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Yesterday, I received my custom leather case from Catherine "Cat" Gullet, as seen and discussed on her thread here: http://forums.armourarchive.org/phpBB2/ ... hp?t=76220
It's based on a 15th-century writing tablet case, and while it's around twice the size of the original, it is in a sense the modern equivalent in function- it's sized to hold my digital camera and notebook for events, museum trips, and so forth. I also plan to use it for my period sewing kit, at least until I get another one like it.

I can't express enough how stoked I am to have this case. The level of crafts(wo)manship is top-notch, and I expect my heirs to be fighting over who gets it when I die. Cat's sense of customer service was so good it was almost embarrassing- she e-mailed me with updates at every stage, double-checked every detail before proceeding, and generally left me feeling like a wealthy lord being waited on hand and foot by his own personal artisan. My only regret is that I didn't set aside enough money to order two or three different items from her at the same time; now I have to get in the back of the queue again while everyone else clamors for her attention.

Klaus

Klaus,
Thank you for such a kind review! I am very glad you are happy with it, and I hope it serves you well!

Just an FYI - I have been given pics of a box for a sewing kit, and plan to add those to my line up of historical cases, along with penners and the tablet and document cases. I may think about goblet cases as well, but I'm a bit apprehensive about that as it will require patterning off of the goblet it's for. I would hate to take the risk of damaging someone's goblet.

Thanks again!
Cat

Ps. I still need to answer your email, so I will do that shortly.

Once you get the sewing kit design worked out, please pencil me in for one sometime before the Summer, queue permitting.

LOL! Will do. Ya know, if I get enough examples to have a good variety of cases, I could almost get rid of everything else and just focus on these. Buying supplies and tools for one type of thing only would be very nice - and it's something I have yet to experience. It's startin' to sound pretty durn good.

Cat