Ask the Cuemaker #6 Jack Justis (ok ask the casemaker)

[JackJ]

Originally Posted by JimBo

These questions are for Jack, but I'll help clear this up. I have started a grass roots movement to switch the zipper around because some people put a key chain with a tip tool or a favorite pool ball or pro sports team logo. You know anything to further customize their case. Well in any event the weight of such an item pulls the zipper down with the help of gravity and unzips the pouch / pocket and all your gimcracks fall out and you don't even notice.
Jack has been known to put a few zippers on the *right* way.

Jim <----Just ask to have your zippers JimBo Style

Yeah, but what about when you have your case standing up, your balls are dragging on the floor??????

[JackJ]

Originally Posted by Johnbo

hey jack whats teju lizzard ? do you use it?

how far from marina mile are you?

do you know where your first case is?

thanks yojohnbo

Hey Johnbo,
Thats in Fort Lauderdale, I live about 20 minutes North.

Don't know where the first one is but I have the photo. Most of the early cases were sold locally in Florida. In fact, Dennis Sering bought the first case with zippered pockets.

[Timberly]

Originally Posted by JackJ

Don't know where the first one is but I have the photo.

You've come a long way baby!

[JackJ]

Originally Posted by Timberly

You've come a long way baby!

Yeah, I agree,.....its pretty hard looking at some of the early ones. Good seeing you in VF, Timberly.

[mullyman]

Jack, have you thought about remaking your home page? It would be nice to be able to see a sample of the color options that are available. Your page is alright but it sure would be nice to see a bunch of photos of previous cases with explanations as to what they are (tooling, dyes etc...) My biggest problem when deciding on a case was what it would look like when it was finished. If there were more samples it would make that process a lot easier. I apologize for not going forward with my case but I knew what I was getting with the Instroke. I really wanted a Justis case but I didn't want to make a mistake on tooling or color and end up not liking it. Those small samples are nice for a detailed close up but they don't exactly show what that tooling would look like over an entire case. If you could click on them to see a case using that particular style would be nice.
MULLY
I also want to see a full shot of Buddy and Efren's cases

[JimBo]

Originally Posted by Ktown

Oh, so it was just you runnin' your pie hole.

You got it!

You stick to cue buying and let the expert stick to casemaking.

I wish I could afford cues, but the market has gotten so crazy I can no longer afford to pay attention. But I am very good at sitting around thinking of things that mean very little to very few, kinda like the zipper thing. I happen to notice that about 75% of players around here hang something on their zippers (cue case zippers, not pants) and I noticed many of them getting pulled down a bit. I now have some done right and the heavier the knick knack the better it works to keep the zipper closed.

Jim <---Innovator

[JimBo]

Originally Posted by JackJ

I have considered listing the Jimbo Style Zippers on my options list but since I only received to request from Jimbo and Fred I can't justify it at the moment.

Well most people don't know it's an option or why they need it, but my guess is after this thread you'll see a rush on them.

Jim <------not believing what he's typing.

[RichR]

Jack,
My only question is, can you make the days go faster.
My new case is to be delivered this week and I can't wait.
This will be my second and my wife also has one. We are gaining ground on Jimbo's collection.

Also, for what it is worth, I hope my zippers are on the correct way, not the Jimbo way.