JohnBarton Report post Posted March 27, 2009 One of my customers is a great friend to have. He directed me to make cases for two of his favorite cue makers. Tim Scruggs and Mike Cochran are living legends in the cue business. In addition to being two of my favorite people they both build fabulous cues. Here are the cases we did for them: We lasered the Fighting Irish and the Tree of Life on the front and tooled the names and logos. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TinyL Report post Posted March 27, 2009 John, Those cases are beautiful. How do you construct the insides to hold the cues. Are they something that you do as well or do you get them from a company? TinyL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomSwede Report post Posted March 27, 2009 Those two are excellent!!!! Love the lettering on the Cochran case!!!! The stamped border looks great, have you used it before?? Feels new to me. Maybe I borrow that border someday. Tom Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnBarton Report post Posted March 27, 2009 John,Those cases are beautiful. How do you construct the insides to hold the cues. Are they something that you do as well or do you get them from a company? TinyL We do the interiors ourselves. There are two methods we use. For these two cases we use extruded tubes that we designed and had made to our specs. We sew up a fabric interior with lots of foam rubber between the layers of fabric for the cavities. The second method we use is to line plumbing and electrical tubes with padded fabric and then bond those tubes together to form the interior. We are starting to get inquiries to sell our interiors and although I am still on the fence about it I have decided to sell a limited amount of them that are labeled as JB Case interiors. At least that way we credit for the most important part of the case. At least it's my opinion that the interior is the most important part. :-) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JohnBarton Report post Posted March 27, 2009 Those two are excellent!!!!Love the lettering on the Cochran case!!!! The stamped border looks great, have you used it before?? Feels new to me. Maybe I borrow that border someday. Tom Tom, These two stamping patterns were introduced on cue cases by a man named Jay Flowers in the early 80s. In fact, the two cases we did for Tim and Mike are part of a tribute line I started to resurrect the Jay Flowers style of case. Of course you can take any pattern we do and use it. That's why I post here. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
TomSwede Report post Posted March 27, 2009 (edited) Thanks for the historical briefing and your generosity!!! History is interesting and I hope one day I'll have time to read up more on leatherworking history so thankful for bits and pieces I can find here now and then. Tom Edited March 27, 2009 by TomSwede Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteveBrambley Report post Posted March 27, 2009 What can I say that hasn't been said already? Those are really lovely cases! Steve Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Caelan Report post Posted March 27, 2009 Wow! Those cases are really something! I love the borders and the brass studs. Super nice work! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Talfuchre Report post Posted March 28, 2009 Oh yeah that is nothing.. you should see my... my... Hell - who am I kidding... those are damned awesome! TF Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
