Instroke Case Designed by J.B. For Mr. Bludworth

cuesblues said:
If she promises to take it and go, ha ha, see you later.

The inside may be hard to photograph, all black soft lining, with 6-soft lined dividers, 4-with elsastic to hold the butts & shafts.
Each one protects the other one.
They snap out and I think it turns into some type of a display because it came with 20-velcro & metal rings with hooks that I haven't figured out yet.

The big pocket folds out into a little accordian file and matches the outside, and another pocket has pen holders and a business card pocket.
It's like a big daytimer.

It also came with some vinyl covers with velcro that I have no idea about and the whole thing is clearly a true dealers case.
If I was a dealer I would probably know what all this stuff does.
Chris Byrne may know what it's all for and hopefully J.B. can chime in.
It is very well made inside & out and it looks like a lot of thought went into the design.
I haven't really used it becauses it causes too much commotion.

Thanks for the nice comments

Ted
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This case is a 16x32 and was designed as a dealer's display case to be used in many configurations. I designed it with detachable boards that could be laid flat or stood up at just about any angle.

The boards were arranged like books with one set holding 8 butts on each side for a total of 16 butts. The other set held up to 32 shafts. In between each set of boards is a detachable pad that acts as a buffer between the cues during transport and as a prop for the boards when displayed.

I also included 20 sets of velcro tabs with spring hooks on them for dealers to be able to display accessories. With that were two nylon covers that were supposed to be used to allow the accessories to stay velcroed in place without sticking to the other parts of the case.

The front of the case featured four pockets. At the bottom is a briefcase style pocket with a divided compartment for brochures. The two center pockets were made as we do them on the normal cases to provide two roomy pockets for whatever accessories the dealer might want to stuff in there. The upper pocket had some briefcase style compartments inside that were for pens, calculator, and business cards.

I did design this case. I did not however design the tooling. One of my former partners in Instroke Germany did a trade deal with Leonard Bludworth and that partner had this case tooled and done. It wasn't the case that Bludworth wanted with his logo tooled in but it was the one he ended up with to complete the deal. I am not sure whether the tooler on this one was Czech or German.

I have always liked this design and it served me faithfully with up to 50K in cues and through many many flights around the world.
I have been redesigning it for a decade.......

This particular case and the few others like it, 2 or 3 in total I believe, were very well done. The tooler did a superb job and it remains as one of the greatest tooled cases Instroke has ever done.

So that's all I know about it - great case Ted!!!!
 
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JB Cases said:
This case is a 16x32 and was designed as a dealer's display case to be used in many configurations. I designed it with detachable boards that could be laid flat or stood up at just about any angle.

The boards were arranged like books with one set holding 8 butts on each side for a total of 16 butts. The other set held up to 32 shafts. In between each set of boards is a detachable pad that acts as a buffer between the cues during transport and as a prop for the boards when displayed.

I also included 20 sets of velcro tabs with spring hooks on them for dealers to be able to display accessories. With that were two nylon covers that were supposed to be used to allow the accessories to stay velcroed in place without sticking to the other parts of the case.

The front of the case featured four pockets. At the bottom is a briefcase style pocket with a divided compartment for brochures. The two center pockets were made as we do them on the normal cases to provide two roomy pockets for whatever accessories the dealer might want to stuff in there. The upper pocket had some briefcase style compartments inside that were for pens, calculator, and business cards.

I did design this case. I did not however design the tooling. One of my former partners in Instroke Germany did a trade deal with Leonard Bludworth and that partner had this case tooled and done. It wasn't the case that Bludworth wanted with his logo tooled in but it was the one he ended up with to complete the deal. I am not sure whether the tooler on this one was Czech or German.

I have always liked this design and it served me faithfully with up to 50K in cues and through many many flights around the world.
I have been redesigning it for a decade.......

This particular case and the few others like it, 2 or 3 in total I believe, were very well done. The tooler did a superb job and it remains as one of the greatest tooled cases Instroke has ever done.

So that's all I know about it - great case Ted!!!!
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Thanks for the info John, and your memory is incredible.
I knew that it could be converted into a display but had
no idea what the "spring hooks" and nylon covers were for,
and I just noticed the special pockets could be used as a briefcase.
Never really paid much attention, it's not like I'm a dealer.
If I went walking into a pool hall with this case loaded
with cues people would wonder what the heck I'm doing.

Just thought I would post some picks, had it for a while now.

Happy Holidays

Ted
 
I've been droooling and trying to talk Ted out of this case for going on two years! lol
Still the coolest case I've ever seen- to say nothing of the cues he had in it originally!
Still in love with it, GREAT case and pics Ted!
 
cuesblues said:
I Picked up this case quite a while ago in a cue deal.
16 x 32 Instroke designed by John Barton for Leonard Bludworth.
Tooled in Germany.

Still working on my pics ( my daughters room)
Other than AZ where am I going to take it?
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Oh - one more thing Teddy - here's an answer to your question (which I can't believe no one else offered!) - you can take it to PA where it will find a most loving and caring home - not to mention the change of scenery and copious amount of fondling that will do wonders for keeping it in such perfect shape!! -
:smilewinkgrin::angel:
 
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