RustyMelton

Wooooo, that's so nice! I'm always so inspired when I look at your work. Thanks for posting!

Yeah John you may be right about the drilling, either way it's a job. Thank you Cecil for your comment, it's good to hear. Thank you leatherman. I doubt I inspire very many around these parts, I'm the one that's always inspired here with all the fine work of you folks. Thank's everyone for the nice comments, now I guess I better get back to work.

I think it looks great Tom!

Oh John, why do you always have to be right. Just kiddin. I agree 1000 percent that I shouldn't cover up the tooling. I think of it everytime time but somehow forget it. But next time you know what..... I'll probably do it again, lol. But to my credit I think I may have remembered once. Thank you for the advice, I can use all I can get. I'd hate to be the one to sew the three layers with the blind stitching, I bet there were some sore fingers around the shop. I made a envelope case the other day and used two pieces of 9 oz. and put a piece of 12 oz. in between the seams on each side to add a little depth in the case. Man what a job to hand stitch, I broke 3 needles in about 5 minutes. Thanks again to all for the comments and advice!

Thanks Guys for the great comments, it's always great to hear. It's funny looking at it I thought it looked pretty good but when looking at the pictures I see several things I wish I would have done, live and learn I guess. Oh yeah thanks for the chuckle Storm, I laughed half the night.

Thanks Storm, I really appreciate the compliment. This style is sort of hard to sew up. The seam overlaps and you have to reach up it with the needle, there's a lot of blindly poking around involved, lol. But it makes for a nice look with the seam laying flat so I think the extra effort is worth it.

Thanks Brad, The case is built around a piece of plastic, so I took some foam backed material and made sort of a sock out of it with dividers for 5 pieces. I use these for 2 cue butts and 3 shafts. It's a pretty tight squeeze but the do fit snugly and no parts of the cues touch each other. Here's a picture of what the interior looks like, sorry it's not the best picture but it should give you an idea of how it went together. Thanks for the compliment and the question. Rusty oh edited to say this was an interior from a past case but it's the same style.

Hi all, Here's a couple pictures of one of the cases I've recently finished up. I thought it turned out pretty nice but would like to hear some other opinions. Thanks for looking and for any comments! Rusty

I love it!

Thanks for the compliments guys, I really appreciate them. John you're right about the lid, I think it looks better that way and it for sure opens and closes better that way. The handle is the one he wanted but I'm sure you're right that in no time you'd be feeling it especially with the weight of this case. I've been staying home working so much that it's sometimes easy for me to forget about carrying the case around, mines just been collecting dust in the corner for quite a while now. Thanks for the tips, I love to hear them. Thanks again guys

That's one crazy case, it looks cool. I love the faces that are around the panel in the back. Nice job.

Hi guys and gals, I haven't posted anything in a while and have a few extra minutes so I thought I'd show a pool cue case that I'm about to finish up. It's a little bigger than most of them that I do, it holds 3 cue butts and 6 shafts. I thought it turned out pretty good but thought I'd post it to get a few other opinions on it. Please let me know what you think, all comments are welcome. Thanks for looking, Rusty

I like it, it looks really cool.

Wow, great job Marcel, I see lots of improvements over your last one. Fine job and keep up the great work.

that's just awesome!!!

beautiful work

I bought it from Kevin at springfield leather. Rusty

Hi Art, I've been using the LCI finish, it's called Clear-Lac. I'm no expert but it seems to be the same as Neat-Lac, same good smell.

Great job, I bet they'll be happy.

I tried some that I bought off of you Kevin and it takes on water just fine, carves up really nice too.

I had the same problem. I carved the leather for a pool cue case and used it before I slid the leather over the tubes. When I slid it over them it did the same thing.

Your cases look great, nice job.

That's a great case, lots of cool stuff on it. The painting on the flowers is a nice touch, does Zhen Hail Lee do that also? I think the one in the center of the lid is my favorite. Congrats to all involved on a job well done!

Wow that's one sweet wallet, great job!

I love that style of case. My favorites are the dragon and those smooth black ones. I bought a Engles a while back and really like the small size, just tuck it under the arm and go.