am thinking the brown ostrich for the first one.

I will build a second one later with another type latch that I found which as far as I can tell has never been used on a cue case. Right now I am thinking the smooth black for the second one. It's going to have a subtle biker theme so I think the black works better.

Not great pictures, just really for the general idea. These are the actual hides I have.

Thoughts?

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I like both your choices for each case. Do what you like for the first ones. Maybe get a consensus if you plan on selling some. Best of luck with your endeavor.
 
skor said:
what's to choose? you're using both for two cases (my first reaction before reading the whole post was why not make two cases from both?)
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Great question.

More or less, it's the first one I am thinking of mainly.

For some reason the first is "special".

And I like to see what people think. It's a great community. Someone already suggested two tone, which I had not even thought of.

I have enough leather to make more cases, that's not an issue. I actually have three full sides of the black. My wife and I bought out the stock of a leather place years ago. I have numerous storage containers full of leather. We also got the commercial walking foot sewing machine in the deal.
 
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Chopdoc said:
I had not thought of that. Could maybe do like an inset window?

Can you give me ideas?
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My gut is black on tan... Tan being the main body...black for pocket or trim.
Or play around and make and tan on black also....
Or simply make 1 tone each. You'll love both.
Not sure?... make a solid black for starters... Black cannot be wrong.
 
Chopdoc said:
Great question.

More or less, it's the first one I am thinking of mainly.

For some reason the first is "special".

And I like to see what people think. It's a great community. Someone already suggested two tone, which I had not even thought of.

I have enough leather to make more cases, that's not an issue. I actually have three full sides of the black. My wife and I bought out the stock of a leather place years ago. I have numerous storage containers full of leather. We also got the commercial walking foot sewing machine in the deal.
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Sounds good, I'll just wait here for my case to arrive hehehe
 
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