JB Case Highly Tooled Case

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John Barton

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SOLD - Thank you all for looking.

Well, I finally have a case for sale. It's not one of my customs but is a hybrid of my old scallop pattern that I designed for Instroke and the insane talents of one of my new tooling artists.

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If you love Whitten and Justis then don't bother looking at this case because it will blow you way with the tooling on it. The only instruction I gave the tooler was that I wanted it in the Sheridan style of carving and tooling and I wanted 100% of the case tooled. I think he only did 95% but it's plenty.

Price: $1250 including shipping to anywhere in the world.

See the full details here: http://www.jbcases.com/cases/spring.html

First come - first serve - thank you.

To my customers from this board - your cases are coming soon as well. Lots of irons in the fire but finally getting something to the market.

Edit: Sorry about not including the price, on this part of AZ I am the newbie. I just thought it was better to have people go to the website for the price. :-) Won't happen again.
 
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wow!!!

even the space behind the pockets is heavily tooled!!!

that's just sick!!!

if i could afford it, i would instantly buy it!!!
you can search for such a case in europe, but you wont find one :D
 
Bump - y'all sure do have a lively marketplace going on - lots of stuff for sale. Well I just want a few more people to see this before it gets buried on page ten. :-)
 
THAT IS ONE SICK CASE. That sir, is a masterpiece. If I wasn't married, i would give you your asking price.
 
cool case

Great work on that ...wow .Do you have any photos
of others you have done ? I could only fin one on your
website .
 
Matt90 said:
Great work on that ...wow .Do you have any photos
of others you have done ? I could only fin one on your
website .
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There will be more soon. A few more like this done on the Instroke pattern and then teh custom cases will begin to appear as I finish them.

John
 
SOLD - Charlie was the first person to get me the money. To the others I was/am talking to - I will have another one done in a few days so you'll have a shot at that one.
 
John Barton said:
SOLD - Charlie was the first person to get me the money. To the others I was/am talking to - I will have another one done in a few days so you'll have a shot at that one.
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I feel someday i'll get one ..
 
John Barton said:

Well, I finally have a case for sale. It's not one of my customs but is a hybrid of my old scallop pattern that I designed for Instroke and the insane talents of one of my new tooling artists.
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Not trying to start anything, but does Instroke own the rights to the "build" of the case? As you say, you designed for Instroke.

Just curious.
 
I just received this case and let me tell you, the pictures John put up really look good... but no pictures could ever do this case justice. The tooling and attention to detail can only be appreciated when it is seen up close. All I can say is that this case is UNBELIEVABLE. Not the least bit ''busy'' or "gaudy". The artwork seems to flow, from one end to the other. Very tastefully done. I've seen a lot of tooled cases but nothing even close this. I couldn't be happier!

Thank you, John Barton, for creating this masterpiece and making it available.
 
Irish634 said:
Not trying to start anything, but does Instroke own the rights to the "build" of the case? As you say, you designed for Instroke.

Just curious.
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The scallop design is public domain. Way back when I was naive about the way business works I neglected to protect my designs with any sort of design patents. So I couldn't prevent anyone else from making it and that opened it up for everyone.

I actually designed for myself Craig. This case was designed when I owned Instroke with no partners. The pattern came from a set of cases I did for a German distributor for him to choose one for us to produce 50 of. It was reworked by myself and Peter Hackbarth. Peter went on to use it for cases from Turkey while I had the Instroke ones done in the Czech Republic.

What I sold was the Instroke brand. I am free to compete and free to use all the design patterns that I made when I owned Instroke. I sold the brand for such a low price that I would not sign any contract with any kind of non-compete in it.

I have thought about it and thought about whether I should ever use the scallop pattern. Not only because it is thought of as Instroke's but also because I do not want to be thought of as playing on the Instroke design.

For the next few cases you will see I have chosen to use this pattern. Because after a lot of thought I decided that the best way to get back in is to start with the design pattern that I spent so much time with. And I wanted to challenge my toolers to work in tight spaces and this pattern lends itself to that. Since these cases are not customs but instead are indulgences of my own I felt like I could put the tooling on this pattern without guilt.

So, I will bring out a few more cases of this sort and then retire this pattern for myself. Then I will have closed the door on Instroke to my own personal satisfaction. If you want to think of them as dressed up Instroke cases then I suppose that's okay. I prefer to think of them as cases which would have been made had things been different.

Sterling Gaming will be coming out with a line of cases that will be done in a similar pattern though. JB Cases will always be 100% 1 of 1. The ones I design for Sterling will be production cases but they won't be any less quality construction.

This was probably a longer answer than you were looking for Craig but I hope it explains where I am coming from.
 
Charlie Edwards said:
I just received this case and let me tell you, the pictures John put up really look good... but no pictures could ever do this case justice. The tooling and attention to detail can only be appreciated when it is seen up close. All I can say is that this case is UNBELIEVABLE. Not the least bit ''busy'' or "gaudy". The artwork seems to flow, from one end to the other. Very tastefully done. I've seen a lot of tooled cases but nothing even close this. I couldn't be happier!

Thank you, John Barton, for creating this masterpiece and making it available.
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You're welcome Charlie and thank you for allowing me to add another happy customer to my book.

Enjoy it and don't over oil it - once a year lightly is enough. :-)

John
 
John,

Why do most cue cases (at least the leather ones) use the same riveting strategy? i.e. the two rows, front and back? Is that an aesthetic choice, as opposed to something structural?

Just curious. Thanks.

- s.west

p.s. I took the link to the multitude of pics on your website... Wow! That's a nice piece of work.
 
swest said:
John,

Why do most cue cases (at least the leather ones) use the same riveting strategy? i.e. the two rows, front and back? Is that an aesthetic choice, as opposed to something structural?

Just curious. Thanks.

- s.west

p.s. I took the link to the multitude of pics on your website... Wow! That's a nice piece of work.
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It can be either structural or aesthetic. It's mostly aesthetic though because it is not a requirement to have four sets of rivets to form a closed loop. Due to the length of a cue case general practice to close the loop on heavy leather cases that can't be turned is to have one row of rivets.

Two and four rows add balance to the piece as well as more strength. But the additional rows are mostly for looks as the pieces could be stitched while flat. And in fact some are both stitched and riveted.

Another reason to use four rows is to use a four panel design. Two side pieces, and two center pieces. This type of design allows for more flexibility in choice of materials and decoration while maintaining balance in the piece.
 
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