Instroke Saddle / Limited
- Thread starter raemondo
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Yea, I was wondering about quality of the tooling on the leather, and cos I've seen different versions of them. I know J&J has non-typical versions:
http://www.jjcue.com/instrokecases_saddle.htm
These are unlike the saddle versions I've seen.
Also, do you have to be cleaning the leather pretty often? It seems like the saddle will look better than the cowboy when aged, especially cos of the tooling design.
Of course, pictures a worth a thousand words!
thanks!
http://www.jjcue.com/instrokecases_saddle.htm
These are unlike the saddle versions I've seen.
Also, do you have to be cleaning the leather pretty often? It seems like the saddle will look better than the cowboy when aged, especially cos of the tooling design.
Of course, pictures a worth a thousand words!
thanks!
Hal said:
Wow Hal that is a gorgeous saddle case you got there....is it in Chocolate leather? The edges on the top of the 2 compartments look pretty white --- is that wear & tear, cos the leather is stretched, or the flash of the camera?
How was the widowmaker by the way? I've heard that they are production cases but they look really good to me. Billiardwarehouse seems to be the only place that sells them though.
It's a Chocolate and beige color. Or a dark brown and light brown. There is no White on the case. It looks like the one in the link you posted, only a different pattern.
The widowmaker I had was very similar to a Jack Justis or Jay Flowers. It was very nice. I bought them both off ebay. I sold the Widowmaker for almost 100.00 more than I gave for it. I gave 300.00 for the Instroke (ebay).
The widowmaker I had was very similar to a Jack Justis or Jay Flowers. It was very nice. I bought them both off ebay. I sold the Widowmaker for almost 100.00 more than I gave for it. I gave 300.00 for the Instroke (ebay).
raemondo said:
Mine is the typical 3x5. I know that the tooling has changed a time or two...John Barton designed them and was having them built in Europe, then moved the manufacturing to Taiwan, then sold the business....(that's a simplified version of the sequence of events). Anyway, the design and tooling changed somewhat and the type of latch was changed. In any case, the tooling is high-quality work, the leather is high-quality and the latches and other hardware are high-quality. I actually think the cases coming from Taiwan may be even a little better (more consistent anyway) than those that were made in Europe. I think that there is a company in Europe that is still making a case of that design and calling it something else....not Instroke, but something similar. I think John actually kept the Instroke name...or at least he was trying to keep it.
I don't think you have to clean them any more often than any other leather case.
dooziexx said:
Hey Erik,
Your website only shows the chocolate one I believe. Have you seen any of the saddle in other colors? I've tried searching online but none of the pictures were of any decent quality. In fact, Hal's pic right is the best one I've seen so far! I'm thinking of a dark brown or dark red one....but the terms light brown, dark brown, burgundy and mahogany just confuse me. Someone needs to post pictures of these cases!
BTW dude, the "love" thread is definitely getting some love!
