JB Cases Video Interview

[Blue Hog ridr]

The case story has changed John. The case fell off a table and your cue was broken so you decided to build a better case and Instroke was born.

The other story goes that you were leaving the pool hall and the bottom of your case fell out, therefore damaging your cue and at that point, you decided to build a better case. Or was it a better interior that time because there was a nail involved that damaged your cue.

You should have been using an Instroke and that wouldn't have happened.

I'm confused.

 

[JamisonNeu]

Nice video.

 

[CocoboloCowboy]

The case story has changed John. The case fell off a table and your cue was broken so you decided to build a better case and Instroke was born.

The other story goes that you were leaving the pool hall and the bottom of your case fell out, therefore damaging your cue and at that point, you decided to build a better case. Or was it a better interior that time because there was a nail involved that damaged your cue.

John is getting old, and could be suffering memory problems from DEALING with AZB TROLLS.

 

[ridewiththewind]

This guy makes cases right here in the Good Old USA and does not have to stoop to exploiting foreign workers. USA! USA! USA! Buy American and keep the money here and Americans employed.

http://rhtcustomwood.com/

Nice cases, if that is what you are looking for. I did the wood box case thing once....ONCE. Damn thing warped so badly shortly after getting it, I had to deconstruct it to get my $1600 cue out! Oh yeah...American made.

Your post was unsolicited and has no place in a thread clearly marked "JB Cases Video Interview".

I love my JB Case!! I have zero...zero...ZERO worries about my cues inside and the cases are very very well constructed of top quality materials.

BTW...what are your feelings towards those American made cases sporting Chinese interiors? I mean...you do know that there are those cases out there, right?

 

[Schwinn]

I really enjoy your designs JB. I have a Flowers Tribute that I love and plan to get a JB case soon. Keep up the innovative work!

 

[angldemn]

I love my JB Case!! I have zero...zero...ZERO worries about my cues inside and the cases are very very well constructed of top quality materials.

I absolutely agree. It's rare for me to find things that meet up to my expectations, and even rarer to have them exceeded. The small details like how the hardware is secured, how any edge of leather you can find is finished, or how the stitching is perfectly even makes his cases really stand out. Every detail, even some you might not even notice at first, has been pondered over and it shows. There are certainly other great case makers, but as a total package, you simply cannot do better.

 

[schmizz]

You have to ask Sterling. For the Fury case Fury only ordered it in the 2x3 and 3x4.

John,

I just bought a Wave 2x3 Case from joerackem and love it.

My only concern is that the interior is way tight.

I have my player and break cue in it and I'd like to carry my jump cue, but I can't fit a 3rd shaft in it.

Will the interior loosen up some as time goes by?

Thanks in advance.

Love the backpack straps btw!

 

[JB Cases]

The case story has changed John. The case fell off a table and your cue was broken so you decided to build a better case and Instroke was born.

The other story goes that you were leaving the pool hall and the bottom of your case fell out, therefore damaging your cue and at that point, you decided to build a better case. Or was it a better interior that time because there was a nail involved that damaged your cue.

You should have been using an Instroke and that wouldn't have happened.

I'm confused.

It's ok, when you talk about yourself as much as I do I expect people to tune out and not remember when and why I said what.

The impetus for building cases at all is because my first great cue, a Schon, shot out of my case when I laid it across the corner of a table to retreive the cues and turned away to talk and someone else knocked it off the table by accident. While the cue was away being repaired I decided to remake the interior so that my cues wouldn't fall out even if the case was turned upside down.

I did that and when I was done I decided that I didn't really like the case anyway and that I could probably build the whole case in the style that I preferred. So I borrowed a sewing machine and built the case the way I wanted. Then a friend asked me to make one for him and the rest is history. That was in 1991.

The story about my cue that was damaged when the bottom fell out of a case goes like this;

In 2003 I asked Mark Smith in Russellville Arkansas to refinish my custom Joss. On the day I was going to take it to him I looked around my shop for a case to put it in and the nearest case was a brand new unused Bentley 1x2 Whitten knockoff case that I had taken in on trade. I thought it would be fine for the short trip to Mark's place. I put the cue in and almost in the same motion it hit the bottom and the bottom just dropped out of the case and the cue slid through a ring of nail points.

The bottom of the Bentley (Vincintore) was pressboard and the nails had split it so the bottom was barely on in the first place. The Joss was deeply scratched from the buttcap to the wrap and into the forearm.

So there you go. Since you are keeping up with what I say now you have the proper chronology.

 

[JB Cases]

John,

I just bought a Wave 2x3 Case from joerackem and love it.

My only concern is that the interior is way tight.

I have my player and break cue in it and I'd like to carry my jump cue, but I can't fit a 3rd shaft in it.

Will the interior loosen up some as time goes by?

Thanks in advance.

Love the backpack straps btw!

Watch this video and make sure you are loading it right. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDLJ_6CdmsQ

Make sure that each cavity is clear by putting only one part in and working it a bit to straighten out the sleeves. Then everything should fit with no problem. If after that there is a problem then your case must be defective. It should fit 2x3 without any problem at all.

Here is another video based on the 2x5 but the principles are the same.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6k8S1AAjnw

And lastly, here is a video of the same sized tube you have being used for 2 butts and 4 shafts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_mHAEAtmAk

So let me know if you can't fit the cues after watching these and we can work on a replacement.

 

[schmizz]

Watch this video and make sure you are loading it right. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDLJ_6CdmsQ

Make sure that each cavity is clear by putting only one part in and working it a bit to straighten out the sleeves. Then everything should fit with no problem. If after that there is a problem then your case must be defective. It should fit 2x3 without any problem at all.

Here is another video based on the 2x5 but the principles are the same.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6k8S1AAjnw

And lastly, here is a video of the same sized tube you have being used for 2 butts and 4 shafts:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_mHAEAtmAk

So let me know if you can't fit the cues after watching these and we can work on a replacement.

Thanks,

I was putting the the butts in joint first and the shafts tip first.

Everything fits fine now.

Sterling should print the proper insertion method on the card or a link to that video.

Thanks again! :thumbup:

 

[JB Cases]

This guy makes cases right here in the Good Old USA and does not have to stoop to exploiting foreign workers. USA! USA! USA! Buy American and keep the money here and Americans employed.

http://rhtcustomwood.com/

Huh? One idiot in every bunch I suppose. Here is an album featuring those poor exploited people who work for me. Notice that they are all chained to their machines and the armed guards keeping them in line.

http://jbcases.com/gallery/index.php?g2_itemId=12448

But if you want to give people a list of other case makers then you can start here on my website:

http://jbcases.com/gallery/index.php?g2_itemId=9833

and here is a list of other case makers with links to their sites found on this page:

http://www.jbcases.com/aboutus.html

Nittany Leather Custom Cue Cases - Brian Bonner builds solid and elegant cue cases. It's been rumored that Brian isn't making cases any more. Well the site is still there so you can look at least.
Whitten Custom Cue Cases - Dan and Joe and family make the Jaguar of cue cases. Easily the sleekest cases on the market a Whitten is very upscale.
Instroke Leather Cue Cases - My former company and my designs of course. Not much has changed since 1993. Now a "classic" design and still solid.
On Q Custom Cue Cases - Garth Bair is making fine cases and specializes in the inlay designs.
Dennis Swift Custom Cue Cases - I have never met Dennis but have seen plenty of his cases. Swift cases are well crafted, traditionally tooled workhorses.
Jack Justis Custom Cue Cases - Jack is a legend in the cue case business. Originally based off the style created by Jay Flowers and Dennis Swift he has now forged his own distinctive look. Jack and I don't get along but he builds a decent case.
Adamant Leather - Marcel is a new case maker with amazing creativity.
Jim Murnak Leather Cases - Jim is closer to my taste in cases with his willingness to step outside the box on design.
Steve Price Cases - Steve has been around the game since the 60s.

Meanwhile I have spent about 10K during this trip so far keeping Americans employed. If you knew anything about economics then you would understand that spending dollars to buy foreign goods means that the dollars MUST come back to the USA to buy American goods and services at some point. Banks around the world take dollars IN because they know that someone else will buy those dollars at some point to use for paying for goods and services they want.

I don't stoop and I don't exploit. I employ human beings to do a job for me and because I live somewhere where the labor is cheaper I can afford to invest more human hours into each case which is reflected in the quality we deliver. Those human beings are free to come and go as they please. They work for the wages we agree on. If I lived in the USA and I wanted to make cases here then I would hire as many people as I could afford to hire based on what the market will bear. If I were in the USA and I put the same amount of hours into the cases as I do now at American wages the cases would cost $700 in labor alone.

So what I do is live and work in China where I can afford to build the cases the way I want to build them and sell them to people for a price I am comfortable charging and they are comfortable paying. When someone buys one of my cases they get an incredible value for the money and with the money they save they can spend it on whatever they choose and not what my competitor chooses.

You say buy American but you don't follow the money do you? So you encourage people to spend more for less product (when talking about my cases) and yet you don't know if the money spent on the cases goes to buy a big screen TV, a new Ipad, an X-box, a trip to China or what.....

Do you have any idea how much money Chinese tourists spend in the USA each year? Tens of billions of DOLLARS. Do you have any idea how much money is poured into American universities each year by Chinese students? Billions. Do you have any idea how much money Chinese companies invest into US business each year? Hundreds of billions.

Where do you think that this money comes from? US Banks don't take Renminbi. They take dollars. We live on a globe whether you like it or not.

Try learning about the PEOPLE on the other side of the globe before spouting off.

Those people live and work just like you do. They have every right to exist and trade their labor for wages just like you do.

Start here on your economic education:

http://www.fee.org/library/books/economics-in-one-lesson/

I bet you won't read it. But you should. It might enlighten you.

 

[JB Cases]

Thanks,

I was putting the the butts in joint first and the shafts tip first.

Everything fits fine now.

Sterling should print the proper insertion method on the card or a link to that video.

Thanks again! :thumbup:

You're welcome. Each case is supposed to have a card with it. They must have not been delivered with the last batch.

Best,

John

 

[Monstermash]

Huh? One idiot in every bunch I suppose.

Keep abiding by the forum rules eh John?

"To be included, there will be no ad hominem attacks. No name calling nor insults. Disagreeing with someone is fine, but calling them an idiot because of their opinion is not."

 

[JB Cases]

Keep abiding by the forum rules eh John?

"To be included, there will be no ad hominem attacks. No name calling nor insults. Disagreeing with someone is fine, but calling them an idiot because of their opinion is not."

Idiot is a perfect description for someone who makes an idiotic statement. Saying that I exploit foreign workers is slanderous and a lie. It's not an opinon, it's slander.

Just as you have also done numerous times.

I notice that you didn't show up at our booth at the SBE to talk about your dubious claims. You could have talked to the owner of Sterling gaming and voiced your complaints. But you didn't. Instead you slandered me on here with lies and now you are continuing to stalk me.

Go ahead though, your goal is to get the thread closed and I am sure it will be once the stalkers show up.

 

[Monstermash]

Idiot is a perfect description for someone who makes an idiotic statement. Saying that I exploit foreign workers is slanderous and a lie. It's not an opinon, it's slander.

Just as you have also done numerous times.

I notice that you didn't show up at our booth at the SBE to talk about your dubious claims. You could have talked to the owner of Sterling gaming and voiced your complaints. But you didn't. Instead you slandered me on here with lies and now you are continuing to stalk me.

Go ahead though, your goal is to get the thread closed and I am sure it will be once the stalkers show up.

I'm stalking you? LOL I have been avoiding you so you won't send me another 50 emails threatening me. But you know what? When you come out and call another member an idiot, I thought it was about time to call you out again. I have no agenda so don't flatter yourself.

See, here's the thing John.... I didn't start this little battle between you and I, you did. You seem to think that it's ok for you to offer your opinion, but it's not ok when other people do unless they agree with you. So I guess it's probably good you live in China now because here in America we have this little thing called the First Amendment. You remember that right? The whole freedom of speech thing?

Oh, don't you worry. I saw you in the sterling booth. I just decided it wasn't worth my time to get thrown out of the show because of you.

And the only one who runs around slandering people is you. I watched your little video and I find it humorous that you compare the "quality" of your cases to the other crap made in China but not to those made by Jack or the other custom makers. Go ahead and try to pull one of Jack's handles or straps off. I dare you. Your big claim to fame is that the cues don't fall out when you turn the case upside down? Really? Is that really a problem? I've never seen someone carrying a case upside down. Well, unless they were drunk or stupid.

The next time you do an infomercial, can you do Sham-WOW? I love that one!

Now run along and post 3 more pages of self righteous drivel.

 

[JB Cases]

I'm stalking you? LOL I have been avoiding you so you won't send me another 50 emails threatening me. But you know what? When you come out and call another member an idiot, I thought it was about time to call you out again. I have no agenda so don't flatter yourself.

See, here's the thing John.... I didn't start this little battle between you and I, you did. You seem to think that it's ok for you to offer your opinion, but it's not ok when other people do unless they agree with you. So I guess it's probably good you live in China now because here in America we have this little thing called the First Amendment. You remember that right? The whole freedom of speech thing?

Oh, don't you worry. I saw you in the sterling booth. I just decided it wasn't worth my time to get thrown out of the show because of you.

And the only one who runs around slandering people is you. I watched your little video and I find it humorous that you compare the "quality" of your cases to the other crap made in China but not to those made by Jack or the other custom makers. Go ahead and try to pull one of Jack's handles or straps off. I dare you. Your big claim to fame is that the cues don't fall out when you turn the case upside down? Really? Is that really a problem? I've never seen someone carrying a case upside down. Well, unless they were drunk or stupid.

The next time you do an infomercial, can you do Sham-WOW? I love that one!

Now run along and post 3 more pages of self righteous drivel.

I didn't mention any names in the video. Did you hear me mention any case maker?

If I wanted to I could do an in-depth video comparison to all cases and the details would be eye-opening on many levels. But I don't because that's not my style. I only get pissy when people like you pop-off with false accusations.

I know you saw me in the booth but you were not man enough to stand behind your accusations in person. Doesn't matter, I was exactly where I said I would be.

As far as the cues being securely held in the cases yeah that's my main issue. To me it's a big deal and apparently to my customers it's one as well.

Several years ago Jerry Olivier asked me to some and look at a new cue he made for a good player.

When we got the the player's table the player opened the case and had to tip it to get the cues out and he slipped and Jerry's cue and the shafts fell out and clattered to the floor. The brand new cue Jerry had given this guy was now dinged up. Jerry was heartbroken.

I took the player to my booth and gave him a brand new Sterling case that he didn't have to tip over EVER to get the cues out. And then I turned it over with the cues in it and showed him that this would NEVER happen to him again.

This is the case he got.

As for freedom of speech - the entire reason we got crossways is because you opened your mouth to exercise yours to make an ignorant statement about things you know nothing about in order to cause trouble.

So you are free to lie and make slanderous statements about me and I am free to tell you that you are a liar when you do it.

While we are on the subject of videos let's review the ones covering your nonsense shall we?

Your "review" - http://forums.azbilliards.com/showthread.php?t=235251

My rebuttal videos - 1. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDLJ_6CdmsQ 2. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXxYRLKX5Q0 and 3. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJYfJ8yOzkQ

Thanks for the opportunity to show people an in-depth look at what we do. You failed to use your opportunity at the Super Billiards Expo to prove you are not a liar. You had me, Matt Carter and the owners of Sterling Gaming all there to show us the problem case but you didn't do it. Nor did you bother to address it and see if ANY other of the 100 or so 2x3 cases on the walls would do what you claimed happened to you. So again, I believe you lied and that you are a liar.

Next year you will get another opportunity to confront me in person. I am certain you will pass on that one as well.